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Table of Contents

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Guide

Also by Debbie Shore:

Debbie Shore started her career as

a childrens television presenter and since

then has appeared regularly on television both

as an actress and needlecraft demonstrator

on a shopping channel. Now a best-selling

sewing author, Debbie spends her time

designing projects and patterns for her own

range of products and writes a regular column

for a popular sewing magazine.

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Sew

Brilliant

Bags

Debbie Shore

SEARCH PRESS

Deb

Sew

Brilliant

Bags

Choose from 12 beautiful projects,

then design your own

First published in 2016

Search Press Limited

Wellwood, North Farm Road,

Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3DR

Photographs by Garie Hind

Text copyright Debbie Shore 2016

Photographs Garie Hind 2016

Design copyright Search Press Ltd. 2016

All rights reserved. No part of this book,

text, photographs or illustrations may be

reproduced or transmitted in any form or by

any means by print, photoprint, micro

lm,

micro

che, photocopier, internet or in

any way known or as yet unknown, or

stored in a retrieval system, without written

permission obtained beforehand from

Search Press.

Print ISBN: 978-1-78221-256-0

ebook ISBN: 978-1-78126-301-3

The Publishers and author can accept no

responsibility for any consequences arising

from the information, advice or instructions

given in this publication.

Readers are permitted to reproduce any

of the items/patterns in this book for their

personal use, or for the purposes of selling

for charity, free of charge and without the

prior permission of the Publishers. Any

use of the items/patterns for commercial

purposes is not permitted without the prior

permission of the Publishers.

For further inspiration, visit Debbies

website: www.debbieshore.tv

Suppliers

For details of suppliers, please visit

the Search Press website:

www.searchpress.com

Introduction 8

Design toolkit 10

Sewing essentials 10

Handy techniques 14

Inserting zips 14

Using bias binding

Cutting corners 17

Snipping into curves 17

Making handles and straps 18

Fussy cutting 20

Piping 20

Making a square base 21

Adding feet 21

Fitting eyelets 22

Adding snap fasteners 23

Adding a twist fastening 24

Useful stitches 25

Customising the projects 26

Designing your own bags 28

Projects 30

Index 96

Contents

Beach Bag,

page 30

City Bag,

page 36

Ofce Bag,

page 42

Oilcloth Tote,

page 50

Pleated Cosmetic Bag,

page 54

Three-pocket Bag,

page 62

Twist Bag,

page 66

Large Zipped Bag,

page 70

Rucksack,

page 78

Smocked Drawstring Pouch,

page 84

Quilted Drawstring Tote,

page 90

Shopper,

page 58

Introduction

I love any kind of sewing, but if I had to choose, bag-

making would be my favourite type. I like

guring out

how to construct a bag and make it as useful as possible,

and then adding a few touches to make it unique.

In this book I have included twelve lovely projects for

you to try out Ive covered lots of different bag styles

and sewing techniques so that you can pick and choose

from them when designing and making your own bags.

You could try using the smocking technique (

) to create a panel in a larger bag rather than a clutch,

or add a

ap pocket to the shopper (pages 5861) and a

tube handle to the beach bag (pages 3035). Experiment

with different fabrics: try making the of

ce bag (

) in denim rather than cotton, or the oilcloth tote

() in burlap/hessian.

There is no right or wrong in bag-making, but there

are a few practical considerations you will need to bear

in mind, and a few helpful tips that I would like to share

with you to make your bag look professionally made. For

these, see the design toolkit at the beginning of the

book. Unless otherwise stated, seam allowances should

be in (1cm). The main point of this book is to inspire,

help and encourage you to enjoy getting creative with

your bag-making!

Sewing essentials

SEWING MACHINE

You dont need many stitches to make the bags in this

book: straight and zigzag are useful, an overcasting

stitch can help to stop fabric fraying, and a buttonhole

stitch is handy too. If you are planning on sewing

through heavier fabrics, a good-quality sewing machine

will cope better than a cheaper model.

A free arm is invaluable when top-stitching around

the opening of a bag, and the option to have the needle

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