Making Handbags: Retro, Chic, Luxurious

by Ellen Goldstein-Lynch, Nicole Malone, Sarah Mullins

New! by QUAYSIDE PUBLISHING GROUP. QUARRY BOOKS-Would you like to have a fabulous handbag to go with every outfit? It is easy! Packed with easy instructions and step-by-step illustrations and photographs this book by a team of experts from the accessories department at the Fashion Institute of Technology will show you how to make classic and modern handbags to fit every taste. With tips for customizing every project short-cuts and even embellishment tips for non-sewers who just want to spice up a bag they already have you will ha The type of this product is SEWING GIFTS SEW BOOKS.

Genres: Sewing, Crafts, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy, easy, easy bags in this, but enormous creativity in the samples they use--done by design school students (don't ask me which design school because I can't remember). Inspired me to design a fancy silk envelope bag which I always get comments on whenever I use it.

[Kara Janelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this quite inspirational to read and look through, all though in all honesty I have not as yet made a bag.

[Jodi · Rating 2 out of 5]

it was ok, i was hoping for more technical things ...

[A · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just ok. Glad I borrowed it from the library first.

[Annette McIntyre · Rating 2 out of 5]

Has some nice things, but could do with more.