• Simple projects you can make today and carry tonight
• Gorgeous, heirloom bags with lavish details
• Make it your way: sweet or sleek, retro or contemporary
• Wide range of techniques includes beading, embroidery, appliqué, fabric painting, and knitting
• Bags for shopping, travel, evenings out, the beach, gardening, and more
Tote your belongings in a bag with signature style! Pretty, detailed illustrations are accompanied by complete instructions and a wealth of tips and ideas. Use a variety of materials including cottons, felt, organza, and scraps. Add ribbons, sequins, beads, and metallic threads to make it special. Twenty projects with complete supply lists, and trim ideas to mix and match.
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Review American Quilt Retailer - June 1, 2006
Twenty bag patterns to make tonight and use tomorrow.
Review The Midwest Book Review - July 1, 2006
From beaded and embroidered bags to those enhanced by fabric paints, bags for shopping, travel or elegant take-alongs are outstanding with color photos and drawings making them easy to reproduce.
Review The Fat Quarterly-Benartex - August 28, 2006
Here's a great way to try all the new techniques you've been reading about ... one-of-a-kind bags that will get lots of attention! Deena's instructions incorporate lots of great techniques, including beading, embroidery, applique, fabric painting and knitting. Stretch your imagination!
Review ASG Notions - October 1, 2006
"A bag with a deep knitted cuff, a woolly rag rug bag, a felted bag, an organza patchwork bag, a boudoir-chic bag; innovative materials are transformed into eighteen great handbags, plus a laundry bag and baby changing bag."
