To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we're giving our $10/month "Nubbin Stage" Patreon supporters a beautiful, functional custom musette bag, made by Rickshaw Bagworks in San Francisco.

What's a musette bag?

Well, it's like a tote bag, but a little more functional for throwing around your shoulder. Popularized by bicyclists and used by British and French military, it's a small bag with a single shoulder strap for carrying easy-to-reach food, drinks, or, say... pencils.

When Andy attended the San Francisco Pen Show in 2023, he bought one from the Rickshaw Bags booth and found it to be super functional for small grocery runs or shopping trips, so he wanted to bring it to the Erasable supporters.

Where did the design come from?

Herb Kwan, an artist and retired architect in Vancouver, painted it for Andy. It was the perfect theme and size for the bag's panels!

And the hand-drawn Erasable logo was created by listener Ali Serra, based off the original design by TJ Cosgrove.

How was this made?

Mark Dwight, the owner of Rickshaw Bagworks in San Francisco, took Andy on a factory tour the other day. (Andy lives just two blocks from the factory, which gives it a cool, local angle).

After the design is created or digitized, it's printed on a high-resolution large-format printer, and then sublimated onto a strong but soft white polyesther fabric. They cut it to size, and then it's sewn up with a nylon strap and a small tag, and it's ready to go! What's cool about this format is that it requires low minimums and is very versatile.

Check out this photo gallery to see some shots of how the prototype bag was produced!