Rounded Gusset On A Soft-Sided Bag?

[DoubleC]

I'm trying to understand where the strap is Kevin because I have very little spatial relationship abilities. Do you have the strap going the width of the gusset at the top and then the gusset being pulled inward with the stitch, or etc. Or do you have it going from back to front panel in front of the top gusset and then the stitch, etc. I think my brain is leaking out of my ears now. Not from what you said but I've been working on this bag all day and thinking about the flap at the same time and I'm having a hard time concentrating at this point. c

Oh and Mike you really weren't kidding about the bungee cord were you? I had it positioned wrong in my head too where it went from gusset top to the other gusset top and back which is why I thought you were joking. c

Edited September 27, 2012 by DoubleC

[Tree Reaper]

Front to back then pull the gusset into it and join the two to keep everything in place.

[TwinOaks]

No, not from gusset to gusset....from front to back. I meant that you could put the holes in the gusset so you don't have to punch a hole in the front/back/flap panel. Just go to the corners where the gusset meets the front/rear panels. That way it pulls the sides of the top together. And if you bow the gusset in, it'll return to 'tucked in' under the pressure of the elastic.

[DoubleC]

Yes I figured it out when I thought about it a little Mike and a friend mentioned a similar method in PM. She said you can get a type of jacket drawstring elastic at a notions store. I think that would work well.

And Kevin I'm sorry I was so dense before but I just could not figure it out exactly, I was just too tired by then. I had someone stop by for a guitar strap fitting in between me working on this and it kinda freaked me out. Not the person, LOL, he's a friend but the whole someone at my house type thing.