Sheilajeanne

If you watch the video, you'll see the power on the ship keeps going out, then coming back on. With the power out, it was impossible to steer the boat.

Yes, please let us know! I'm surprised it's salvageable - usually something like that is so contaminated with rat pee and poop that no one wants to save it!

Toxo, reread the post, and that will clarify this is a bag made by Jean Luc Parisot. He wants to make it for himself, but doesn't have a pattern that will show him how to attach the straps. I've had bags like this with drawstring tops and I agree with what SUP said. It's not the easiest design to use. As a matter of fact, I cringe when I remember one of these bags. The drawstring came open when I picked the bag up and a gallon jar of liquid honey went crashing to the garage floor... What a horrible mess that was to clean up! Anyway, it IS a very pretty bag, and if you really are determined to reproduce it, now you know who to contact.

Awww that's cool, Frodo! Always nice to see a happy customer!

Oh yes! Pecan cookies! My edit button is where it should be, at the bottom of this post. Do you post on your phone, Frodo? I am pretty sure it's whatever method you are using to post that's causing the problem, and not the LW website...

Bad kitty!!

Me three!!

That's cool, Fred!

They have NO RESPECT, do they? Was it a chair you'd already recovered that got clawed, or did he go after your stash of replacement leather?

Last night, I got as far as tracing the design I want on the side of the tote. I also have the tote bag in the picture, which I made previously from a Tandy kit. It's not a small bag - it's 13" tall. I popped all the stuff I'm planning to carry into it, and the binder actually sticks up above the top of the bag! I'm very glad I tested out this tote bag, because it gives me a better idea of what dimensions I'm going to need for the new one, and it's going to have to be bigger than I thought! I'm now wondering if I have a big enough piece of leather to make it the way I planned. I also looked at all the pieces of leather I have in my storage cupboard, and decided that buying a new piece of leather just for this project ain't an option... I really need to buckle down and do some of the projects I've been putting off for far too long! Stay tuned...

A good Canadian joke: Two priests died at the same time, and met Peter at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter said, "I'd like to let you guys in now, but our computer's down, and we can't get it fixed right away. You will have to go back to Earth for about a week, but you can't go back as priests. What will it be?" The first priest says, "I've always wanted to be an eagle, flying high over the mountains!" "So be it," says Peter, and off flies the first priest. The second priest mulls it over for a minute, then says, "Will any of this week count towards my salvation?" "No" says St. Pete, "I told you, the computer's down, and there's no way we can keep track of what you are doing." "In that case," says the second priest, "I've always wanted to be a stud!" "So be it!" says St. Peter, and the second priest disappears. A week goes by, the computer gets fixed, and the Lord tells St. Peter to recall the two priests. "Will you have any trouble locating them?" he asks. "The first one should be easy," says St. Peter. "He's somewhere over the Rockies, flying with the eagles. But the second one could prove to be more difficult." "Why?" asks the Lord. "He's on a snow tire, somewhere in Saskatchewan!" Bet you didn't see that one coming!

Kgg, since I changed computers, I'm having a problem with the snipping tool. It insists on saving any pictures I snip as a png file instead of a .jpg. My old version of Snip n'Sketch always saved them as jpgs. I haven't figured a way around this yet, and it's a real PITA! How old is your snipping tool? Do you have that problem too? I'm desperate enough that I'm thinking of trying to transfer my old Snip n'Sketch program from my old computer! I may have downloaded Fusion 360 at one time, but never got around to figuring out how to use it. It looked kind of intimidating...

Yup, that would certainly make it bombproof, kgg! But I'd thought of making the flaps that attach to the gussets decorative by having the gussets a darker color - probably chocolate brown with the rest of the bag being a much lighter brown. Kgg, what app do you have for making such good sketches?? As you can see, Yours Truly is back in the dark ages when it comes to that! Okay, I was in a hurry, and couldn't even be bothered to use a ruler - just freehanded the whole thing... I probably could have done it using Paint, but it would have taken MUCH longer!

Toxo, this is going to hold a 2 inch binder, a number of Duo-tang folders with the worship song lyrics, my Bible, the book we're studying and maybe my tablet computer or cell phone. The tote Bland shows above is very much like what I'm planning to build, except there will be some carving on the outside. Since I will also be carrying my guitar case, purse and music stand, I want straps that are long enough to go over my shoulder. So, briefcase-style is not what I'm looking for.

After a long hiatus, I recently began to play worship music for our church once again. I found this really cool pattern that I'd love to put on a tote bag for carrying my music binder and the folders with the lyrics in them. The binder is big, rather heavy, and has pointy edges on it. I plan to make the front and back of the tote out of the same piece of leather, then hold it together with gussets. I'm just wondering what the best way is to make sure the gussets are strong. Is it better to stitch them on the inside or outside? I have also thought of adding a flap at the bottom which extends out sideways on each side of the main part of the bag. I will bring this up and sew it over the lower part of the gusset to reinforce the bottom seam, so there's no outer seam at the bottom of the bag. What think you? Here's a (very rough) sketch:

Lovely! And your 'turquoise' concho is very realistic! Well done! Now, c'mon you know you have to show us YOUR feather, no matter how bad you think it is compared to the Master's!

I see no reason to do basket weave. It's repetitive, it's boring, and I know I'll have trouble with keeping everything in a straight line. Plus, it's not creative. I much prefer figure carving. Now, THAT'S creative! Kudos to you who like doing it and can do it well. I know it's not easy. It would be a boring world if we all liked the same things!

How Canadians measure things...this REALLY is true, especially for us older folk, who had to switch systems sometime in the late 1960's! I have NO IDEA how tall I am in metres and centimeters, and have yet to see an oven manufactured in Canada that uses Celsius for temperature - that's probably because they're made in the U.S.A.! Measuring spoons often have both imperial and metric measurements on them, but no one pays attention to them, unless they were born elsewhere. Having been a nurse, I do know that your standard shot glass/medication cup is 30 ml. and that an I.V. bag holds a litre, unless you add something to it.

So, you actually had a poltergeist?? Wow! It was around 15 C. yesterday morning, and the s**w was completely gone. Then, temperatures plummeted, wind began to blow, and by afternoon we were back to the deep freeze. It fell to -8 last night, and we've got about an inch (sorry, raised with the British system, so, I mix my measurements!) of the white stuff. Currently the sun is trying to shine, but the snow is still coming down. Yeah, I think this meme about sums up our CRAZY weather!!

Oh, that's great news! Yes, keep us posted, and of course, we'll want PHOTOS!! :D

LOL!

Sup, sometimes when tooling, I find there's a tool or two I don't have, but often I will have one that's similar enough it won't make a huge difference in the project. Check your tools and see if you could possibly use substitutes for some of them. Let's not forget, Al Stohlman made some of his tools out of nails and bits of steel, so it's not so much having exactly the right tool as being skilled at using it.

Even when I took classes at Tandy, you were only expected to have the basic tools that they sold in their beginner's kit. They even provided the sponges for moistening your project! (Buying one of their kits was a prerequisite for getting the free classes.) One of the projects, a maple leaf, required a petal lifter. Our instructor provided that tool, though he only had one of them, and he kept a careful eye on it to make sure it didn't disappear! I guess theft is a big concern for Tandy, especially with the more expensive tools, but who's going to steal a granite slab or a poundo board?

Well, his wife might have something to say about that...

Or until you buy a new one!