Leodhas
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Home Made Ukulele Gig Bag Project (Concert)
Hi, I saw a post on here a few weeks ago, it was some fella who'd knitted his own ukulele gig bag and it got me to thinking, could I make my own gig bag? However, I am extremely useless when it comes to sewing/knitting, let's just call it household crafts (I don't know the correct term). Nevertheless, I will not be deterred (please remember I've never held a sewing needle in my life until today) and have committed myself to doing this! So this afternoon I bought myself 2 by 1 yards of denim (I thought denim would be a good choice of material because it's blue and durable) and some needles and thread. I have been cracking on with this all evening. It's a very simple design as i'm new to this but I'm finding it fairly relaxing!
I expect this to take me 2/3 days (going at it in the evening after work) and I will post a few pictures when I'm finished and have attached a couple to this post of the design and this evenings progress. This is all being done by my hand, except the one straight line down the angle which I got my girlfriend to do on her sewing machine earlier this evening. (I'm nowhere near advanced enough to be using sewing machines yet).
You may ask what I expect to gain from this endeavour (you may not, but you may) ? Well, to be honest, I'm hoping it makes me look sensitive and creative to my new girlfriend. Basically i'm looking to impress her, but I'm also getting a big kick out of making the bag. I've learnt that sewing is a very intricate skill and that you do draw blood from your fingers doing it! Also, surely someone needs to invent a new method of threading a needle! Threading needles is incredibly frustrating.
Anyway, I encourage you all in your spare time to have a go, no matter how bad you think it may turn out. This isn't for an expensive uke so it doesn't have to be all singing and dancing and protecting, it's just for a wee Oscar Schmidt I got! I would never entrust my hands to make a bag/case for an expensive instrument. Saying that, if this turns out ok you never know!
PS. Any tips would go down well.
rough design
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This evenings progress (the bag is inside out) and that's the handle I made all by myself!
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PS. I'm 34 and suffer from no mental issues if you were wondering!
Hi, I saw a post on here a few weeks ago, it was some fella who'd knitted his own ukulele gig bag and it got me to thinking, could I make my own gig bag? However, I am extremely useless when it comes to sewing/knitting, let's just call it household crafts (I don't know the correct term). Nevertheless, I will not be deterred (please remember I've never held a sewing needle in my life until today) and have committed myself to doing this! So this afternoon I bought myself 2 by 1 yards of denim (I thought denim would be a good choice of material because it's blue and durable) and some needles and thread. I have been cracking on with this all evening. It's a very simple design as i'm new to this but I'm finding it fairly relaxing!
I expect this to take me 2/3 days (going at it in the evening after work) and I will post a few pictures when I'm finished and have attached a couple to this post of the design and this evenings progress. This is all being done by my hand, except the one straight line down the angle which I got my girlfriend to do on her sewing machine earlier this evening. (I'm nowhere near advanced enough to be using sewing machines yet).
You may ask what I expect to gain from this endeavour (you may not, but you may) ? Well, to be honest, I'm hoping it makes me look sensitive and creative to my new girlfriend. Basically i'm looking to impress her, but I'm also getting a big kick out of making the bag. I've learnt that sewing is a very intricate skill and that you do draw blood from your fingers doing it! Also, surely someone needs to invent a new method of threading a needle! Threading needles is incredibly frustrating.
Anyway, I encourage you all in your spare time to have a go, no matter how bad you think it may turn out. This isn't for an expensive uke so it doesn't have to be all singing and dancing and protecting, it's just for a wee Oscar Schmidt I got! I would never entrust my hands to make a bag/case for an expensive instrument. Saying that, if this turns out ok you never know!
PS. Any tips would go down well.
rough design
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This evenings progress (the bag is inside out) and that's the handle I made all by myself!
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
PS. I'm 34 and suffer from no mental issues if you were wondering!