Nifty Salvaged Pocket-Bag (Satchel) or Purse

A friend of mine sophomore year of high school had a great idea. Nothing else really happened that year, but it was a great idea. he had a pair of old cargo pants, for which he and i were famous for wearing, and they had developed a large hole in a rather inconvenient place. he cut off the pockets, which had pockets on them, and pockets on those, and sewed them together on three sides to make a bag, which he proudly introduced to me as a "Man-Pocket." This was not his great idea. He showed to to me knowing that i would like it and make my own, and then wear it to school and get lots of "thats a purse" ridicule. That was his great idea, and it worked.

Brian, you were one tricky, tricky kid. But I must admit it ties my "NASA hoodie, Khaki pants, socks and sandals" outfit together quite nicely.

Now you can make your own salvaged pocket bag, maybe your girlfriend will appreciate this "purse" as a token of your love/lust (but we know its a satchel), or maybe you will find your own use for it and live happily ever after.

Step 1 Gather Materials

There were very few materials involved:
One pair of torn or otherwise ruined/ruinable pants/shorts with cargo pockets
Dental floss
Sewing Needle


As it happened i used these because i had them already, i will assume that you have at least 2 of 3 already. whichever one you don't have cant cost more than a few bucks.

Comments

[bruc33ef]

Like the notebooks of Da Vinci ;-) Seriously, thought, thanks for bringing back the art of drawing. Photos would've been a step down.

[HAL 9000]

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[threecheersfornick]

Ya... I love the paper bag aspect. But, still I would like to see the final product.

[HAL 9000]

Don't worry, it's on its way

[dombeef]

 When???

[bmarshall79]

It would be nice to have actual images of the process, preferably several photos of each stage of each step.

[randomguy96]

HOORAY FOR BROWN PAPER BAGS!!!!!

[tech_sponge61]

nice great idea the best part is I have all the materials for this....are we going with satchel or purse??? or does it depend if your a guy or a girl?hehe but really a great idea.

[HAL 9000]

You can call yours whatever you like, but understand that mine is a satchel. Good to see that the materials were as available as i thought.

[nagutron]

How about a photo of the finished project?

[HAL 9000]

Since I knew somebody would ask I called my friend, who has a digital camera, to come photograph it for me, so expect one soon. Thanks for commenting.