Sew Bags: The Practical Guide to Making Purses, Totes, Clutches & More; 13 Skill-Building Projects

by Hilarie Wakefield Dayton

Overview

Sew stylish shoulder bags, totes, clutches, and drawstring bags! Whether you’re a total beginner or a confident sewist who loves to finish a project in one sitting, you’ll love this modern collection of thirteen bags you can truly make your own. Turn flat fabric into handbags of any shape when you learn the basics of construction, transferring a pattern, and finishing details. A must-have primer for the beginning sewist!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617457913
Publisher:	C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Publication date:	06/07/2019
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	644,074
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Hilarie Wakefield Dayton learned to sew as a young girl. After college, she designed a women’s fashion line and later designed custom wedding gowns and veils. Today she runs a sewing school for kids, teens, and adults in Norfolk, Virginia. littlestitchstudionorfolk.com

Editorial Reviews

05/06/2019

Dayton, who owns the Little Stitch Studio for children in Norfolk, Va., teaches both kids and adults the joy of sewing in this attractive workbook. Dayton starts with how to think like a designer, discussing being open to different sources of inspiration and visualizing using a mood board. She goes over color values, from primary to tertiary, and describes the design principles of scale, harmony, and proportion. Dayton also defines pattern marking terms, which are “kind of like... another language—but an easy language!” She offers fabric-shopping hints, lists of needed tools, and explanations of how to thread a needle and sew a running stitch; however, her machine-sewing lessons stick close to “know your manual.” The book’s 13 “skill-building” projects are grouped into four categories: shoulder-strap bags, tote bags, zipper clutches, and drawstring bags. Dayton’s instructions for these, with tips throughout (including a text box titled “all about zippers”) are enthusiastic as well as informative. Applicable to a variety of projects despite the handbag focus, this spirited primer will leave readers feeling well-prepared and ready to start sewing. (July)

Publishers Weekly