{"id":796,"date":"2008-02-14T15:39:49","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T20:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/02\/a-new-bag\/"},"modified":"2008-02-14T15:39:49","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T20:39:49","slug":"a-new-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/02\/a-new-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"a new bag"},"content":{"rendered":"

My new bag is done- another messenger\/ schoolbag design. The last one<\/a> I made was looking very worn out indeed. This is a very similar design. The changes- slightly bigger, longer and adjustable strap, slightly different pocket configuration, button closures.<\/p>\n

I took these photos with the bag empty. The front-<\/p>\n

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You can see that I found my left-over pieces from the first bag and have used them up. With the flap up- 2 layers of pockets in the front.
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The back- more of the old fabric. A large slip-in pocket in the back.
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It is a real mish-mash of colors and fabrics. The purple on the inside is a home decorating fabric sample. The brown is cotton twill from a pair of pants. I recycled the hardware from an old schoolbag.
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I’ve put my stuff into it. It seems so roomy now … but that won’t last long, I’m sure.<\/p>\n

Onto other news. First- Happy Valentines Day everyone! And Happy 4th blog birthday to me! That was yesterday actually. I am constantly amazed at the wonderfulness of the internet. I am looking forward to another great year!<\/p>\n

I AM going to London- the tickets are purchased and the hotel is booked. I am tagging along on a business trip. If anyone wants to meet up, I will be there from Wednesday through Sunday. I can bring freezer paper as a bribe!<\/p>\n

The trip has meant a bit of reshuffling of schedules and as a result, on Tuesday, my son and I drove up to Portland, Maine. We went to visit the Maine College of Art<\/a>. I love visiting these art schools. It is so much fun to see what is being created, all the tools and equipment, the amazing studios. And it surprises me that mostly I have no desire to go there anymore- I have so much in my head that going back to school would be a huge distraction… even if it would be fun to play with the toys- hee hee! It was fun to see Portland too. It is only 2 hours away but I have never been there before. They seem to have an exciting, thriving art scene. I think it would be a great place to go to Art School. We will see.<\/p>\n

On the drive up, an entire thermos of coffee managed to leak out into the bag with my computer. Of course I spent the whole visit with a niggling worry that I had fried my computer. I brought it home for Ben to look at. Not too terribly bad. Now, two days later, I have an odd splotchy pattern on the left side of my screen- not so awful, except when I am trying to look at photos… which is, of course, what I do a lot of.\u00c2\u00a0 Hmm.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe we will take it to the MacHospital while we are away…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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