Bags for Fashionistas: Designing, Sewing, Selling

ISBN-10: 0764349120
ISBN-13: 9780764349126
Category: Handbags
Language: English
Published: 2015
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Author: Nani Coldine

Description

This do-it-yourself book for stylish handbags features 25 projects with more than 500 illustrations. Sewers of all skill levels will gather the information they need to create many kinds of bags, from casual to romantic, as well as ideas for jazzing up your old bags. Handbag styles include clutches, totes, makeup cases, and a roll-up pencil case. They're made with a variety of styles, including lovely vintage, charming felt, and '80s graphics designs. Chapters include adding accessories and prints to your bags, and each section ends with an interview with a handbag designer. A wealth of tips and information is also provided for adding zippers, making the perfect lining, developing your own variation of the handbag model, and enlarging and copying design patterns and templates. See how creating your own handbag can be fun and rewarding, and also fashion-forward.

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