Sew4Home Bags and Totes: 10 Easy, Fashionable Projects Anyone Can Sew

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Sew4Home uses their knowledge of the market to give people the skills they need to make the projects they want. Create cool carryalls--no pattern required! Hit the town, office or schoolyard with these one-of-a-kind bags and totes! In this handy beginner's guide, the experts behind Sew4Home.com show you how to create ten hip projects, from clutches and shoulder bags to a slick yoga mat sling and a vintage kids' book bag. No paper patterns required! Throughout 'Sew4Home Bags and Totes', you'll find step-by-step instructions and sewing tutorials. Learn to make ruffles, fussy cut fabric, add an inset zipper, and other design details to give your bag a professional finish. Thanks to authors Liz Johnson and Anne Adams, learning to sew trend-setting bags and totes has never been easier or more fashionable! AUTHOR: Sew4Home is a daily website dedicated to stylish home decor sewing, which includes a wide range of projects, from pillows to linens to aprons, gifts, accessories and more. S4H offers beginner-friendly sewing projects with clear and simple instructions and gorgeous photography. At the same time, their creations are designed to appeal to all levels of capability for their to-die-for results. They believe anyone can and should sew for the sheer love of it. Their mission is to promote sewing and to educate visitors on the value of working with the proper tools and materials. They demonstrate how quality makes the sewing experience easier and faster, and produces finished results that are more polished and professional.

Sew4Home is a daily website dedicated to stylish home decor sewing, which includes a wide range of projects, from pillows to linens to aprons, gifts, accessories and more. S4H offers beginner-friendly sewing projects with clear and simple instructions and gorgeous photography. At the same time, their creations are designed to appeal to all levels of capability for their to-die-for results. They believe anyone can and should sew for the sheer love of it. Their mission is to promote sewing and to educate visitors on the value of working with the proper tools and materials. They demonstrate how quality makes the sewing experience easier and faster, and produces finished results that are more polished and professional. Since launching in early 2009, S4H has attracted a rapidly increasing core group of devoted readers of their step-by-step tutorials, tips & tricks, and inspiration. They feature today's easy-to-use sewing machines, beautiful and readily available fabrics, plus clever notions and tools. The S4H team is an experienced group with long ties to the sewing and marketing/design industry. They want their audience to be inspired by their tutorials to transform their environments. The sewing and craft industry's leading companies and manufacturers noticed the outreach value of Sew4Home from the beginning, and we have created promotions and samples for Waverly, Moda Fabrics, Michael Miller Fabrics, FreeSpirit & Rowan Fabrics (aka Westminster Fibers) including Amy Butler's Trunk Show, Cloud9 Fabrics, Fabric.com, Renaissance Ribbons, Fairfield Processing, Oliso irons, Simplicity, Coats, Dritz, Pellon, Janome, and more.

"Ten bags are detailed with step-by-step directions, following chapters on basic bag-making techniques. Resources for hard-to-find items are included as well as references for online tutorials." --American Quilt Retailer