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so... anybody get their bags yet?

Yeah, dental floss is super strong; I've busted quite a few seams even with doubled thread, but the bags have made with floss are still holding strong. But in my opinion, braided fishing line is the way to go

Hooray! I am excited - Julien, I am about to start making your bag!

Tomorrow's the day... i'm excited!!

Yeah, personally I feel like it would be kind of ridiculous to divide into two groups unless a lot more people join in. Even if we did a small one now, there's no reason we couldn't do another one right afterwards (and if the first was a success, more people would almost certainly join in the next ...

I would be down as well! Maybe we could just get 10 or so of us and then scramble all the names? Or would this be an ongoing thing?

Magus86 wrote:So these are my bags. What do you guys think?

Magus, I really like how you've experimented with different shapes! Do you have a favorite? I've been getting tired of the normal 32 panel and wanting to try a few other patterns...

Vintage Lavers, at J Crew of all places!

http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/MensBro ... /26442.jsp

here's a bag i just finished the other day:



and here it is alongside an older 28 panel bag i made. it's sloppily stitched but its one of my favorites to play with.

Toasty, i love that color scheme! Which brown is that?

Yeah, I really liked this book! I'm about a third of the way through, and although it's easy to read it makes you think quite a bit. I even printed out a hard copy so i can mark sections I want to come back to I recommend it, especially at 4 dollar something US.