Purse @ MindSay

This is a purse that's been floating in my head for a while now and I finally broke down and got it out.

This is a drawing of how I imagined it in my head - y'know - roughly.



A coupla layout-just-getting-started pictures:





My ever faithful helper.  I swear - that cat only wants me when I'm busy with other things.



And zee final product.  I think I'm going to call it Chrissie.


When I thought I wanted to design clothes rather than handbags, all my clothes woulda had names like 'bitch' 'slut' and 'cunt.'  I've decided to name my purses after friends.

I dreamt about Jae last night.  It's his birthday tomorrow and I've been thinking a lot about the past anyway.

He and  I were tooling around town, trying to get something to eat.  We'd had no luck at Carl Jr's, so he went to Baskin Robbins.  I was still on a burger hunt, so I was at Wendy's.  They still hadn't taken my order when some kid brushes against my arm and I freak out and leave the restaurant.

I go across the street and I'm sitting with my back against the wall, just trying to chill.  Jae calls me and tells me that number 2563 was the best ice cream and I should totally go get some right now. 

I'm gathering my things to leave when I notice the kid from Wendy's is laying next to me, looking like he's going to sleep.  He couldn't have been more than 8.  I ask 'hey kid, is this where you're sleeping?'  He nods and pulls his legs closer to his body in attempt to stay warm 

I did through my cavernous purse and find a sweater and some gloves for the kid, who looks grateful for any kind of attention. 

I've just started to feel guilty about how good I have it when I wake up.

There aren't that many homeless people in Colorado Springs, at least in the places I venture.  But I've taken to stopping (not all the time, but more than not) to give what I can.

When Gregory and I were leaving for Monte Vista, there was a man on the corner with a sign that said 'very hungry' so I ran into Wal-Greens and got some lunchables type food, a few bottles of water, and a little bit of money.

I always think 'it could be me.'

This Saturday my brother had his birthday. He's now 11 years old, and as the big present he got a wii.

O WOW! I was skeptical in the beginning both of the entire consule and the choice of game my Father bought. I mean its not the classical controller its a remote control like you use for a tv. with a weird numchuck you attack to it. and it vibrates in your hand and is weird to use. And then I tried and boy oh boy I was hooked. I played till I had a pounding headache and felt nauseous. And I am pretty much a hardcore gamer! (well on the PC I am). Super Mario Galaxy is a really really fun game. My brother is slightly better than I am though. But eh, I'll take the excuse that I am ahead of him in the game and had to discover everything for myself and how it all works (including the wiimote). We also went to the mandarin restaurant and stuffed our faces.
 
today, I woke up and also played till I felt bleah and then ate some cake from yesterday. No wonder they call it the wheeeeee!

Friday My friend called me and we went around first to the coffee shop and then we walked to the promanade found out we were late for movies. I forgot my idea so couldn't take the bus to any billiard place nor to the sushi place to get some sake. One of my characters in an online game is nickname shortened to 'sake' (but sounds more like cake). And then we went to country style and got some more team and something fatty to eat. And two really really ugly guys came up to me and her and asked if they can join us. Bleah. no thanks. asked us if we go to a school around here. I asked them if they are. apparently one of them is going to go to the UofT. well yeah high school grads of ugly doom. Since my friend swallowed her tongue I told them they are a bit too young for us, lol. Which they probably are. Just becuase we are short gals doesnt mean we are that young. I am going to go to my 4th year (and then I'll have to stay some more, because while I was not put on probation thank goodness, I will have to repeat some courses ;.; ) and my friend is a working woman dammit.

Earlier that week I went out with her the entire day , and in the morning we got some fattening chocolate chiller and then went to a Vietnamese's place where we stuffed out faces in a non politically correct size dishes.She paid for EVERYTHING, because I didnt have any money and then she bought me a purse. Because I never had a bag of my own, and i dont really know anything about them and she was going to buy one herself cause the seller guy talked her into it and I was using a small green bag from a store to carry my stuff always.so yeah my first purse ever is a designer purse that cost over 100$.
 
Monday last week we also went to a bar and I got food and something similar to bloody mary which was very yummy.

So yeah, I am a fatass, and I was planning to lose some weight too but things get in my way and I just wanted to get in the moment and have fun . Bleah. Why cant I be like those girls who eat and eat and still thin despite the fact they have like 0 muscle and never exercise? I never was skinny not even when i used to exercise a lot.

Anyhow: the manager of home depot called, calling me for a job interview for a part time cashier. omg yay! only wait! she wants me to bring in not one but TWO! references. Yes, standard, I know. Only I really dont have any. And I don't have any friends like my friend has who are going to pretend to be my previous boss or something and neither do my parents. what am I going to do? =(( I really need a job and I want that job cause the distance is convenient, and the pay is ok and there is a lot of stuff I want to buy/pay for besides the essentials. Also, I would be very embarrassed if I didn't get it because my friend works there.

To finish this post I will post a fairy me I created from that disney website, simply because those things are SO FUN to do, also I am a sucker for fairies. My hair is tied up most times now like that, only right now its more reddish and not purpleish (well more on brown too cause its fading out) , BUT it used to be that colour back when i coloured it purple, so nya.

So I finished my Amy Butler Sophia Carry-All bag. It wasn't as tough as I expected it to be. The worst part was drawing and cutting all of the pieces and layers and layers of interfacing. But once that was done, construction was relatively easy. As per web reviews, I used a denim needle on my machine and it worked very nicely.

As for the piping I went ahead and bought pre-made piping, since that was just easier. Once I discovered my zipper foot, it went it in quite well. I wanted to install purse feet on the bottom, but they were all out at G-Street and I didn't feel like waiting to order them online.

The only other modification I made to the pattern was extending the straps by a few inches for a longer drop, and making the pockets in thirds so that there are 3 on each side rather than 2. This way they perfectly fit my wallet, PDA, phone, and work ID.



Looks a bit like a watermelon I suppose...

My next version of this bag is for my friend Becks - I've imagined a denim version of the bag with a baseball print lining, and she'll provide the curly W patch for the outside. It will be the perfect bag for her to take to Nats games! I'm most excited!

So my next project will be this bag:



Using the fabric below.  From what I've read, Amy Butler's Sophia bag is a challenge - lots of layers and interfacing and such - but we'll see how it goes.  I'm thinking a red satin ribbon for the piping.  Haven't figured out what to do for the lining.  Something sexy...