I thought "sling bag" was a pretty common/generic type of bag, but Dopp Kit? Never heard of that before so was also puzzled about how it related to the product. Googling it it appears to be an interchangeable term for "toiletry bag'. But it's actually also a brand. Sort of the same situation as Kleenex/tissue or Onesie/baby body suit. Here's a nice little blog article about Dopp kits. But that raised red flags about trademark names so I Googled that and while it seems Samsonite's trademark to the name is "abandoned", the Buxton company still has a live one for "dopp kit" used with toiletry bag type products. I'm just an armchair Googler who likes to learn things so I could totally be wrong about this, but seems to me that unless these blank bags are being procured via the Buxton co and using the Dopp kit brand name with their permission, this terminology will soon be pulled from the Z website and be dis-allowed in tags.
LOL. I feel the same about that game name though. I'd never heard of it until maybe 8-9 years ago and was like, uhm, what?
And "fanny pack" even in its most innocent is still an awful name for a product as it's not appealing to men and also doesn't even describe its most common use which is to wear it in the front for easy access and security.
I am only familiar with "sling bag" because of the many quests to find my own perfect "purse" and this style would always come up even though it's not a style I was interested in.
You have to horizontally flip the Back image. (Or flip the front - whatever - they just have to be opposite)
Here's your bag with the stripes perfectly lined up after I flipped the Back image.
https://www.zazzle.com/z/8xg94hrm
You can see it also makes them line up along the top across the zipper.
EDIT: Looking more closely I think it lines up better across the zipper in your published version. But knowing how it goes together as shown below I'm sure it's possible to make both "seams" work.
This is the first bag I did and figured this out on, trying to make the bottom seam match up like a seamless tile.
In this image, the top half is the Front and how it shows in the Design Tool.
The bottom half is the Back (where I horizontally flipped the image in the Design Tool) but here I have it turned upside down from how it displays in the Design Tool, so you can visualize how it goes together. If you were to fold this composite image, the middle where the text is becomes the bottom of the bag, and the very top and bottom edges become the top of the bag that meet across the zipper.
So when working on the Back layer, it seems upside down (look at my Back layer in the Design Tool) so you have to visualize how it all comes together.
Here is the first duffel bag I did with lines that align on top (zipper) and bottom. @ColsCreations is right you have to flip one side to make image meet properly.
| Duffel Bag - Blue Stripes on Diagonal by bkmuir Blue lines in varying five shades Dark to light, bottom to top. Two Sets of stripes are placed diagonally, meeting at the center of top and bottom of bag. End panels are the darkest shade of blue. |
(p.s. I agree with others below...I had never heard the term [dopp kit]. I also noticed that the word is favored in the tags so I decided to use it in some entries, but I really don't think it's how people will be searching.)
Dopp Kit is actually a trademarked brand owned by Buxton. If you Google for dopp kits you'll find all kinds of toiletry bags for sale. Some have a label on the outside of the bag that shows it's an actual Dopp Kit brand bag by Buxton. Some have labels with other names or no labels at all on them, so maybe the sellers are using 'dopp kit" in the generic sense like how people use Kleenex for any facial tissue. Or maybe Buxton sells them wholesale and lets the buyer re-brand them as their own. I have no idea. I found what appears to be this exact same blank white toiletry bag on a POD supplier site and their description says "This iconic Dopp Kit travel bag" while Z's says "This iconic travel bag" but they don't mention Buxton either.
The description on the Z product pages doesn't mention anything about it being a Buxton product and the "will be made by" says Zazzle Apparel. I don't believe that Z would accidentally be using a trademarked brand name without rights to it but it would be great if a Mod could explain what this bag is so Creators can confidently tag & promote these as actual Dopp Kits.
The accessory pouches (which is what they are referred to as and auto-titled on the product pages as) are missing from the nav menus. You can find them on the site map under Accessories - Cosmetics & Toiletry Bags, but there is no way to find them from the Home page or Shop page.
Thinking ahead, when these get added to the cat menus it would be great if there were more than one cat option to publish them at. "Cosmetic & Toiletry Bags" doesn't work for "pencil pouches" designed for kids to take to school. it would be nice if we could list them as
Bags --> Cosmetic & Toiletry Bags
or
Bags --> Accessory Pouches
or
Office & School Supply --> Pencil Pouches
I attempted tp make a few bags
