bag mod

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This isn't as crafty as most of you get, but it's something besides knitting and quilting for me, which is what I usually do.

My brother got a new laptop, and didn't want his old bag anymore since his new one is bigger and doesn't fit in the bag! I happen to have the same size laptop as his new one, but am too cheap to go get my own good laptop bag. He gave me his bag, so I added a little section to make it bigger. It involved ripping out seams on nylon (ick!), hemming those seams and inserting a panel. I couldn't do it all by machine, 'cause the throat on my machine is not big enough (whine), so I got some practice handstitching pretty like.



A slightly blurry pic of my laptop in the bag. It barely fits.



The inside of the pocket without the laptop. I swear that all of my edges are finished!! And please ignore the crappy handstitching at the bottom. I just wanted the outside to look nice!



Outside of the pocket. I love this material. It's ice cream cones and bright and happy! One side of the pocket is taller than the other, so I made it to the tall side, which is why there's extra material.