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The contents of my messenger bag, on Tuesday, March 28th, after a long day of classes and such.
I usually have my PowerBook with me, in a Waterfield Designs protective sleeve, but I left it back home to charge.
Not featured is the Sony P200 digital camera that's currently taking the picture. I carry that thing with me everywhere!
Uploaded for the "What's In Your Bag" photo group.
This is the "teabag" bag part. I have been stumped on a way to sew this so that it looks like a teabag when it's done. The small pouch is a tea tag and I have to attach both with a handle. At first I was going to do a drawstring bag but I want the teabag to have a real teabag shape with the top corners folded in.
Mum’s Day-tripper Bag
The majority of what I am designing at the moment is baby related! I have a 5 month old girl and a 3 year old boy and have an endless list of items that I want to design to make things easier or prettier or both!
This bag is really 3 items in one. The main bag, a change mat that acts as a compact changing bag in its own right and a toy I have named the sleepy fish!
I used the layer cake by cutting the squares diagonally into equal strips and piecing these for the main bag. I then used the off-cuts of this with some yardage to make the outside of the changing mat. The remaining squares (the louder, busier ones) were used to make all the components of the sleepy fish toy.
The main bag has 2 elastic sections at the sides designed to hold bottles or anything you need to hold upright, like lotion. There is a large zipped pocket for all your ‘mum’ bits – phone, purse, lippy etc. I have included the eyelet on a flap just inside the bag. This was primarily to hold my sleepy fish toy but could also be used for keys. As with any item that comes in contact with children it needed to be sturdy! I put metal studs on the bottom to protect the fabric and a plastic bag base to help maintain the shape and stability. I have also inserted tubing into the handles for extra strength and interfacing has been used throughout.
The compact changing bag is padded and wipe clean. It has enough storage for a basic change kit. i.e. two or three nappies, wipes and disposal bags. I designed it to be carried within the main bag for a quick change. Once the mat is unfolded all the other bits you need are right there. No more rummaging in your bag to find them mid-change! It is also great when you child is a little older and you don’t need to carry so much ‘stuff’ around. It can just be hung on the back of the push chair and doesn’t take up too much space. As you may have noticed, my laptop wrap, submitted in the audition round was born from this design as the fold up function is so quick and compact.
Although you can’t see it, the sleepy fish toy has a ball rattle inside and all the scales and fins have a crinkly cellophane sewn in to make lots of noises. Perfect for entertaining your baby while you change her. There is a hanging loop with Velcro so it can be attached easily to the eyelet inside the bag or onto a pushchair etc
Happy day-tripping!
For higher art I desgined and made a bag with a nautical/Sailor Jerry tattoo theme.
This is the final bag.
A cute bag with with little box pleats. This was the most fun for me, I've been playing with the idea for a while now to design some bag designs but never got my hands on a pattern I liked. I decided to design the whole bag myself, including pattern. Took some testing but I'm pleased with the result, I made this test version of my evergreen fabric design for my good friend Debby, hope she likes it ;-)
Find the bag patterns here:
www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1067253
Find the evergreen fabrics here:
Bandolier Bag, Western Great Lakes, late 19th century, broadcloth, wool, cotton, beads, brass buttons
this is my finished swap bag! heading to my swap partner sometime this week. Blogged here... ellynsplace.blogspot.com/2009/08/friendship-bags-giveaway...
Turn the bag right-side out, and using an eyelet punch (or a dull pencil, or a not-too-pointy chopstick), push out the corners so they're sharp.
A minha mala Birkin mas numa versao pequena e fechada.
My Birkin bag in a smaller version and closed.
My friend's little girl is turning 4 today, so I made her a customized Little Red Riding Hood bag filled with goodies....
This is the second bag I've made using my recycled sheets of italian upholstery fabric.
It's 100% recycled:
- upholstery fabric from old pattern book
- recycled leather
- hardware saved from an old bag
- sand linen fabric from clothing for the lining.
Available.
Pattern by me! :)
Behold the contents of my rack bag.
(not pictured) Olympus D-540 Zoom digital camera
Yeah, I carry all this stuff to work with me every day. I commute by bicycle to work five days a week. This stuff lives in my trunk bag when I'm not using it to ride (i.e.: gloves, cyclometer, shades) or carrying it around elsewhere (phone, badge, Palm, wallet). Peeking into the shot on the far right, that green stick is a Shrader tire pressure guage, which is utterly useless since I ride a road bike (Trek 520) that has Presta valves.
My PowerBook lives at home and my iPod stays at work, unless I need to load some new beats onto it.