/2011/07/08/dufflelaundry-bag-aka-hobo-bag/
{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/07\/08\/dufflelaundry-bag-aka-hobo-bag\/","trash":"","name":"dufflelaundry-bag-aka-hobo-bag","parent":"","title":"Duffle\/Laundry bag... aka hobo bag","date":"2011-07-08 11:01:40","filepath":"posts\/2000220_dufflelaundry-bag-aka-hobo-bag.xml.json","type":"post","content":"A few years ago I was inspired by a navy laundry bag I saw in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0203019\/\" target=\"_blank\">Men of Honor<\/a> with Cuba Gooding Jr. The bag was a standard drawstring laundry bag, but it sported a nifty circular bottom instead of the simple flat stitch which creates pointed corners.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bag.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-221\" title=\"hobo bag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bag-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"hobo bag\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\nI decided to give it a try and used my wife's sewing machine to stitch together some canvas and string. Although it was put together in about an hour and a half, it was surprisingly difficult. Sewing a round bottom is not easy, even while using pins. It also didn't help to run out of white thread midway through the process. I had to resort to switching to a light yellow thread.\n\nThe resulting quality is extremely poor, but I didn't want it for anything in particular except <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionmission.org\/2011\/07\/05\/train-hopping\/\" target=\"_blank\">hobo-ing around<\/a>. So, the two toned thread and sewn cloth folds give it character.\n\nIt was fun to create and it was a perfect preview for the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renegadecraft.com\/san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">Renegade Craft Fair<\/a> this weekend in San Francisco (July 9-10th).\n\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> Don't forget <em>2\u03a0r<\/em> is your friend when sizing the bottom circle."}}
