Another Tennis Bag

I wanted a new tennis bag. I don't like the one I have. Aside from how hideous it is, it's too tall and flimsy, so when I use it, it takes a long time to find items inside or fish them out. 

So I was planning on making a Core tote bag. I ordered some blue and white canvas, printed out the pattern, put the pattern together, and, in typical fashion, started to doubt myself. In particular, I wasn't sure where I was going to stash the tennis racquet. The pocket wouldn't be big enough.

So I started poking around the internets. Lo and behold, posted in August 2025, was a super cute tennis-bag pattern on YouTube from a channel called Duana Studio. I got her pattern on Etsy. 

Her pattern was close to what I wanted except for a couple things. One, her racquet bag snaps to the main bag and one of the bag handles is on the racquet so you can carry it alone. If I were going to just carry a racquet, I wouldn't need a bag; I'd just hold the racquet. I need a bag for the balls, the keys, the towel, the water, the shoes in the winter, and my phone. 

The other feature her bag has that I don't want is the zipper on the racquet bag. It is classy, but I would be too lazy to use a zipper. 

So I sliced off part of the racquet-bag pattern so I could just slip the racquet in and out, and sewed the bag directly onto the bag.  I adjusted the length and position of the straps from the pattern because of these changes. Hers has adjustable straps, which I don't need.

Look at these cute patches I've been dying to put on something. I've had them a while.