Half the fun of sewing bags and purses – or anything really – is adding some embellishment. It’s like adding the the icing to the cake. It’s the final touch that makes your sewing project really special. And for me, one of my very favorite embellishing techniques is using the in-built decorative machine stitches on […]
Embellishing Techniques for Bags and Purses: Decorative Machine Stitches Read More »
Although printing your own fabric using an inkjet printer doesn’t use any more ink than printing on paper, at times you may want to be a little more frugal with your printer ink. This ink-saving technique is perfect for printing simple designs onto fabric with stunning results. Printing bold black designs onto plain colored fabric
Ink-saving technique for printing your own fabric using an inkjet printer Read More »
How I Design Bags and Purses: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 When I finished sewing the bag together and let it sit for a few days, I realized I didn’t like the box shape. It was a little too … well boxy. So I unpicked it
How I Design Bags and Purses Part 5: Twists and Turns and Unexpected Endings Read More »
How I Design Bags and Purses: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 After sewing the lining and the outside of the bag, I trimmed the excess fabric away and realized that because of the number of fabric strips used on the outside of the bag, it would
How I Design Bags and Purses Part 4: Sewing the Bag Together Read More »
How I Design Bags and Purses: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Last week I made the bag lining using strips of sari silk ribbon sewn together to make a piece of silk “ribbon fabric”. This week I’m making the outside of the bag, again using sari
How I Design Bags and Purses Part 3: How to create texture using fabric strips Read More »
I’m currently in the process of sewing a small purse using fabric that I’m making from some recycled sari silk ribbon. Even with the ribbon has raw edges, it still looks quite good once it’s sewn. Making fabric from ribbon is easy – and fun – and there’s various different ways you can do it,
How to make fabric from ribbon Read More »
