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Altered Messenger Bag

When you're a Craftzine blogger, you run across handmade inspiration when you least expect it. This morning I got my hair cut and colored, and my stylist Gina happened to pull out this sweet messenger bag she'd altered. I fell in love instantly, of course! Turns out it had an ugly graphic on the front, so she took a piece of vintage tablecloth and affixed it to the front flap with embroidery floss, then topped the whole thing off with a coordinating cherry applique. Much better! Link.

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Posted by: CraftChi_Amy on October 24, 2007 at 8:40 PM

This is brilliant, I'm always looking at the linens at the antique store (they're one of the few things I can afford), wondering what can be done with them. Now I know...I can cover up ugly logos!

Posted by: absolut_feli on October 24, 2007 at 7:19 PM

I did something similar with one of my favourite lunch bag too. You can see it here

http://absolutfeli.typepad.com/lifeinmono/2007/10/from-this.html

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