Product Description

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 have everything you need to get started. Includes 4 fold-out master patterns for making more than 36 stylish handbags. All patterns included! Softcover: 120 pages. Made in USA.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #386839 in Books
• Brand: QUAYSIDE PUBLISHING
• Published on: 2002-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 120 pages

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LOADED with pictures!
I love this book, it's loaded with gorgeous pictures of bags that are VERY stylish. It gives you patterns, covers basics of sewing, and is even great for expert Clothing Designers and Seamstresses like me. The book is by teachers at NYC's Fashion Institute and there's a section of very creative and fashionable creations by chosen accessory design students. The patterns are all there and somewhat easy to figure out. Most of all I love the pictures. I'm talking these are REAL designer bags like something you'd find at Betsy Johnson. These aren't your grannies sewing projects! There isn't a single quilting fabric found in this book. They even tell you how to make leather bags. And in the back, you can contact each student that made the designer's gallery bags (to tell them how much you love them, ofcourse! Hope you have as much fun with this one as I did.

Wanna make a handbag? This is a good place to start.
The reviews for this book seem to be split between people who love it and people who hate it. Yes, this book is not perfect. It is confusing at times, and it is a little difficult to take their "requirements" and translate it to make a bag that's not EXACTLY like the one that's pictured, especially if you've never done anything particularly crafty before.

However, it has a lot of great pictures and great ideas, and just reading through the "how to" gave me some ideas on how to make my own bag that combined elements of many of the bags that were pictured. What's good about this book is it doesn't try to take too much on: It walks you through how to make bags in 4 specific categories, and then it shows you variations on those four.

At $14 (as of Nov 2003), you're not going to find a good book that's cheaper. It's not perfect, and it does have its limitations, but this is a good place to start for someone trying to figure out what they want to do and wanting to explore some ideas further.

this book was waaay better than handmade handbags
I bought this book and handmade handbags and handmade handbags cant compare to this. they give you actual patterns,modern and eccentric design ideas and the instructions are much clearer to understand. I love this book!