Quote Originally Posted by uforgot View Post
I've been actually playing with the idea of sewing a sort of "pocket" on the bottom and sliding in a piece of plastic. The lid idea is a good one. I wasn't sure what kind of plastic to use. I was also wondering about maybe making it more waterproof?!?!?! I wonder what would be involved in that. Any ideas?
You don't need to sew any pockets. Just cut the plastic piece the right size and put it right in your bag at the bottom. Once your bag is full of makeup, hair curlers, fig newtons, hero sandwiches and your portable espresso machine you won't see the plastic on the bottom anyway.

Waterproofing?- quick way: buy the spray for waterproofing leather shoes and suede. Heavy duty way: rub in leather boot waterproofing/snowproofing wax. (this might darken the canvas though). If you use the spray do it outside- that stuff is nasty to breathe.