What is a cassowary??? I hear you say. Well! A cassowary is a prehistoric looking bird that lives in Queensland, Australia. It is endangered, doesn't fly, and is, well, pretty ugly. Anyhoo, a woman I work with has been doing a lot of work on the cassowary and as a result she has plenty of maps of the region where it lives. Given she's been eating, sleeping, and dreaming cassowary so I got one of her old maps and made it into a bag - hence the cassowary bag!
I sandwiched two maps between two layers of clear pvc/vinyl.
I don't know how sturdy it would be, but it was my first attempt at sewing pvc so I didn't want to make it too complex. Even the handles are part of the map...
I'm pretty pleased with it. The only problem was that the map got pretty crinkled when I tried to turn it inside out. I'd probably do side seams a little differently next time for that reason.
5 comments:
WOW! I'm totally into maps:-)
What a cool idea, great job!
This is awesome! Nice work :)
That is awesome! I actually bought an LV about 12 years ago that had a travel map of Paris done the same way as a back pocket.
Good job, this is my kind of bag : )
That bag is just stunning! My husband is a big fan of maps, especially old ones... I must give your idea a try!
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