so it's taken me a while since i've been working a lot, but now that i have only a week left i figured i should get started on the bag. i went with number four, and i worked out all the embroidery stuff tonight. for the people who responded thanks for the input, and i thought you may be curious how it turned out.
this is just the outter layer of the main flap, totally unfinished.
there are also still some chalk lines showing that i need to rub out, but you get the picture