The Pack of the Wanderer

This all started because I got an adorable Geometric shaded Fox from Hot Topic. I adored him so much but I didn’t know where to put him (since I have a strong affinity with Foxes) so I held off. I had a few options I could have placed him but nothing was really ZINGing it for me. So he patiently waited for me to sort it out.

Fast forward who the frack knows; I run into a menagerie of Geometric Animals on Etsy doing a patches cruise, first catching the eye of the Tiger and tracked down the rest. The Koala was hiding out on Amazon and I had to snag him solo. To bring it all together, I had a “Alone but Not Lonely” patch I snagged for a family friend but it didn’t apply to them anymore because they are happily twined with someone and I couldn’t have been happier for them!

But what was I going to put this lovely collection of wild animals? It felt like something Tarzan would own to remind him of his upbringing so something of earth tones and applicable for traveling. Definitely one of our traveling packs; as I felt this collection of patches meant that one was in the world but not alone because they got to enjoy the presence of nature and wild life.

I thought about snagging a fresh Map Pack but I already have SO MANY PACKS that honestly I needed to buckle down and grab one of the ones I already had. Buried in the closet, underneath my massive gym bag and the cat carrier was ‘The Wanderer’ which was a cheap green canvas Mossimo bag I picked up on clearance for $8 from my fav retail store Target! We used it a few times but it was buried and forgotten about. PERFECT!

I went with a ‘Lining’ style approach on the bag so the animals trimmed the zipper and matched each of the animals to their similar counterpart and once I exhausted that option, color similarities. I used clear polyester thread to stitch the patches on so they wouldn’t get too disrupted. I don’t mind using this thread style but it can be very fragile and tangles very easily, on top of being not the most secure/easily torn off unless it’s very tight stitch. But naturally invisible stitches! Other than a little pinching here and there on the patch weave on a few, they turned out very well.

Maybe someday down the road I will find them some more friends or perhaps some shrubs or something to line the bottom – I don’t think this particular piece is done per se but I’m very glad on how it turned out! I stuffed some robes into the bag to give it shape to make it more presentable. Man it makes me miss traveling – hopefully soon!!

I hope you enjoyed this one as much I did picking out the patches and pulling it together!!

Cheers,

D.