A show and guitar case

Saturday morning I ran errands then later on in the day I headed to my brother's house. Michael had a show at Northfield Park Casino, so we headed there. There were a few problems, but Michael put on a good show - 30 minutes - opening for Donnie Iris. I wasn't crazy busy at the merch booth, but we did sell a few things. Here is Michael and his girlfriend before the show.

I didn't get to bed until midnight. Sunday I was still tired, so I binge watched Yellowstone and now I am caught up. I needed to work on modifying this guitar case. Michael needs it for a gig this week so I gathered every ounce of energy I had and got it modified.

For traveling on airplanes, Michael needed to have a case for his guitar that could fit in the overhead easier. He will take the neck off the body of the guitar and leave the strings on. Then he wanted backpack straps so he can wear it like a backpack. He went to a second hand store to get a backpack for me to take apart and use the straps. The other strap is to keep the neck of the bag secure once he folds it in half.

I was only able to sew one part of the strap and one of the backpack straps by machine. The rest I had to sew by hand. I used a curved upholstery needle, a pair of pliers, and hand quilting thread for that job. That wasn't much fun. I believe it is sewn well enough; the guitar is not that heavy. I will just have him inspect the case after every time he uses it to make sure the hand stitching is not coming apart and needing repaired.

Now I can get back to the pink quilt.