Making Handbags: Retro, Chic and Luxurious Designs

by Ellen Goldstein-Lynch

Create affordable, designer-quality handbags right in your own home -even if you've never sewn a stitch. Using just 4 master patterns, readers learn to use fabrications and embellishments to make everything from vintage styles to fun and trendy beaded bags, from faux fur to fringed bags. Each bag takes cues from major fashion houses, highlighting the best styles from recent decades. Looking for evening drama? Try a crystal clutch. Want to create a conversation piece? Create a fabulous beach bag out of a block-print towel. Complete with shortcuts, tips, and secrets from the Accessories Design staff at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, this smart guide can turn any reader into a do-it-yourself fashion designer.

Genres: Sewing, Crafts, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy, easy, easy bags in this, but enormous creativity in the samples they use--done by design school students (don't ask me which design school because I can't remember). Inspired me to design a fancy silk envelope bag which I always get comments on whenever I use it.

[Kara Janelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this quite inspirational to read and look through, all though in all honesty I have not as yet made a bag.

[Jodi · Rating 2 out of 5]

it was ok, i was hoping for more technical things ...

[A · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just ok. Glad I borrowed it from the library first.

[Annette McIntyre · Rating 2 out of 5]

Has some nice things, but could do with more.