Hooked Carpetbags, Handbags & Totes

Hooked Carpetbags, Handbags & Totes

Hooked Carpetbags, Handbags & Totes: 13 Great Designs from the Experts is the book you need. Here is a sampling of what you will find inside: A sweet and simple drawstring bag, a quick and easy project for yourself or for a gift. Remember the 1960s? Relive those free-wheeling hippie days with a Bohemian Banded Bag. Make a packable travel tote that expands to become a carry-on bag. Turn an unused hooked rug into an indispensable duffel bag. Upcycle discarded jeans into a go-with-everything denim pocketbook. Learn how to embellish a clutch or a handbag with gemstones and beads And much more! In Hooked Carpetbags, Handbags & Totes, nine top-notch designers share their secrets and their patterns to help you create your own fabulous bag. Ali Strebel, Jen Manuell, Norma Batastini, and six other designers provide their patterns and their expertise in this comprehensive how-to book, filled with tips and techniques from the experts. Handbags and purses, totes and clutches, carpetbags and market bags?we all love them. And we can always use another one, especially if it is hooked! The projects in this book are classic and classy, simple and complex. There is sure to be one that is perfect for you. Patterns from some of the best designers today along with their hooking tips and design suggestions make this the essential book for everyone who ever wanted to make a handbag of their very own. Handbags and purses, totes and clutches, carpetbags and market bags?we all love them. And we can always use another one, especially if it is hooked! The projects in this book are classic and classy, simple and complex. There is sure to be one that is perfect for you. Patterns from some of the best designers today along with their hooking tips and design suggestions make this the essential book for everyone who ever wanted to make a handbag of their very own. This book was created with contributions from Ali Strebel, Nola Heidbreder, Linda Pietz, Jennifer O'Malley, Norma Batastini, Sharon A. Smith, Cindy Irwin, Susan Clarke, and Jen Manuell. Their accomplishments range from teaching to writing books to winning awards to holding prominent rug hooking guild positions and much more.