New and Improved Laptop Bag

I posted a good while ago about the laptop bag I made for my new netbook. Well, it wasn't big enough for my longer trips, when I like to carry not only the netbook and its cord, but also an external hard drive, my iPod and its cord, my phone cord, a book, a notebook, maybe a movie, pens, sunglasses . . . the list goes on. So I made a second, larger bag. :D

Designed around an owl appliqué I'd found at Jo~Ann's

some months earlier, and made out

of an old pair of jeans. The inside's lined with ties, which gives it some extra stability, and a super sleek look. :)

The inside has a laptop pocket padded with a cut-up Yoga mat, and a second floppy pocket on the other side, for random stuff.

Here it is, filled with random stuff! :D

I re-purposed the butt pockets, attaching one to the front of the

bag as you can see above, and sticking a zipper in the other, and leaving it loose, as something of a coin purse that lives in the bag.

The handle is a fairly standard nylon strap, covered in another tie. The pattern used up almost all of the denim from the pants, leaving little more than scraps around the zipper, waistband, and bottom cuffs. The bag itself is probably a similar size to what I would've gotten had I simply cut the legs off the pants and used the top as a purse itself, which I've done once before---this bag is WAY cuter. :D

And, best of all, it's a super easy pattern to repeat, and I *do* plan on selling these bags, if people are interested! :D Just let me know . . . I can also do all sorts of other crafty things, like make a laptop sleeve out of suede (as I did for my brother and his friend), or a custom art portfolio, or whatever suits your fancy . . . I might could dream it up. :D