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I guess I don't like logos and graphics on my bags for the same reason I don't put bumper stickers on my car: I like to fly under the radar. I'm pretty talkative about my pet issues, sure, but I don't announce them on my bags, tees, or car.
Then, one of the beach girls admired this bag when we traveled in August, and I realized that I could rescue some of the poor sad tote bags at the creative reuse store. There they were, all neglected and ugly, advertising things that no one wanted to claim.
So I rescued them! I covered up their logos and graphics with great pleasure. I had fun picking colors and buttons and perle cotton.
There are four bags in the shop and I have a missionary feeling about them: the need to convert ugly bags into nice ones, to give them a new sense of purpose as they get into daily carrying, to bring them into crafty heaven as their reward.
Go look! There are four of them in the shop!
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That's something I never would have thought to do. The funny thing is, I normally don't like logos but I actually don't mind on my shopping bags. One thing I've noticed when I use my bags is that the cashiers at Meijer pull out all the other bags before they use the Meijer shopping bags. I think they want to see what the look like!
Yes I love that you did this ! I never liked advertising for company's on my cloths or bags for that matter lol
I love your sewing Margo and such a good creative reuse of bags .
Your bags have me inspired!
Great idea!!!
I've been known to do this! I often purchase bags at thrift stores with other people's monograms on it - it might be a brand new LL Bean tote, but because it has someone else's monogram on it, it's marked for $1 or less. The only people who know it's someone else's monogram are people who know me and they (I think, I hope), just chalk it up to my quirks. And cheapness. I did however, recently cover up a monogram with a patch - the bag, a fabulously huge Land's End beach tote, was from a friend who just went through a very painful divorce. It had her married initials on it and while I decided the bag was incredibly useful, I thought it best to cover her monogram. She was absolutely thrilled about the whole thing, so I think it was win-win!
I like this so much better than starting from scratch to make a bag! The re-user in me coming to the fore :)
And this is unrelated, but in following the link to your bag in the Dec. 19, 2012 post, I noticed the family photographs ... is the photo on the left (the little girl only) YOU? because your sweet Phoebe looks very like that little one ...!
Jenny_o, yes, that is me in that photo! And wow, I think you are right. We thought Phoebe looked more like my sister.
So fun to look at old photos and see resemblances - I've been doing that with our pictures and our grandson :)
I cover up logos in this way quite often. I don't like to be a walking billboard, even for things I do like.
These are awesome! I want all of them. Such a cool idea.
What a great idea! I'm like you in the logo department: I'd rather not provide free advertising. I love how you covered these up!
Also, in general, I have to say that I love your sewing. I love the creative way that you use color and pattern. I love that sometimes you don't even cut the scrap, just sew something around it. Wow. You have freed me from a lot of the creativity destroying need for 'perfection'. Thank you so much for that!
((I think I have commented before, but not often or recently. Sorry to be a lurker, but do know that I love your blog!))
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