Create flawless and fashionable designer handbags!

• Learn to embroider the motifs that make these bags so stunning
• Discover easy ways to create interior elements like pockets and personalized labels
• Included embroidery designs make it simple to insert stylish grommets for bag handles
• Eileen & Nancy teach their favorite tips and tricks for finishing your bags with magnetic snaps or zipper closures
• All four of these sophisticated bags can be made using your 5" x 7" hoop!
• Includes a CD with 28 embroidery designs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make endless variations!

Once you've mastered the techniques, you'll discover endless variations you can make. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Love the look of designer bags, but hate the price? Embroider a "knockoff" bag for less
• Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche provide information and detailed instructions to create beautiful designer knock-off handbags
• Easily create boutique worthy bags with the help of your embroidery machine, at a fraction of designer prices
• Use streamlined instructions and "form and function" embroidery designs to simplify handbag construction and effortlessly add designer details
• No complicated patterns, no tedious measuring, no tricky alignment of hardware, and no worries
• With only three seams and flat bottoms, the two handbag styles sew quickly
• The unique clutch assembles easily with minimal sewing; mount in a purse frame for a professional finish
• For the handbags, start with a simple rectangle of fabric, and let your machine embroider guidelines for foolproof placement of snaps, grommets, and bag shaping appliques
• Not only do the embroideries guide you in bag construction, they also add impressive designer accents—choose from the three included embellishment options to suit your style
• Choose from two handbag closure treatments, a snap or zipper, for a secure yet stylish finish
• Master a stress free way to install zippers using facings that can be used on virtually any bag
• Discover a simple 3 step process for making sturdy and durable purse straps
• The handbag techniques and embroideries lend themselves to a range of bag sizes—start with 12" x 16" fabric rectangles for a 10" x 11-1/2" x 3-1/2" deep finished bag, or go bigger to suit your taste
• Find designer secrets for adding form, function, stability and style to any bag and tote pattern
• Learn about fabrics and stabilizers that are a must for a designer look
• Read about the various notions to use that will give your bag function and a professional appearance
• Includes detailed instructions for creating three designer handbags and one clutch: Starburst Bag, Scallop Pocket Purse, Diamond Bag, and The Clutch
• You don't need years of sewing experience, just an embroidery machine with a hoop of at least 5" x 7" to tackle the tricky parts of bag construction
• Step-by-step instructions walk you through:
• Snap and zipper closure techniques
• Making and attaching the straps
• Hooping and embroidering each of the bag parts: grommets, corners, pocket, and label
• Note: Grommet as noted in materials list for each handbag lists four of the medium (1") grommets. However, the large (1-9/16") grommets can also be used depending on your preference. Embroidery designs for both grommet sizes are included.
• Adding pockets to and sewing in the lining
• Assembling grommets
• And finishing the handbag
• Full color photographs and illustrations
• Soft cover; 84 pages; by Eileen Roche and Nancy Zieman
• Multi-format CD includes:
• 27 embroidery designs that require a 5" x 7" hoop or larger
• 9 embroidery formats: ART, C2S, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PES, VIP, XXX
• System requirements: This CD requires a personal computer and a transfer medium to load designs to embroidery machine. (Examples of a transfer medium include floppy disk, flash drive, reader/writer system with memory card or sewing machine software.)
• NOTE: Designs CD requires a DVD-ROM drive
• Consumers license: designs can be sewn and sold