Description
You see them everywhere — gorgeous and expensive designer handbags made with beautiful fabrics. Now sewers with beginner skills can learn how to sew their own designer handbag with basic supplies and a sewing machine! No need to pay high prices at those fancy boutiques! In this class, sewing expert Nancy Green will show you step-by-step how to make a stunning batik handbag with lots of pockets and space inside. Her original purse design, included with the class, gives you options for a solid or pieced fabric bag front and back, interior and exterior pockets, long or short straps and a tall or shorter bag. You’ll love all the options you get in this class! In this class, you’ll learn:; How to perfectly measure and cut fabric pieces; How to create a pieced front and back; How to create a button loop closure; How to insert a magnetic clasp; How to create outside lined pockets; How to sew an inside lining with pockets; How to add tucks to create bag shaping; How to add bag ties and straps; How to use fusible materials including fleece, heavy-weight stabilizer and extra-firm stabilizer to give your bag shape that will last for years Beginner sewers who can thread their machine and sew a straight line will be able to successfully complete this class.