What do you want. . ., . . . from a music bag? Options

[BadStrad]

However----I need my music bag to be waterproof.
Having been caught out leaving my shoulder rest at home on the piano (won't fit in my violincase ) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/glare.gif) I probably need one permanently in my music bag. Then I have a little over-body black pouch-bag for concerts, so I don't have to leave my purse etc in the (unattended) room with all the coats, bags, etc.
One problem is finding a bag wide enough to take a music stand---it sometimes has to go separately in its own bag

Thanks all for the kind words. As a bag obsessive it's great to hear.

I walk about ten paces to get to my lesson from the car, so don't really need a waterproof bag, but OH has a longer walk so I've made his bag out of oilcloth (the plastic coated fabric that people sometimes use as table covering)

The bag in the photo has an outside pocket the size of the front of the bag, so if I'm using my small violin case I can pop my shoulder rest into that.

Thankfully I don't need to carry a music stand but that would be a fairly easy modification. I'd put a tube along the bottom with maybe a drawstring fastening - maybe use plumbers pipe as lining to give it a bit of protection.

[BadStrad]

And here is the bag I made for OH. (IMG:http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb327/BadStrad/DogBagExt.jpg)

Made of oilcloth so it's waterproof, with interior pockets for keys, phone and pens/pencils.

(IMG:http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb327/BadStrad/DogBagInt.jpg)

[Susie]

Excellent looking bag. Good choice of oilcloth - you'll have people asking if it's a Radley bag with the little Scottie dogs on the outside! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[BadStrad]

Excellent looking bag. Good choice of oilcloth - you'll have people asking if it's a Radley bag with the little Scottie dogs on the outside! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I love Radley bags!

[Susie]

Excellent looking bag. Good choice of oilcloth - you'll have people asking if it's a Radley bag with the little Scottie dogs on the outside! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I love Radley bags!

So do I! Can't afford them, but I do have a Radley purse. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

[BadStrad]

I do have a Radley purse. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

I have a couple of the bags that I got for birthday presents - but they came from the "last season" range so were less than half price. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I still love them though. My "Aspirational" music sits in one of the Radley bags (waiting for me to be able to play it - the music that is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ).

Making these bags was wayyyyyy cheaper and I could choose the spec. I'll probably try a backpack version next.

[gwyntdi-enw]

What beautiful designs - thank you so much for posting the photos!