Bag-O-Rags Mandolin Straps
Recently, when I was working in my Button Room, I came across a big bag of raggedy jeans that I had been saving for some unknown project and it spurred me to think about options. I looked up a Youtube video on making a rag rug and I started to make one out of the denim. The heavy fabric proved a bit difficult to use for my first attempt so I abandoned the jeans rug and started one out off some old flannel sheets and the like that I also had laying around. I began using narrow strips of the sheets and whilst harvesting strips of fabric to make the rug, I became enthralled with the nicely sewed seams of the sheets and started to contemplate the usefulness of these long and hearty strips. A corduroy coverlet yielded the green seams (complete with surge stitching and piping) and an old flannel sheet produced the burgundy piece. They seemed perfect for a mandolin strap. Here is the first Bag-O-Rags mandolin strap!
The instruments have been having a ball trying on the new straps and unanimously give their nods of approval!
The instruments have been having a ball trying on the new Bag-O-Rags Mandolin Straps and unanimously give their nods of approval!
The instruments have been having a ball trying on the new Bag-O-Rags Mandolin Straps and unanimously give their nods of approval!
Even the old George Bauer parlor guitar wanted to get into the action and fell in love with this Bag-O-Rags Mandolin Strap made from a vintage, cabbage rose drapery.
Even the old George Bauer parlor guitar wanted to get into the action and fell in love with this Bag-O-Rags Mandolin Strap made from a vintage, cabbage rose drapery.
The over the tuners attachment meant to accent the relaxed and sexy ambiance that the straps convey.
Bag-O-Rags Mandolin Strap #2 (rag rug model)!
Bag-O-Rags Mandolin Strap #2 (rag rug model)!
I came into the kitchen to find this Bag-O-Rags Mandolin Strap (Simple Twist model) on the floor, a product of cat predation no doubt but pointing up that these marvelous straps have been approved by cats for off label use, as toys.
I came into the kitchen to find this Bag-O-Rags Mandolin Strap (Simple Twist model) on the floor, a product of cat predation no doubt but pointing up that these marvelous straps have been approved by cats for off label use, as toys.
A smaller, lighter weight version of the first strap.
An experiment with some hem binding strips. May have some synthetic fibers in it.
Braided with the seams of an old, super soft bed spread that I have not been able to discard and a strip of that burgundy flannel sheet. Perfect for softer playing situations.
Even Flora came out of her hibernation to give the new Bag-O-Rags straps a try and subsequent thumbs up!
Opus 1
My D1 Banaszak mandolin sporting one of the new Bag-O-Rags straps and just kickin' back on a Saturday afternoon! Edit: I forgot to post a link to a short video that I made about the mandolin when I posted this but I put it in below.
Started to sew button holes on some of the straps. Various styles here.
Long time favorite tee shirt was so holy it was approaching sainthood. Divine inspiration has given it a new life as a Bag-O-Rags mandolin strap.
Long time favorite tee shirt was so holy it was approaching sainthood. Divine inspiration has given it a new life as a Bag-O-Rags mandolin strap.
Long time favorite tee shirt was so holy it was approaching sainthood. Divine inspiration has given it a new life as a Bag-O-Rags mandolin strap.
A Cherokee tee shirt was going to the rag bag but inspiration came and with it a new Bag-O-Rags mandolin strap!
A Cherokee tee shirt was going to the rag bag but inspiration came and with it a new Bag-O-Rags mandolin strap!
Shabby Chic with a custom button hole
A dark blue tee shirt and burgundy flannel sheet create a handsome Bag-O-Rags mandolin strap