Last summer was long and warm and dry....just how I like 'em.
Found the tent....and laid it out to cut it to usable strips and shapes.....
The product testing phase.....how will waxed cotton wash? It washed the color and most of the wax away!
A few choice stenciled pieces will find their way to tote bags, market bags, and a few aprons too.
Here's the old nail bag.....
and.....the finished bag....perfect for toting groceries, your CSA share......or a ukelele....
I really like how the old nail bag makes the perfect place to stash stuff on the outside.... and other stuff inside, secured with an unused old stock 40s military metal zipper.
that sucker is sturdy!
the tent had yellow twill ties to fasten the tent to the poles....so I reused them for the zipper pull, and to tie the nail bag closed and on the back, I made a loop to hold the nail bag ties....just for fun!
Here's where the cutting and planning and sewing happens....inside.
working on smaller ones too.....recycled leather, and vintage redline selvedge denim....
