Bag Boutique: Making Fabulous Purses and Totes

by Amy Barickman

Whip up a beautiful bag or pretty purse--these fun projects make it a snap to go from sewing room to shoulder Customize these hot accessories to your favorite style with a range of easy techniques.

Use a variety of handles and closures to make 30 traditional to trendy projectsEmbellish bags with quilting, photo transfers, free downloadable images, or trimsPersonalize your purses by substituting different sizes, straps, and pockets

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564776115
• ISBN13: 9781564776112
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: That Patchwork Place
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Great

I received my product in an amazing short time and in perfect condition! Thank you

Bag Boutique Fun!!

I love this book. The bag pattern instructions are easy to read and follow and most can be finished within a few hours. Although one has to enlarge the patterns, it cost me only $11.50 for the entire book at my local copy center. If I had to purchase each pattern separately, at approximately $10.00 per pattern - a real bargain. I've already made three of the bags from this book and plan to make more.

Good book!

Clear instructions, varied shapes, a variety of techniques. A good book to have if you want to sew your own purses. Some patterns need to be enlarged on a copier, but that's not much of a problem for most of us.

good basic info and patterns to copy

Good basic shapes and the introduction offers clear instructions to insert pockets and how to put together linings. Designs include multiple opening styles, including how to put together a bag with a hex opening (snaps together in a spring loaded fashion) which was my reason for purchase. Patterns are on pages of the book with info on how much to enlarge each sheet on a copy machine to achieve the size of bag illustrated. Most of the bag designs are simple rectangles of different sizes.

The Bag Boutique

Wonderful book for ideas - well described and easy to follow. It was given me much inspiration for my own projects.