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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.
I made a yoga mat bag!
Using the tutorial found here boredandcrafty.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/yoga-mat-bag-tuto...
No, not Rusty! My bag went missing this week. Was it in the car or in the house ... in the house or in the car ... stolen or lost. Finally, I let the bank know. None of my cards had been used ... that was something.
Well, today there it was, inside my suite, on a shelf. I have no memory of putting it there EVER .... but OH HAPPY DAY!
Rusty was not interested in helping me look for it but she agreed to pose once it was found.
Gorgeous photo (IIDSSM) of the cat belonging to Annie in comments.
(IIDSSM = If I Do Say So Myself)
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!
this is my finished swap bag! heading to my swap partner sometime this week. Blogged here... ellynsplace.blogspot.com/2009/08/friendship-bags-giveaway...
Bandolier Bag, Western Great Lakes, late 19th century, broadcloth, wool, cotton, beads, brass buttons
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.
My bag journal pages: vintage book and magazine pages, modern catalog pages, parchment paper, graph paper, and brown paper bags. I really hope the variety inspires me to journal all the time!
Part of my new piece for Ledbury Poetry Festival.
This shows a bag made out of pieces of very fragile old cotton which I have fashioned into an old fashioned carry all. This was a difficult piece to work as the pieces were an odd shape and had to be handled with care.
It is decorated with hand and machine embroidery and an image from an old book.
It shows the choices faced by a young Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who was living at Hope End, Ledbury, at the time.
Should she continue a life as an invalid, educating herself by reading, or should she have a conventional life of a girl of her back -ground and aspire to marriage.
Knotted crochet cotton and an old button complete the piece.
Mixed media
After seeing the 10 mins or so of Trasformers in their big Trailer, Some special people got this duffel bag.
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! :)
This diaper bag is for Sara to use with Lucy and little Miles. It was a cooperative project between Sara and myself. We took my original diaper bag design and updated it a bit. We added a yoke in front and back with some cute gathers, snap top pockets on each end, and rings on the top for the shoulder strap to attach to. The inside has all the same pockets she loves. And the best thing is that this bag has a double ended zipper!