By Susan Briscoe
Those are usually not your mother's purses; they are higher! long past are the times of the fundamental black or brown bag that was once equipped extra for garage than for sort. This fascinating advisor provides quilters the opportunity to teach off their skills, upload a fabulously distinctive bag to their very own cloth cabinet or supply as a present, and study new talents too. Acclaimed writer Susan Briscoe provides and impossible to resist new choice of patchwork bag designs to excite and encourage bag-lovers in all places. From beautiful night baggage to useful portfolios and powerful rucksacks, every one venture is gifted with complete step by step directions and illustrations, permitting you to create your personal distinct components very easily, and prompting the query anywhere you pass: 'where did you get that bag?' Discover:
- 13 units of specific designs to create 21 gorgeous bags
- Directions for making a number of luggage together with a tuck-in-bag, backpack, saddle bag, and digital camera satchel
- Opportunities to delve into new thoughts on a small scale sooner than taking over greater projects
- Essential recommendation approximately deciding on textile and securing cozy sporting straps
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Extra info for 21 Sensational Patchwork Bags
GLITTER POUCH the dimensions of the unique bag is well replaced for a special glance; easily photocopy and magnify all of the development items by means of one hundred thirty% (or more). the following, the sew and turn loopy patchwork is given an unique sparkle with scraps of Indian materials, shot silks and impossible to resist glittery trims (see Mail-Order providers, web page 118). To simplify the layout, I skipped over the zip pocket from the liner. Bridal materials and lace may be used for a romantic glance in ivory and cream. PUDDING BAG the unique ‘pudding’ bag used to be followed from a friend’s grandmother, who kept her cloth scraps in an previous sheet, with the corners tied like an old style suet pudding. fidgeting with the pudding fuelled my ardour for material. My up-to-date model is a 44in diameter circle of loopy patchwork, amassed up via a drawstring via chunky eyelets. It has a stripy bias binding side to compare the liner. The pudding bag will entertain all textile addicts and is a brilliant option to get your scrap assortment lower than regulate. it truly is simply opened via untying the drawstring, which has strange brass ‘bell’ ends – really mild pulls from a ironmongery shop. you'll want (Seam allowances are incorporated) • One 44in diameter round starting place pieced loopy patchwork panel from striped and checked cotton textile scraps, 2in × 3in minimal dimension • One 44in diameter circle of backing cloth • One 46in sq. of lining cloth • 1¾in × 146in bias-cut strip, for double bias binding (see web page 107) • Twenty-four huge brass eyelets and applicable environment instruments • 74in lengths of medium-weight nylon twine for drawstrings • ornamental ‘bell’ ends for drawstrings • stitching and quilting threads to tone with patchwork MAKING THE PATCHWORK 1 commence through creating a round piece of loopy patchwork for the bag outer. reduce out a 44in diameter circle from the backing cloth and laptop stitch round it, in from the sting, to stabilize the bias-cut elements of the sting. choose an ornamental or software computing device sew compatible for edging the appliqué shapes. start the loopy patchwork (see web page 103) on the periphery, appliquéing randomly sized rectangles and wedge shapes all over the part, overlapping the former form with each one new one. let the strips to overlap the periphery, trimming the sting to line up with the round backing whilst the appliqué is done. while the periphery is entire, proceed including extra appliqué, spiralling in in the direction of the centre. I replaced the course of the appliqué items after the 1st around, so lots of the stripes run outwards. the image (right) indicates the surface of the completed bag, revealing this modification in stripe path. concept utilizing an identical THREAD and sew FOR the entire APPLIQUÉ offers better cohesion TO various diverse materials yet you'll test SHADING FROM gentle TO darkish OR FROM ONE color to a different. or simply fritter away AS many various THREAD ODDMENTS AS attainable! developing THE BAG 2 With the patchwork panel and the sq. of lining fallacious aspects jointly, pin and computer stitch jointly round the part, sewing in from the sting.