strange looking patty melts at Norm's

i finally started to feel better on sunday & got inspired to cut up my ragged old army surplus bag & make a new & improved version.  it wasn't easy, but that's mostly because i just started sewing without planning it out first & sewed myself into some difficult corners!  it didn't take long, i made it in less than a day - a day in which i disappeared for 5 hours with jodie & george to get coffee & run around lincoln woods.  here are more terrible photos that don't convey how really cool it is that i made myself a messenger bag this weekend!  (do note the presence of the beloved pink hat & the mini-clapotis scarf)

i don't think i'd make many of these to sell, but i am considering making a few, perhaps taking some custom pre-paid orders?  the next one will be much better.  you can't quite tell, but the lining is this soft velvety stuff in a rich brown.  man, those photos are awful, sorry!  just close your eyes & dream it up all pretty...  and, too continue the trend, here are some odd photos i took from the bus in nyc:

Comments

[Cathy]

Your messenger bag turned out great! And I miss NYC everytime I see pictures like yours.

[Jamie Connelly]

Erica:

I just wanted to drop you a brief note to thank you for a wedding present that I recieved from Lee & Jo and that I was told you'd made. It is the only thing with any life or color that hangs in an otherwise undecorated law office, and it reminds me that there is something to look forward to (outside) every time I see it. The site is pretty cool as well. Thank you again.

Jamie

P.S. I am trying to find your sister to catch up with her and Jo and to thank them, but have lost any semblence of their contact info -- could you e-mail it to me ? Thanks in advance.