Funk Brothers Seed Company seed sacks, that is.... Can you image if your last name was Funk? Either it would be a nightmare in grade school, or if you were coming up in the 70's it would be totally groovy! Either way, the bags that were used back-in-the-day to ship their hybrid corn seeds were SUPER COOL! The company does not exist anymore - after a few generations of mergers and acquisitions it is now owned by Syngenta. But there is no reason why this textile beauty can't live on in a new form :)
 | The first two bags i made sold immediately (oops!) Had I known that would happen I would have recorded my process on those for this blog. The two that sold were based on the graphics from the back of this bag to the left. Here is how they turned out: |
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The third bag in this series was going to be different as I no longer had access to the wording shown above. I did decide to go with this same style though. I was getting a little burned out on the messenger/cross-body bags despite their popularity. I used the same types of products to go along with this bag - cargo pants and a men's belt for the handles.
The men's belts can be a little tricky sometimes.
The men's belts can be a little tricky sometimes.
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See how that belt has the bump down the middle? Well that makes it hard to sew it perfectly in half. I finally realized that if I would let the ends be staggered, it would actually look more interesting anyway - so that is how I do these now.
| I always try to utilize as much hardware from the cargo pants as I can. These tabs actually came from the bottom of the pants. The pants had straps on the inside where you would roll up the bottoms to make them capri length and secure them in place. I was also a little bored with the middle of this piece and tried to come up with something that would give it a little pop. After spending way to much time on it (it was getting out of hand) I took the simple approach and used a piece of a belt in a lighter color. Here's the end result! You will see that the bags look thick, not flimsy at all. I reinforce the materials with fleece so they will be well-structured and strong. |  |
My goodness! Who knew these bags would be so cool. I'm going to need to get my hands on a few more of them. Since this posting I've made a few messenger style (one is currently for sale as of this writing). I thought I'd post up a few pictures for you.
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