One of my neighbors is an incredible photographer. He specializes in 1890s photography using actual cameras from the era. He has a whole wall of those big box cameras in his studio. It sometimes takes upwards of a year to pull together a set for just one image. He just finished a book he had printed in Italy. He's pretty spectacular. Anyway, after he finished his book, he and his partner cleaned out years of stuff out of their house, studio, dark room, and backyard storage. They gave me a box full of luxurious textiles and garments from that clearing out. And this beautiful gold brocade was in that nox. I found the backside of the fabric much more interesting so I went with that. I freehand machine embroidered a leopard print on the brocade and used remnants of a leopard flannel nightgown I made for myself as the trim. The lining is from the pocket sections of a set of nurse's scrubs. A friend retired and gave me a big stack of turquoise scrubs. So, I included 2 additional pockets inside this bag. I generally include a zip pocket on the inside of these totes, but since I wanted to use the scrubs, I moved it to the outside. It approximately measures 16” x 15” x 6” and has an invisible zipper panel, an external zipper pocket, two internal scrubs pockets, 27" long handle comfortable strap, and a removable wristlet for keys. All external materials are backed with fusible backing to make it sturdy.
This bag is, I'd say, 100% upcycled and is big enough to hold a computer, an afghan-sized yarny project, 9 skeins of yarn (as shown in photo) or it could be a purse or a kickass diaper bag... the possibilities are endless.
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Hand wash and lay flat to dry. Smoke free/pet friendly.
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