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The Better Bag Maker: An Illustrated Handbook of Handbag Design - Techniques, Tips, and Tricks Paperback - 2014

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Author: Mallalieu, Nicole
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From the publisher

Learn professional techniques, shortcuts, and secrets for making couture bags

Let's be honest: when you make a bag, you want it to be constructed well and finished beautifully - with that professional edge that sets apart homemade and handmade. In this how-to book, accomplished bag maker Nicole Mallalieu reveals her high-end techniques, shortcuts, and secrets for professional design and finishes. Graded and ordered by degree of difficulty, the 10 featured projects teach a range of expert skills - from adjusting the proportion of the pattern to constructing pockets, straps, flaps, and bases. By the end of this book, you'll not only have a closetful of polished bags - you'll likely sew better than you ever imagined!

- Internationally recognized handbag designer and founder of YOU SEW GIRL!, Nicole Mallalieu, shares her professional secrets, shortcuts, and techniques for sewing fashionable bags
- One simple pattern is all you need to create a bevy of bags, from totes to backpacks to weekenders
- 10 skill-building projects, fully explained with detailed tutorials and illustrations, make this book a source of inspiration and instruction

Details

Title The Better Bag Maker: An Illustrated Handbook of Handbag Design - Techniques, Tips, and Tricks
Author Nicole Mallalieu
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 192
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Stash Books
Publication date 2014-04-01
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781607058052 / 1607058057
Weight 1.61 lbs (0.73 kg)
Dimensions 10.07 x 8 x 0.56 in (25.58 x 20.32 x 1.42 cm)
Themes
- Topical: Family
Category Crafts / Hobbies
Library of Congress subjects Sewing, Handbags
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013034373
Dewey Decimal Code 646.48

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Citations

Library Journal, 04/01/2014, Page 91

About the author

Nicole Mallalieu was born to sew! She has been sewing obsessively since the age of 3. Currently, Nicole designs purse, hat, and garment patterns and teaches bag-making for YOU SEW GIRL!, which she founded in 2003. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.