Making Bags, A Field Guide

Couture bags without the couture price? Yes, please! A complete visual guide to bag-making from the founder of Sallie Tomato.

 


Whether you're beginning or looking to expand your bag-making, you can create professional-looking bags to fit your style and practical needs with Making Bags.


 


Bags are infinitely customizable projects—there are so many fabrics, hardware, and zippers to explore. This valuable resource has all the information and techniques needed to work with diverse materials and achieve endless style combinations. Trendy baguette bags, duffle bags, saddle bags, messenger bags, and many more styles are covered in this book. Make five bag projects to practice your new skills and apply basic to advanced sewing techniques—Jessica Barrera, the owner of Sallie Tomato, gives you the full scoop on fabrics from standard quilting cotton to specialty materials like cork, velvet, vinyl, kraft-tex (vegan leather), and so much more!