Oh, these are fab! Hmmm. I was in Ikea Saturday and they have a variant of their big carrying bags in white with a white sketch-y picture of Hamburg. The bag ended up at the garden, but it may get cut down for something fun!
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Oh, these are fab! Hmmm. I was in Ikea Saturday and they have a variant of their big carrying bags in white with a white sketch-y picture of Hamburg. The bag ended up at the garden, but it may get cut down for something fun!
That is really cool! It has a great vibe to it and it’s a lovely story even if you never knew your grandmother. Attachment to the past is important to most people at some level. I’ve got a few antique ornaments and pieces of jewellery that give me that connection. Nothing valuable in real terms.
I think that colour is very wearable. I wear brown bags with black or blue, especially in the summer.
Thanks!
Thank you! I think it was a very sweet thing for my grandmother to have made, and I'll definitely enjoy wearing it.
I switched to my Lola by Hobo, which is a bag I love beyond all reason. It used to be perfect as it would hold wallet, keys, and a paperback book, which was pretty much all I carried. Now I have 100 books on my phone and carry so much more stuff!
Not a red bag, but a surprise inside:
Which meant I felt like I should switch out my SLGs so I could find them against the lining:
The green wallet is new by a company called Hunterson. It's theoretically RFID-shielding and it can open two ways like toys I had as a kid (apparently called Jacob's ladder). The pink Calvi is for extra cards (which I think I'll be able to move back into the wallet as it loosens up) and the green holds painkillers and wet wipes. Then umbrella, cheap reading glasses, cheap shopping bag, and sunglasses. Phone and key case live in my jeans pockets, but could fit in a pinch. And there's a silver Clipa purse hanger hanging off the back which I keep forgetting to photo. Oh, and short charging cable and cheap blue leather manicure kit in the pocket, also forgotten!
Not a red bag, but a surprise inside:
Which meant I felt like I should switch out my SLGs so I could find them against the lining:
The green wallet is new by a company called Hunterson. It's theoretically RFID-shielding and it can open two ways like toys I had as a kid (apparently called Jacob's ladder). The pink Calvi is for extra cards (which I think I'll be able to move back into the wallet as it loosens up) and the green holds painkillers and wet wipes. Then umbrella, cheap reading glasses, cheap shopping bag, and sunglasses. Phone and key case live in my jeans pockets, but could fit in a pinch. And there's a silver Clipa purse hanger hanging off the back which I keep forgetting to photo. Oh, and short charging cable and cheap blue leather manicure kit in the pocket, also forgotten!
Great red beauties - the bags and the SLGs!
Your grandmother was talented to make the purse. I love how you’ve refinished it! Great storytelling.
Haha... theoretically yes, only I´d have to optimize the process of making them and get much neater!
Aww thanks! Sorry, they are all spoken for. My family has put claims on them as soon as they saw them. Now I wished I had brought more shopping bags home to sew from. Maybe we´ll get back to Paris next year and can bring new material. I´ll make one for you then.
You make me blush @essiedub ! As I just said to @momasaurus I don´t have any material anymore. Wished I had brought more shopping bags to sew from. Maybe we get back to Paris next year and I can bring home more to make some to give away outside the family.
Go for it! Ikea bag material usually is great stuff and should sew well! I think Ikea non-woven doesn´t even need to be lined as it is smooth on the inside, too. The French stuff was kind of soft and hairy and needed to be sewn in double layers.
So lovely, especially after the colour change!