MY super ugly curtain messenger bag!!!

[ryanmoore]

ok so my school theater
(which i am proudly a part of)
we were cleaning out our costumes loft and we had
an uber load of fabric my teacher was just gonna throw away
and so my ALARm went off
and i was like NOOOO
so i sorted through it
and i found some funky patterns
and stuff with lots of fabric
cuz thats the rule
rob and corinne said so
in the episode where they go to goodwill
and make the reversible bag



anyways i needed a new backpack for school
cuz my old one was hurting my shoulder
so i made a new one duh!
and i used some of the ugly fabric i got from the theater
i like messenger bags so i made one of those
and it is sooo not something i would NORMALLY MAKE
there are NO raw edges
and everything is sewn stright
its weird
and i did what the humblebumbleb lady did ( dont remember her name)
with the seams where you fold them down
i did that to ALL of the seams

ok now to the bag!


http://i11.tinypic.com/6lli929.jpg


now the flap is open
I love how the inside of the flap matches the sides

http://i18.tinypic.com/6usfwbd.jpg


side view
(so you can see the side fabric)

http://i16.tinypic.com/8b4lswj.jpg


close up of the fabric

http://i5.tinypic.com/80w80up.jpg


i love it sooo much
probably because it soo freakin ugly
which is why i love it
( wow thats redundant)

anyways

whacha think????


-ryan-

[minesweeper]

I like it! I like the white and green flower pattern

[ryanmoore]

I like it! I like the white and green flower pattern

its so weird
the two ugly patterns somehow match
well not really "match"
but they dont clash its soo weird
somehow they "flow"

[saintlike_ontheoutside]

Wow I what inside sources of free fabric. Nice job! Looks very professional.

[ryanmoore]

Nice job! Looks very professional.

wow thanks

i even put a piece of pleather ( yay fake)
which i also got from school
i put the pleather inside the flap
so it actually "flap"s and doesnt "flop"

[saintlike_ontheoutside]

Awesome! I don't like leather. Even when I'm in a car and there is leather seats. I see blood and animal faces everywhere. Its like eww; I'm sitting on a carcass. That is amazing that most Americans couldn't stand bugs in there house or to kill there own food, but they manage to wear skin and fur that belonged to a living being.

[ryanmoore]

Awesome! I don't like leather. Even when I'm in a car and there is leather seats. I see blood and animal faces everywhere. Its like eww; I'm sitting on a carcass. That is amazing that most Americans couldn't stand bugs in there house or to kill there own food, but they manage to wear skin and fur that belonged to a living being.

wow i never thought of it that way
but i didnt really like real stuff

and im gonna quote the show i just wrapped up today

" to not actively fight against it is to actively condone it"

and that goes along the lines of real fur and stuff

[saintlike_ontheoutside]

Are messeger bags what people call 'man-purses' cause I've heard that term before, never seen one?

[ryanmoore]

not that i know of

murses as they are more formally known

are like any bag a man would carry like a woman would carry a purse
so a murse could really look like anything

but alot of murses are messenger bags
but not all messenger bags are murses

catch my drift?

i actually made a murse from

99 ways ( denim)

[suburbanjungle]

Wow! It does look pretty professional.
Personally, I think it's super ugly, but I do like the green & white fabric.

Ahh, murses. Gotta love a man with a purse. :D

[ryanmoore]

Wow! It does look pretty professional.
Personally, I think it's super ugly, but I do like the green & white fabric.

Ahh, murses. Gotta love a man with a purse. :D

thanks for the professional comment
oh i dont mind if you say its ugly
i know its ugly which is why i like it

i love murses too!

[mar]

i like the green fabric
hate the other fabric
love the bag
it looks good

[Larry'sGotRice]

haha i love how you love it coz its ugly.

woo but u know its really not ugly at all. :P its kinda funky woo

[glass__onion]

thats really neat... yay for turning free fabric into bags! (i do it all the time)
*virtual high-five*

[GMOgirl]

wow! this looks very cool. funky fabrics are awesome. dont match but go well together. :)

[ladyjanewriter]

I love how you finished all the seams! That took patience, excellent job.

And, WHOA I gotta admit I wasn't expecting that fabric scheme.

It's so...1980's Laura Ashley. I'm more fond of the purple/blue/white/every fricken color of the rainbow paisley floral.

I think the green + floral kind of made it work.

There's something completely demented about it, but it works!!! It's clash-a-riffic.

[craftykp]

Nice!!!

[ryanmoore]

I love how you finished all the seams! That took patience, excellent job.

And, WHOA I gotta admit I wasn't expecting that fabric scheme.

It's so...1980's Laura Ashley. I'm more fond of the purple/blue/white/every fricken color of the rainbow paisley floral.

I think the green + floral kind of made it work.

There's something completely demented about it, but it works!!! It's clash-a-riffic.


yeah the seams made me kinda angry
but i think it looksa lot more professional

yeah i love the fabric scheme

i love any kind of paisley as long as its ugly


i love clash-a-riffic!!!

[lindsay_pai]

wow, that's fugtastic XD it's so ugly it's great. awesome job, the seams look good with the stitching around them :) that must've been a b*tch and a half to do, especially around the corners. is the paisley actually kinda shiny, or is that from the camera flash?

[klc1168]

LUV IT!!!!!!!!! it is FUGLY and fun. What a great use for fabric that has no home. I am Soooo jealous of such a great source of freebie fabric.

The only thing I may have done differently would be to add a pocket for little stuff like $$$, calculator, pens, pencils, etc. Great job looks like it will hold up to some abuse. Nice idea about the pleather in the flap.

[ryanmoore]

LUV IT!!!!!!!!! it is FUGLY and fun. What a great use for fabric that has no home. I am Soooo jealous of such a great source of freebie fabric.

The only thing I may have done differently would be to add a pocket for little stuff like $$$, calculator, pens, pencils, etc. Great job looks like it will hold up to some abuse. Nice idea about the pleather in the flap.

good idea about the pocket
but i alreadly made a little pouch i keep a whole bunch of stuff in

(pens, pencils, comb, band aids, nail clippers, highlighter, sharpie, safety pins, ipod, and my phone)

but i might add a little zippered pocket for my phone!
thanks

[miss.green.tea]

haha i love it despite the ugliness too xDDD

its actually kinda rad :D

and like ladyjane said, i like the finished seams, makes it look very proffessional~
kudoooos to youuuu

[yes_my_name_is_envy_XP]

its so ugly it became awesome! lol

[ryanmoore]

haha i love it despite the ugliness too xDDD

its actually kinda rad :D

and like ladyjane said, i like the finished seams, makes it look very proffessional~
kudoooos to youuuu


i think the seams just finish it off

[Katzilla]

Hah, after I saw that video with the seam technique (folding them down) I did that to one of my projects too :B Makes it look really nice!!

[pinoyblaze]

fugly lishish :P

[ryanmoore]

fugly lishish :P


well thats a new word!

[miss.green.tea]

well thats a new word!
to the dictionary!!

hey is that thread still around?? -gone for ages sorryyyy-

[zombied]

I must be sad. I didn't think this was ugly at all!

[ladyjanewriter]

I believe the correct term is "tackalicious."

Actually, it's not tacky, it's clashy. Clash-a-licious?

[TomotheCat]

Damn, those must have been some UGLY curtains. But they rock as a handbag. Sorta retro.

[pinoyblaze]

I believe the correct term is "tackalicious."

Actually, it's not tacky, it's clashy. Clash-a-licious?

nice one

Fuglylishish and Clash-a-licious :P

[DIY-Diva]

cool bag!
HUZZAH FOR THEATRE PEOPLE! yaaaay!

[ryanmoore]

HUZZAH FOR THEATRE PEOPLE!

thats what im sayin!

[ryanmoore]

right no wim making one for my dad
and im using a pair of his old camo pants
and some black pleather

[cynical_shakespearean]

More thespians. Hazza!

I like it. Very interesting. And at least you know that no one will ever have a more clashing murse. >.<

[ryanmoore]

More thespians. Hazza!

I like it. Very interesting. And at least you know that no one will ever have a more clashing murse. >.<

yay thespians!!!!

i love my murse!
and if someone has a more clashing murse im gonna get very very angry!!!

[callmespecial]

I love it! I actually think the fabric is pretty. :o

[DIYpunkGirl27]

i like the pattern :)

[The Mongoose]

Oooh I love the liner.

Well done!

And you can for sure say no one else has that bag.

[ryanmoore]

ooh ooh i found it!!!!!!!!
on the first page i said i got the fabric from my theater
and i found a pic from when we used it

this is from

The Importance Of Being Earnest


http://i3.tinypic.com/87nawpx.jpg


do you see 'em on the wall?

[limeberry]

It's not ugly its VINTAGE and it's HOT!
Go Woot Woot for the man purse!

[alkane22]

Very bold!

[ashy39]

hey, i really like the bag, it's done really well...and it does have that 'super ugly but you gotta love it' quality...
just wondering but how exactly did you make it..i wanna make my brother something for xmas and i think he'd like something like this...could you tell me alil bit of how u did it?
thanks,
ash.

[ryanmoore]

i just posted this for the craftster challenge
SUPER UGLY TO SUPER AWESOME

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=377.0

go comment!!!

[lockoutisfun]

haha why would you make a murse?!?! well anywho nice craftsmanship!

[ryanmoore]

haha why would you make a murse?!?!

uhm cuz my old one fell apart
duh!!!

[xXthatmuffinkidx3]

omg this bag makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
1. its gorgeous
2.my grandpa had a couch that had that exact pattern on it! so that brings back many child hood memories for me =]]]]
great job! =D

[luralisious]

that bag is so amaizing! :]
i go ta an arts school for technical theatre, but we never have any old things to transform.
sad right.
your projects are always so nifty!!!
kudos!

[outskirt.hippie.offspring]

i love the patterns. i'm not much for matching lol

[icaughtarainbow]

i actually think its cute. i love the mismatched patterns! :D

[Punk-freak]

wow thats sooo cute! i like it

[evilspacebunny]

LOL my grandma has curtains like those :> old lady bag

[waffle]

Oh, it's hideous! I love it!
It's like the Sound of Music..

[kmk]

i love it!

[Punk-freak]

i adore it!!!!!

[imaginebri]

i love that!!! it looks pretty! what type of fabric is it?? it looks soft

[Elizabeth.K.]

i love the green flower patteren:D but then again i am in love with all of your things :D will you marry me lol jk

elizabeth.k.