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My project is this way-- this side of the padlet is where I put my design research. I ended up actually using/ adapting the design I found on Etsy to the right, and the one below this. 

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My project is this way-- this side of the padlet is where I put my design research. I ended up actually using/ adapting the design I found on Etsy to the right, and the one below this. 

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My design does have more pockets though-- I also plan on adding some other features as well, like a velcro closure on the top and a zippered opening on the side for easy access to the stuff at the top of the bag (which would fix a common problem with this style of bag-- it requires you to "explode" your bag to get something at the bottom).

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The finished product, full of my typical Oberlin day supplies (laptop, notebooks, extra sweater, knitting project)

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The finished product, full of my typical Oberlin day supplies (laptop, notebooks, extra sweater, knitting project)

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This is the shoulder strap from a laptop bag that my Dad wasn't using. I cut it up to get the plastic adjuster things (which were the same width as my webbing), and I will probably also use the leftover strap material to make a tote bag out of the half of a rice bag I have left.

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A size comparison with my everyday favorite backpack (which formed the measurements for this bag). 

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A size comparison with my everyday favorite backpack (which formed the measurements for this bag). 

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This is what the bag looks like with the front pocket, and the bottom buckle part that I added to the front.

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Adding the straps was definitely the most difficult part, especially because I was worried about making sure that they were secure enough, and because initially I couldn't figure out how to make them adjustable.

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This is how the adjustment for the shoulder straps works.

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This is my second rice bag, which I cut in half and then opened-- it became the inside and outside pockets.

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I turned the bag inside out, drew one inch lines with a ruler as a seam allowance, and sewed the lines with a running stitch and normal thread.

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Another Etsy version of the same thing, except made with sailcloth rather than rice bag material. 

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Another Etsy version of the same thing, except made with sailcloth rather than rice bag material. 

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I don't really like this one as much as the others, mostly because I think that this type of top looks really dorky, and it looks too much like a stuff-sack to me. I do like that they've incorporated a pocket though.

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My own personal rice bag which was going to be thrown out 

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My own personal rice bag which was going to be thrown out 

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I hemmed one side (by hand, with embroidery thread) of it a long time ago, so that I could use it to carry various things. For a long time it held a bunch of wool roving.

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These are from a Etsy called YatraDesigns.

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These are from a Etsy called YatraDesigns.

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They're made out of cement bags rather than rice bags, but I really like the design and how it incorporates the roll-top elements and also has space for water bottles. I also like the webbing on top that allows you to hang it up. I also like that it keeps the shape that the bag originally had and simply adds things to make it useful as a backpack, rather than doing a lot of different shapes the way that the others do. I do think it needs a zipper to keep the rain out, though, at least on top.

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Some of these are made from recycled feed bags but others from rice bags. I like these designs a lot (they seem very well-finished and put together in a way that some of the other ones aren't), but I really like the roll-top idea because it allows you to expand or contract the bag depending on how much space you need.

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another design with a flap on it, from the same people 

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another design with a flap on it, from the same people 

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For some reason, it won't let me link to it.

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more bags (not designs I particularly like)

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more bags (not designs I particularly like)

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The Oberlin Co-op Rice Bag (with rice in it)

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The Oberlin Co-op Rice Bag (with rice in it)

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(interestingly, less expensive than I expected)

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https://www.amazon.com/Shakti-Milan-USA-Recycled-BackPack/dp/B077GBHTC5

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Rice bag reuse idea  | Best out of waste rice bori - By magical hands