15 posts tagged “bag”

I made these two (or three?) years ago using a pattern I got from Martha Stewart.  These were on the cover of her Halloween issue of Living. 

It is now Halloween crunch time, meaning that this week I will be making costumes non-stop.  I really love Halloween, and I'm planning a huge feast-like dinner.  I also consider November 1st as the start of Christmas, so I'm excited about that too.

I finished this backpack last night:

Randi made another Stop, Drop and Roll in a different color scheme:

While I'd like to get a few bags knocked out this week, I think that will be put off in favor of Halloween and such.  I want to figure out a way to hang pumpkins in my yard with clear thread (or wire?).  That is all.

   

            The concept behind Purses of Pain and Misery is to develop an object that expresses complex emotions and takes the handbag into new territory.  The practical intentions of the accessory are subverted by deeper issues such as loss, suffering and loneliness.  The container for our personal belongings becomes a symbol for our emotional state of being.  The series is influenced by punk-rock song lyrics, haute couture, pop surrealism, designer toys, and pain and misery.  These ingredients converge to create a product that eludes categorization and requires multiple interpretations.

Randi made this little gem.  It's inspired by the Super Mario world, and the pockets on the front are seriously groundbreaking.  She's all up in your ass with this one.  Check our Flickr for more photographs.


I made these.  They were done last night, but I wanted to wash them to make them shrink before I stuffed them.  I put the buttons in today.  I also painted my garage doors, and built a new place to take photographs.  I used some MDF and bead board I had hanging around, and I painted it a very light blue.  I love the concept, and it works really well, but we'll see how the color works out.  I would have liked to have brighter light, but it was later when I took these.  I'm greasy and have paint in my hair.

This is the progress I've made on my chair.  I finished all the frame work, I stained and polyurethaned the feet, and I put the springs in.  Today I made the attached cushion for the seat.  It's filled with loose foam.  There is no padding on the frame yet, so that's why it looks weird.  Plus none of it is stapled down yet.  I think I'm going to tuft the seat to keep the foam from migrating.  The back cushion is for tomorrow, and it will definitely be tufted.

I made this little gal yesterday.  It's linen, ticking and 1940's era reproduction prints left over from a couple quilts I made for my kids.  I'm keeping the reason I made it under my hat for awhile.

I really love this new design.  It fits perfectly under my arm, and it's a very pleasing size.  I'm going to make lots and lots of these. 

I've also been working on a chair for my husband.  It's a 1940's era platform rocker.  This will be the second time I've reupholstered it, and this time it needs some repair work done to the frame.  Photographs to be posted soon.

 

I had to take my iMac into the Apple store today.  I made this bag to make it easier to get it from the car into the store.  It fits the 17" iMac.  Functional projects are the most satisfying for me.  I have a really hard time making something that isn't functional, actually.  I feel like it's a waste of time.

I made this yesterday.  It's green leather.  I got up at 6:30am today to take my dog to the vet.  He had his eye removed because of a weird growth on his eyelid.  It occurred to me how horrifying it is that I just took him in to have such a huge part of him removed and he had no say in the matter.  I don't think he really cares though.  I'll give him a hot dog or something later.

I'm tired.  My mom's birthday is tomorrow and I'm making her a cake later. 

                                                                      It's a bookmark.

It's leather, with the straps and appliques done in a  feedsack reproduction.    It's called "Guinea Pig Haircut", because  my sister said that's the kind of hair you'd have if you carried this.  I told her in order to carry her bag, you have to be a pussy-faced whore.  Then I laughed really hard.




I'm outing some of my unfinished projects, hoping the exposure will shame me into finishing them.  I have quite a few little chairs that need reupholstered.  I collect them.  This is one I bought for $15, and gutted it.  I sanded and painted it, then couldn't decide what I should paint next.  I also removed the old side rails and pocket-screwed new oak ones in their places.  The springs need retied, and I need to upholster it.







This is a hood I started to crochet last month.  I work on it when I"m watching T.V., but I just got a couple new books, so I put this aside.