5 Easy Handbag Tutorials on the Internet

I frequently come across great handbag tutorials during my late nights on the internet, so I thought I’d share five of them with you tonight. I haven’t made any of these yet, but they’re absolutely on my list:
Un-Paper Bag from the purl bee - A fun variation of a shopping bag, with synthetic leather handles (which [...]

Easy Reversible Bag

Sorry about being gone for so long — I’ve been developing a couple of blogs and they’ve consumed all my free time for the past 7 or 8 days. Although they’re still in development, I can now take the occasional crafting break, and so I was able to make this bag. I know, I’ve been [...]

How-To: PolkaDot Shoulder Bag

I really do enjoy making my own handbags, but I don’t tackle a handbag project nearly as often as I’d like. That’s mainly because I tend to become paralyzed by indecision. What fabric should I use? What style do I want this time? Oh, I’ll make this one… but, no, I think I’d rather have [...]

How-To: Bleach Discharged Velvet Bag, Part 2

For a while now, I’ve wanted to make a little bag out of bleach discharged velvet. I’ve had the handbag frame for over a year, and I’ve had the velvet from yesterday’s post even longer than that. But I just never came across a pattern I wanted to use, and couldn’t motivate myself to draw [...]

How-To: Bleach Discharged Velvet Bag, Part 1

For an easy and effective do-it-yourself vintage technique, there’s nothing quite like bleach-discharged velvet. In addition to removing dye and giving your fabric a lovely, time-worn look, the bleach also changes the texture of the fabric, and it will feel soft and well-loved. Although you can bleach-discharge any color of velvet, I find that I [...]

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