Old 60's magazine

[kingXkong]

I found a catalogue from the 60's that has pretty much everything in it,
is there anything that i can make out of the pages.
I am going to make a backpack, like the one on makezine,
with the trashbags, grocery bags, or vinyl,
and I was wondering if there was a way I could incorporate them into that,
or not...
any ideas.:D

[crystalzemoose]

maybe you can get ideas for screen printing images or stencils and put it on your bag. i dunno,i'm suffering from a headache right now. D:

[Neff]

If you used some clear vinyl, you could make some pockets for the exterior, and slide either whole pages or cut strips into the pockets.

There is a book called DIY: Design It Yourself that has pictures for what I am talking about... I know I am not doing a good job describing it.

[K.F.T.H.]

I found a catalogue from the 60's that has pretty much everything in it,
is there anything that i can make out of the pages.
I am going to make a backpack, like the one on makezine,
with the trashbags, grocery bags, or vinyl,
and I was wondering if there was a way I could incorporate them into that,
or not...
any ideas.:D


SO jealous..i love the 60s and i made that plastic bag...it is very easy and you can doo just about anthing with it

[kingXkong]

the thing that confuses me though about the plastic bags K.F.T.H. is on the makezine podcast, when the girl from etsy shows her's, the writing that was on the bag is readable, but she said if it has ink, to turn it inside out,
and neff, i know what you are talking about...the dude off of eeio.blogspot.com used that to put cards into his messager bag, which is the design I am using... kinda.:D



thanks for the help,
and p.s.
crystalzemoose, sorry about your headache.

[crystalzemoose]

haha,i feel better now. thanks :D

[K.F.T.H.]

the thing that confuses me though about the plastic bags K.F.T.H. is on the makezine podcast, when the girl from etsy shows her's, the writing that was on the bag is readable, but she said if it has ink, to turn it inside out,
and neff, i know what you are talking about...the dude off of eeio.blogspot.com used that to put cards into his messager bag, which is the design I am using... kinda.:D



thanks for the help,
and p.s.
crystalzemoose, sorry about your headache.
i didnt turn it in side out, yet instead of parchment i used alumium, which is bad i think so even if you not pregnante wear a mask. anyway i tried with parchment and it just doesnt work, it will get stuck, or at least it did for me. i all depends on how you fold you plastic bag if the letters will show. hope that helped?

[pinoyblaze]

Topic moved to Suggestions & Tips, i think you'll get a better resonse and ideas here.

Remember to post the finished projects in the Your Projects board :P

-Pinoyblaze

[kingXkong]

2 K.F.T.H.: kinda, but kinda not....im a confused person all together

i think what I might just end up doing is this:
i am going to salvation army, or helping hands, or goodwill and getting a sewing machine. (my sister stole the working one). and at my grandmas house, she has a lot A LOT of fabric that she cant use anymore, shes in the last stages of alzhymers, but I found some dark kakhi type stuff, and a cool little grey thingy.
i asked my dad to take me to get a sewing machine, he hurt my feeling and called me gay....but he didn't mean it....oh well, someone has to measure the fashion models lol.
i shall post up finshed pictures :D
thanks for all the help so far...

Does anyone know if i can get a seatbelt for free from a junk yard, or should I go get one for five dollars from the autoparts store??

[crystalzemoose]

how much would tehy be at the salvation army, or helping hands, or goodwill

[kingXkong]

Dear crystalzemoose,
i would not know, why do i say that....when i just got back from helping hands...
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ONE...:eek::eek::eek:
how sicking is that..
so now i have to take apart the singer and align the bobbin pickeruper with the belts, or something, does anyone know how to do that???

[saintlike_ontheoutside]

okay i can help you find more thift stores in your area if you need it or you could just look up thrift stores in yahoo! local or google earth(program you download to your computer) and try calling before you go out and they will tell if they have it in stock

Link for Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

[kingXkong]

I had Google earth at one time, but got rid of it to make space on my machine, thanks for the tips, much appreciated, but the only thing we have in my town is salvation army, and I don't think they are opened on Sundays.. so i might just ask my sister if I can use hers.:confused:

[ryanmoore]

i asked my dad to take me to get a sewing machine, he hurt my feeling and called me gay....but he didn't mean it




i know that feeling
only my dad meant it

grrrrr

[kingXkong]

ryanmoore.so sorry....really,
well, i found out what was happening with the messed up machine,
when the upper thread goes down, it either does not pass over the bobbin casing, and get stuck in it, or there is a little corner on the shuttle that it becomes stuck on.


my dad said that maybe if i changed the needle it would help,
any comments.

[kingXkong]

got some good news,
so...i decided to use the khaki and pattern textiles instead of bags or vinyl.
I also had to wing the pattern, because the one off of eeio.blogspot.com was to big it seemed like, and Bre's off of makezine was confusing on one of the measurements.
Should I retrace the pattern for the inner fabric, or would it be safe to pin the two pieces of fabric together then cut..

since this is my first big project, I shall take pictures along the way,
you guys are great,
can I get a Hazza' for the best fu***ng community on the web


much appreciation kingXkong

[crystalzemoose]

that's cool. i was at goodwill and they had some but i didn't get the chance to get a good look at any of 'em.

[crystalzemoose]

oh yeah,google earth isn't that helpful. it's cool to look at every now and then but i can just use 411 to find numbers

[saintlike_ontheoutside]

thats one of the main reason i dont want to really press my parents for a sewing machine cuz they automatically jump to conclusions

[DBXP]

I would make a purse for momsy or girlfriendsy if I were you...

[lovelikenails]

If you used some clear vinyl, you could make some pockets for the exterior, and slide either whole pages or cut strips into the pockets.

There is a book called DIY: Design It Yourself that has pictures for what I am talking about... I know I am not doing a good job describing it.

Thats an awesome idea! I'm totally going to put stuff from rolling stone all over my school bag now..

[kingXkong]

wow, it looks like people got more information out of the post than I did...thats cool, it just cause' I suck...i know lol.
But what about cutting it.
And I would not make a purse for two reasons:
1)my mom a a bajjillion
2)my girlfriend lives like 50 miles away(i live in siloam springs AR, her=Fort Smith AR)