Handmade Embroidered Bags

I’ve been working a lot with bags and purses lately. I really like working with the small size and I’m having fun with unusual shapes. I hope to show you some of the designs real soon.

Although I love to design my own bags and purses these days, I have various books on bags and purses that I really enjoy browsing through from time to time for a little inspiration. If you’re into making your own bags and purses, you might enjoy these books also.

“Handmade Embroidered Bags” by Jenny Rolfe some time ago and found it has a lot of really good information for making “art-style” bags.

The book not only details how to make several different bag designs, but also includes tutorials on how to make your own embroidered fabric as well as one of my favorite techniques, machine wrapped cording. You can also find a free tutorial for machine wrapped cording here.

So if you’re looking for a good starting point for making artsy bags and purses then you’ll no doubt enjoy this book.

Embroidered Purses: Design & Techniques by Linda Tudor is a book more in-depth in nature and includes a little of the history of embroidered purses from around the world. The book includes some beautiful patterns and designs and some interesting techniques for making pockets, gussets and lovely embellishments, as well as a commentary about working in series for making purses – an interesting concept.

This book has lots of very useful information and if you’re a serious “purse artist” or just looking for some inspiration, then you’ll really enjoy this book.

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