Made in the 216 2010 Tool Pouches

Its June again soon and that means Made in the 216 is happening at Room Service in Detroit Shoreway again. This year looks to be bigger and badder and I have been working like a dog getting things together for it. These are some of the tool pouches I've been working on.

John's Crooked River Bag

This bag was months in the making and is maybe the most complicated bag from a design standpoint. The panels were cut and printed from linoleum blocks onto Sailcloth by Alex Nosse. These panels represent the aspects of the Cuyahoga River: agriculture, industry, and recreation.

Dave's Piggly Wiggly Bacon Bag

Prototyping is over and the Big Boy Backpack is ready to hit the streets. Featuring the zippered document pocket, split shoulder strap, side pockets, compression straps, you know, the works, this behemoth deserves to go to the guy who did the testing in Chicago with its father, the camo pack. Dave wanted a pig with bacon crossbones and I'm pretty sure I hit the mark!

Sparrow Hip-Pack

Inspired by old school tattoo imagery, this sparrow bag is the first of its kind. Not only does it feature the normal fittings of a hip pack, but it also has a zipper in the flap for keeping money, keys, whatever sealed away.

Cleveland Tweed Ride

Alex and Brian put on Cleveland's first Fabulous Tweed ride and I took the bait and started working with wool to make some prizes for the event. The result was hip packs and tool pouches made with rich salvaged tweed! This has started a bit of a salvaged fabric craze at my shop.

Katie's Ohio Bag

This plain little number has a cute little ohio and star on the lower right hand corner. Chicago here we come.

New Machine

I finally bought the machine I've been looking at for over a year. Its a compound walking foot machine with self oiler and reverse. Now I can applique on the Pfaff and do the burly construction on this without switching out thread every 30 minutes! Thank You Uncle Sam.

Jess's Elephant Family Bag

This is one of the most endearing bags I've made to date. It features mommy and her two babies walking. The detail is just enough and the colors look great!

Molly's Millencolin Bag

I made this little pink number for Molly. It is an ode to one of her favorite bands Millencolin.

Go Patches

Alex Nosse made a great lino cut a few years ago and during some testing with a two-part screen printing ink decided to print a boatload of patches on sailcloth and salvaged vinyl coated vinyl.