My niece, Ally, is a college student who expressed interest in a large bag for her birthday. I was interested in the style of Lisa Lam’s Fashionista Bag (in The Bag Making Bible), but, again, I didn’t want to deal with the metal in the design. Since the metal and chains were an important part of [...]
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RSS feed for this sectionSew a Silk Sling to Support Injured Arm After Shoulder Surgery
When my husband woke up a few days after surgery and said, “If there’s one thing you could do for me today to make my life better, it would be make be a more comfortable sling!” I got right to thinking. The sling that he came home from the hospital with was made of a fabric [...]
If You Want to Know What I Did to Sew Heidi’s Computer Book Bag
Heidi loves books, which I take some responsibility for. And she is a computer geek, but no thanks to me. I knew her birthday bag needed to be big enough to carry a few books and a laptop computer, without tempting her to injure her shoulder toting the whole library. It would be a balancing [...]
Sew the 10 Pocket Clarissa Bag with Zippers, Flaps, and iPad Pocket
Even though I didn’t want to undo the handles on my first Clarissa bag (from the book: Bags–The Modern Classicsby Sue Kim), I felt the need to make another one right away. I cut it out at the same time as I cut out the pleated wristlet purse, and out of the same fabric as that [...]
An Annemarie Bag with Extra Padding and Pockets for Isabelle
This smallish bag was a gift for my 14 year old niece. I will refer to it as a purse. The basic pattern found in Bags–The Modern Classics, by Sue Kim, is very simple. I chose to modify it in a few ways, particularly based on things I learned reading Lisa Lam’s book The Bag Making [...]
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