that's not my bag, baby!

[Drac]

well, I decided to give a go at the bag a couple of others made (and I envied their skills), so here it is. I even managed to learn a couple things along the way, such as when the directions say "apply in a circular motion" it doesn't mean rub in. at least I was able to even out the color for the most part. overall though I'm very pleased with the way it came out and will probably be adding these to the myriad other items I make to sell. joy. more work. anyway, leme know what you guys think!

[TomSwede]

Ah man, you know I love those skulls!

Very pleasing first try and I love the way you've stitched it, it gives it a nice shot of sparkling elegance (trying to be poetic, sweet skulls make this way,-)

Did you fold and glue the softsides before sewing, or glued them or no glue at all. Stitching one side to the other or from bottom middle and up?

Hey, does any one of those canisters with chemicals ever have an instrution that apply?

Very nice done!

Almost forgot to mention, nice handle and is it possibly...a chain in there?

Tom

Edited March 7, 2008 by TomSwede

[Spider]

Now this is a pretty bag. I love it. Great work Drac. You know I love the skulls too. Ok so now there are 3 scary ass bags floating around this forum....lol. Great work bro. What do you stitch with?

[Drac]

tom

thanks! I stitched the sides like doing the wallets. front to front, the folded it over the edge and did the second stitch which you can see, and did it solid from one end to the other. made for some interesting holding while stitching, I tell ya! instructions?!?! we don' need no steenkin' instructions!

spider

thanks too! I stitched the top edge of the sides with a kenmore and stitched the rest of it a tippman boss. those are the only 2 machines I have and I refuse to stitch by hand. *L*

[steveb]

I really like the way you handled the gussets and edge treatment - very nice.

[Spider]

I soooo need to get a tippman boss. DAMN IT!!! Great job bro.

[TomSwede]

Ah now I got it . I'm a bit slow but tonite it's worse;-)

It's elegant!

Don't know squat about the sewingmachines yet (well I know they're expensive here in Sweden) so I can't even begin to imagine what it looked like sewing this in a machine.

I like handstitching, it's painful and good

Have a nice weeken now I'm sure tied down to the make a living job this one, sucks!

Tom

[leatheroo]

drac, so nice. love the stitching...i just avoid any project that needs hand stitching....might get a machine one day...need a work space before i get that...the kitchen tables over run.

[Drac]

steve

thanks much! was trying to do it a little different than the other "scary ass bags" (*L*) on here.

spider

I like mine so I recommend 'em. just expect to spend a bit of time with it to get used to it and calibrated to what you want.

tom

um.. yeeeeah... handstitching... okaaaay. you stick to that m'man! *L* weekend? dunno what that is! I thought "week" was just another word for "several years". *L*

roo

many thanks! I don't blame ya for avoiding stitching. I avoided it like the plague until I got my machine. and you definitely need to get ya a workspace soon so you can turn out even more lovelies.

[Tangent Creations]

Woo! Very nice! I've not seen one like that before!

I have a regular sewing machine and a big industrial machine that I avoid like the plague! I want a Tippman boss *sigh* Almost everything I make is handstitched unless it's light enough for the Janome...

Oh, and I agree about weekends and I'm not sure what a "kitchen table" is...LOL!