Fabulous Bags to Stitch & Make - Softcover

Rolfe, Jenny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844483932 ISBN 13: 9781844483938

Publisher: Search Press, 2010

Synopsis

There is nothing quite like owning a stylish, unique handmade bag or purse that you have created yourself. Jenny Rolfe has used quilting and free machine embroidery techniques to create a stunning collection of bags and purses for all occasions. All the techniques are explained fully, including how to make your own fabrics using ribbons and bondable fibre and how to make cords to give your bags and purses that really personal touch. The fabrics used include cottons, silks and felts, as well as the more exotic metallic organza, chiffon, velvet and netting. Variegated and metallic machine threads add texture, and the bags and purses are further embellished with beads, sequins, shisha mirrors and wire in various colours. This title includes detailed step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow text that show how to construct and decorate five beautiful bags and six purses. It uses material from "Handmade Embroidered Bags" (9781844480296) and "Handmade Embroidered Purses" (9781844481743).

About this title

Review:

"This book did exactly what the title promised. Starting with the basics of materials and equipment, it gave plenty of examples which could be followed by a beginner or expanded upon by the more experienced sewer." --"West Country Embroiderers Guild Newsletter"

About the Author:

Jenny Rolfe is a textile artist with a background in quilting. Feeling restricted by traditional quilting, she took a course in design and discovered a whole new world of colour and form. She began to make her own fabric using dyeing, painting, printing, stamping, sponging, stencilling and free machine embroidery techniques, and moved on from quilts to wall hangings. Later she combined her passion for textiles with her lifelong love of bags. Jenny has won many prizes and her work has been widely exhibited in the UK and USA. She teaches classes for quilting groups and Embroiderers' Guild groups and has had many articles published in patchwork and quilting magazines. Jenny lives in Leicestershire.

About this edition

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1844483932
• ISBN 13: 9781844483938
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144