I have a military laptop / briefcase in the digital camouflage pattern (no, really) from working where I had to visit the Pentagon at times. To remind us desk jockeys that we were supporting troops on hostile ground, we wore field cammies every day.
The vinyl is peeling off the underlying cloth mesh, and some of the Velcro has separated, but it's hard to pitch something that's given good service. 
Awww, that's thoughtful.
I guess that's a sensible-job briefcase then, it has worked hard. My older bag has been retired to "beach trip bag" because I couldn't bear to throw it out just because it got squishy and worn, so now it gets to go to the beach! On those rare occasions. Or hotel stays and stuff.
Hmmmm gotta start setting up my exhibition space tomorrow. o__o Somehow I've gotta remember how to do proper knots, just in case the teachers helping me don't know how to tie stuff. the real challenge will be complying with OH&S and heritage rules. Like, apparently us students aren't technically allowed to move the desks to the other side of the room; we're supposed to hire removalists? Which is fair I guess, but....they're small..and we only need to move them like 7m. And then there are ladder rules, because the ceilings are so high, so apparently I'm too short to be working that high on a ladder. Which is fair..I do get vertigo when I look up from a height for some reason, and I
am too short to be that high up reaching over my head. I think. So a teacher has to tie the knots for me. -__-
And then, I was planning to use staples to fix some draping cloth in place, but the wooden beams are heritage and so heritage rules apply which means no staples. ((Even though they're covered in nails and staples from the dawn of time through to the 90s. Ugh) Hence why I bought the rope.
And THEN, all the plinths that the art school is using to exhibit, we're not allowed to paint them. Which is fair, except the current condition of the plinths is shameful: scuffs, scratches, gashes, and general bad paintwork underneath in awful colours. Mine is currently "grey", along with splashes of other colours from things it's been thrown against during it's sad lifetime. Our teacher says we should be rebels and give them a new coat of paint anyway, or we can dance around the rules and cover them with something instead. One guy is gonna cover his in astroturf.
I was thinking of covering mine in some faux velvet (so people could pat it, and so lure them to my exhibit muahahaha) but I haven't had access to the plinth to even measure it! PLUS, how will I stick the fabric ON? Glue? Sew a rectangular prism sleeve? Staples? I don't know anymoooooooore...!
What I
hope I can do tomorrow is cut and speed-sew some hem things onto the top of my drapes...
Will I be legally allowed to do anything other than sew? Find out tomorrow~ *gameshow host voice*
