James Bond Purse

Hey!

Here's a bag I made last year for my friend Athena's birthday.  She loves James Bond and Duran Duran, so I made her this "A View to a Kill" bag.  Unfortunately, it's not her favorite Bond film, but I think it's cuteness makes up for that.  It's a vinyl bag with a cotton lining.

Here are the pictures:

Finished bag.

Interesting placement on the spindle hole there.

Back of the purse.

I addes this magnetic snap on the back because I thought it was pretty.  There's no real funtion here.

The handles are retractable.  They're made of metal craft rings wrapped in vinyl and ribbon.

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Side view.

A peek inside.

Ribbons are necessary in all record purses.

This bag differs from my others in that I sandwiched the records between the bag and a clear piece of vinyl instead of drilling holes in the records and securing it with ribbon.

The vinyl here is all wrinkly, I'm hoping it smooths out over time.

Bag with the record sleeves.

As Always,

Heather

More old crafts- the Juno Bag

Hey!

So, here's another craft I made a few years ago: a Juno inspired messenger bag.  I made it for a chick on craftster who was let down in a craft swap.

It's got the school crest from the movie on it in fabric paint.

Here's the stencil I made, I used an old nylon stocking in an embroidery hoop to make it.  I printed off the crest from the interwebs, copied it onto the nylon in marker and then painted the negative spaces with mod podge.  Et viola- home made screen printer.  Then, I just put it on the bag and painted through it.  Placing it on the bag was the scariest part.  I didn't want to mess up the bag I had just sewn together.

The bag itself was this shiny, stretchy, maroon material with a black cotton lining.

She was a college student, so I put in lots of pockets for all her stuffs.

Lots of space for pens and what not:

Also, this extra little pocket on the flap, I made it yellow like the cute little shorts Michael Cera wore in the movie.

I didn't really know about all the stiff interfacing you can get at that time, so it's missing that extra structure a messenger bag really needs.  She seemed to like it anyway.

Thanks for looking!

As Always,
Heather