Music

Dreams Never End

New Linen 12″ LP Vinyl Record Holder Sleeve up in Etsy

Holds up to 4 LPs, re-salvaged Belgian linen, formerly paint canvases. Lined in white cotton with lavender bias binding.

I really loved making these.

Triple Hand Dyed Canvas & Denim Bags

Triple hand dyed canvas bags pieced with denim with tea-dyed tan muslim linings. Gunmetal grey screenprint (left) and lavender rose smoke with black stitching (right). Handles are denim and hand-dyed canvas pieced together, double-lined and double-stitched for strength with ‘strap-band’ Kids In Love labels. GUNMETAL GREY Hand Dyed Denim & Canvas Bag, $32 ($4.50 shipping from CA and NY) ROSE SMOKE Hand Dyed Denim & Canvas Bag, $32 ($4.50 shipping from CA and NY)

At 13 and 3/4″ x 14 and 1/4″ H for Gunmetal Grey or 14 and 3/4″ x 15 and 3/4″ for Rose Smoke both nicely fit a Kids In Love heavy rotation: Minimal Wave Records’s The Hidden Tapes LP Continue Reading

Joy Division Amsterdam inspired Tote

FRONT VIEW above, BACK VIEW belowETSY: Purple Denim & Tripled Hand-Dyed Canvas $26

This bag came out of hours of listening to Joy Division’s Amsterdam LP recorded live at the Paradiso club in Amsterdam in January of 1980. The needle of our record player did not go up on this LP while this bag was being sewn, and the colors of the music show through in the colors of the bag. You can hear how young, raw yet already tinged with desperation they were as a band. Limited editions in blue, pink or turquoise green vinyl. We were lucky enough to score the beautiful green marbled vinyl and with an amazing cover. Only 238 were pressed in this colour.

Bikini Kill Rebel Girl inspired Totes

Rebel Girl I wanna take you home wanna try on your clothes

Rebel Girl you are the queen of my world

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When I sew bags I usually listen to one or two records on repeat until I’m done at the sewing machine. I like thinking of how the energy of the music and it’s spirit permeates the bag. Bikini Kill saved my life when I was a very young, very confused young lady. They probably saved the life of many a girl. This is my little tribute to Kathleen, Kathi, Tobi and Billy.

Tom Tom Mag's FREE DRUM LESSONS

Tom Tom Mag is offering free drum lessons for ladies and girls now through the end of August at Greenpoint’s own DanBro Studios.

Shoot an email to tomtomdrumspace@gmail.com to set up an appointment.

How can you say no?!