Synopses & Reviews
Crafters who love to pair their accessories with their own individual spirit will delight in this dynamic guide that incorporates quilting and free machine embroidery techniques that result in stunning bags and purses for all occasions. With each required technique skillfully taught and carefully explained, aspiring designers will learn how to employ ribbons and bondable fiber and how to make stylish cords that give bags and purses that personal touch. The fabrics used include cotton, silk, and felt as well as 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 various colored wire. Detailed step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions guide crafters through the construction and decoration of five beautiful bags and six purses.
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
Synopsis
Jenny Rolfe's unique style makes this book stand out from other bag books. Her sense of colour and choice of fabrics, threads and embellishments, combined with her beautiful bag and purse designs, make this a unique collection of projects. The step by step photography of techniques and projects and clear explanations will make quilting and free machine embroidery techniques achievable for needleworkers of all skill levels, and once readers have created their own richly embroidered fabrics, they will be able to make them up in to the desirable bags and purses Jenny has designed.
About the Author
Jenny Rolfe is a prize-winning textile artist and the author of "Handmade Embroidered Bags" and "Handmade Embroidered Purses."