Build a Bag Book: Tote Bags (paperback edition): Sew 15 stunning projects and endless variations

by Debbie Shore

Overview

Create 15 stunning tote bag designs using two reusable templates.

The 15 tote bag designs are created using the templates contained within the book. Using two templates, you can create 15 very different bags; each made using different techniques, pockets, straps and fastenings, to create 15 very different results. The templates can also be used for your own further design variations, as you mix and match the techniques covered within the book; Debbie gives advice on how to adapt and create your own unique designs. Each project in the book is explained using Debbie’s trademark style and step-by-step photography, and there is also a comprehensive techniques section and a guide to using the templates.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800921092
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	10/11/2022
Series:	Build a Bag
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.56(w) x 11.06(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

Debbie Shore is a best-selling and award-winning author. She began her career as a children's television presenter and since then has appeared regularly as an actress in various popular dramas and as a TV presenter. Debbie has developed her own range of fabrics, designed her own patterns, writes for several popular sewing magazines and has written over 25 books for Search Press with several more underway, of which she has sold 650,000 copies worldwide. She is the winner of Craft Influencer of the Year 2020 in the Craft Business Awards and Social Media Influencer of the Year 2019 in the British Sewing Awards.

Debbie has over 250,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, which has over 30 million views. In 2018, Debbie launched her Half Yard Sewing Club, a monthly subscription service based on the mega-selling Half Yard™ series, and won the 2019 IPG Digital Publishing Award. For more details about the club visit www.halfyardsewingclub.com.

Debbie lives in Lincolnshire, UK. Visit her website www.debbieshoresewing.com

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Understanding the Templates 8

Materials 12

Tools 14

Techniques 16

Debbie's Top Tips 26

Glossary 27

The Projects 28

Sew simple tote 30

Crafty organizer 34

Curved flap tote 38

Twist knot tote 42

Pretty patchwork 46

Perfectly piped 50

Patch pocket tote 54

Purse with flap 58

Purse with zip 62

Foldaway shopper 66

Quilted tote with button trim 70

Beach bag 74

Drawstring bag 78

Double pocket office tote 82

Big bow tote 88

A Little Extra Something 92

Index 96

Editorial Reviews

Midwest Book Review - Jan 2024

Synopsis: The 15 tote bag designs comprising "Build a Bag Book: Tote Bags" by Debbie Shore are created using the DIY templates contained within this constructive 'how-to' guide. By using two templates, you can create 15 very different bags; each made using different techniques, pockets, straps and fastenings, to create 15 very different results.
 
The templates can also be used for your own further design variations, as you mix and match the techniques covered within "Build a Bag Book: Tote Bags" as Debbie gives advice on how to adapt and create your own unique designs. Each project comprising "Build a Bag Book: Tote Bags" is explained using Debbie's trademark style and step-by-step photography, and there is also a comprehensive techniques section and a guide to using the templates.
 
Critique: Unique and thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Build a Bag Book: Tote Bags" will prove an impressive and welcome addition to personal, professional, community, and college/university library Needlecraft instructional reference fashion, sewing, and fashion design collections.
 

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