Zoe has day camp this week. I wanted to make her a new bag to carry all her camp stuff in. She has swimming stuff, her raincoat, lunch and snacks, sunscreen, bug spray and her water bottle. I thought a bag with two compartments to keep the wet things away from the rest and a outside pocket for her water bottle would be a good idea. Looking through my fabric stash, I found a light purple twill that looked like a good choice for the outer. Sturdy and purple – super. I had some butterfly fabric leftover from a skirt I made Zoe, so I knew she’d like that. And I chose a dark purple waterproof fabric for the other inside compartment.

As I was putting it together, I stuck the water bottle in the side pocket to make sure it fit. When I did that, I realized it looked an awful lot like Dora’s backpack. Ah, well. Zoe loves it just the same.

Here it is, half packed, from the front:

And the back:

It looks even more like Dora’s bag when the drawstring is pulled shut, but I don’t seem to have a picture of that.