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Thursday, June 9, 2011

In The Bag

Project #3. This time I took a class to make a bag. Something about it being sunny out and the fun group of women in the class and the Tina/Dolly/Barbra mix in the background made it a particularly fun time.

I noticed a really strong, awesome girl power-vibe that morning. I ordered lunch from the Tin Shed (holy hell, San Fran sandwich: call me) and when I walked a few doors down to get it, I saw a truck right outside of the sewing shop with a huge pile of gravel that was being unloaded by two muscle girls. Walk a few steps and I see a woman dressed to the 9's doing business on her cell phone leaning up against a (probably vegan) boutique shoe store staffed and filled with young, confident-looking women. Next door was a community garden where a group of, you guessed it, women were making things beautiful. That seemed to be the theme of the day. I got my food and when I walked back into Modern Domestic, Tina was belting out a song and my classmates were reminiscing about sewing-related injuries (nothing wimpy here; think needle-in-the-eye and rotary blades over multiple digits). No boys in sight. The whole day was really fun.

Here's the process: Cutting.


Sewing. Right-sides together always feels wrong.


Straps and top-stitch.


Herro.


Finished product!

7 comments:

  1. AhhhhhDorable!
    Love it, you are doing so (sew?) great :)

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  3. Oh dear now I'm losing any vestige of masculine credibility here because I have to say that this bag is quietly fabulous. Now I've got to go and chop some lumber or something to compensate. grrr

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  4. GRRL POWER! I took a sewing class once at a community college. I dropped it because I got tired of stabbing my fingers and getting dirty looks from the teacher when I let loose an expletive. Your bag is way cuter than mine turned out!
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  5. Whaaaaattt?! You made that?! So, so jealous of that talent. Love the bag. It's so cute!

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  6. You're getting better and better. It's ADORABLE. I think you'll be opening that shop sooner than you thought. ;-)

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