by Katy Cameron | 09.11.2015 | Bag Making Basics, Tutorials
I’m cheating ever so slightly with this month’s Bag Making Basics, and linking up to the Poppies & Polka Dots blog where I have a tutorial for a very cute little tote using Dashwood Studios Nature Trail line and a few wee trims. Pop over to check out...
by Katy Cameron | 12.10.2015 | Bag Making Basics, Tutorials
Things have been a wee bit off track with these posts lately, but I thought this week we’d actually do a tutorial for a change! One of the easiest types of pockets to add to a bag are patch pockets – you don’t have to include them in seam allowances,...
by Katy Cameron | 17.08.2015 | Bag Making Basics, Tutorials
As witnessed in my IG feed recently, one of the biggest challenges that people seem to encounter in bag making is understanding how to use fusible interfacing. Patterns will gaily tell you to ‘apply interfacing as per manufacturer’s instructions’,...
by Katy Cameron | 20.07.2015 | Bag Making Basics, Tutorials
Some bags are designed to be carried over your shoulder on delicate straps, or attached to your wrist, or even clutched in your hand, while others are designed to be dumped on the ground a lot. For the ones who have a rougher go of it in life, it can be useful to add...
by Katy Cameron | 18.05.2015 | Bag Making Basics, Tutorials
Bag making is a time consuming business, there’s no two ways about it, which makes it especially tempting as a beginner to think ‘Really? Do we need to faff about with these fiddly wee details? No-one will notice, right?’ Well that may just have...
by Katy Cameron | 16.03.2015 | Bag Making Basics, Tutorials
Pockets can be the thing that absolutely make a bag. Although it can be handy to have large spaces to hold books, laptops and more, sometimes it’s handy to have a separate, secure pocket to hold smaller items. Inset zipped pockets fulfil this role perfectly,...
