Useful bag for the rainy day

The white cloth is the eco friendly super absorbent kitchen cloth you get at woolworths.

It's abour AU$3.99 for 2 pcs in a bag.

The red-dish cloth at the back is the water-proof fabric.

I put elastic band through at the bottom, and sew the sides together like this.

Then make a handle with the same fabric, and sew it to the body.

I've used D ring and a swivel lobster clasp so you can hang it to your bag handle.

Now, how do you use it?

well, it's a small bag to hold your umbrella!

When you take a bus for work and is raining, and you get into the bus with a wet umbrella, it is quite uncomfortable for everyone.

But with this bag, you can insert your wet umbrella easily as it has a wide opening

 

You don't need to fold it neetly.  Just put it in like this!

Because the lining is water absorbent, the umbrella gets dried once it's inside the bag.

and with the handle, your hands can be dry, and you don't need to hold onto it.

You can just attach the bag to your shoulder bag

like this!

The reason why I made the bottom like this with the elastic band is...

that you can use it with a long style umbrella as well!

When you put it through the bag, the umbrella gets dried so you don't need to worry about wet umbrella.  You can hang its handle to the opening of the bag.

The great thing about this is that

you can

put the 500ml water bottle in!

It fits perfectly!

It doesn't keep it cool, but will dry the surface for you if you don't like the wet water bottle.

I will send this to my friend in Japan as it's getting quite wet over there.