Talk about a custom piece! Michelyne had managed to work the actual welt pockets on the front of the jacket into both the front and back of the bag. The straps, she told me, were cut from the sleeves so she decided to sew a row of cuff buttons onto one of them. (Later, in a fit of nostalgia, I tucked an embroidered napkin of my grandmother’s into an outer pocket and fastened it with one of Dad’s tie tacks.)