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VIDEO: How to Use Knit/Stretch or Garment Fabric for a Bag

In this video, I will demonstrate how to use Pellon SF-101 Shape Flex interfacing in order to "take out the stretch" so that you can use a knit or garment fabric for bag-making! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtfNqX9eau0]

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VIDEO: How to Make a Rolled Handle

In this video, I will show you how to make a Rolled Handle for a bag. You can use Cork fabric, faux leather, leather, or vinyl - any material that can be cut and left raw. Before beginning, please download the templates: Rolled Handle pattern pieces [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqKuAD5U5y4]

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VIDEO: How to Install a Twist Lock

In this video, I will show you how to install a twist lock, a piece of purse hardware that looks beautiful on the flap of a bag.   You will need a small Phillips-head screwdriver and fabric glue (I recommend Beacon 3-1 or Beacon Fabric-Tac). [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeSM6opRt0k]

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Cork Bi-fold Wallet

In this video, I will show you how to make a quick 10-minute bi-fold wallet. You can use cork fabric or any other fabric that does not fray, such as leather, vinyl, or wool. Find cork fabric here: https://tinyurl.com/y6w7arsy Click Here to Download the Template - Cork Wallet   [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsi0o2Zrjm0] Happy sewing!

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Sew Sweetness Video+PDF Pattern: Ansel Camera Bag
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Video Available: Ansel Camera Bag

Electronic devices, especially cameras, need a bag with extra padding; and that's where the Ansel Camera Bag pattern comes into play! The Ansel Camera Bag is one of our newest online workshops now available for purchase! The video for this pattern is 1 hour 46 minutes long, and I'll walk you through the entire process from start to finish. I'll...

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Sew Sweetness Video+PDF Pattern: Aeroplane Bag
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Video Available: Aeroplane Bag

Everyone needs a travel bag - perfect for an overnight trip or to fit under your seat on the airplane! The Aeroplane Bag is one of our newest online workshops now available for purchase! The video for this pattern is 1 hour 23 minutes long, and I'll walk you through the entire process from start to finish. This pattern is available...

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FREE VIDEO: Selvage Zipper Pouch
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Video: Selvage Zipper Pouch

Here's a free video tutorial on how to make a Selvage Zipper Pouch. Zipper pouches are really easy to make and are a great start into bag-making for all of you potential bag ladies out there! And who doesn't have selvages! Before you start the video, please download the cutting instructions and template here by clicking on the blue text: Selvage...

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VIDEO: How to Use Traditional and Invisible Magnetic Snaps

Traditional magnetic snaps with prongs and invisible magnetic snaps, which are encased in clear vinyl sleeves, are two pieces of purse hardware that can be used to easily add top closure in your bag or to finish a bag's flap. I'm pleased to share this post, which I wrote for the Craftsy blog, which features a step-by-step photo tutorial on...

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Thoughts on Having Creative Business

Photo that Steffani K. Burton took of me at my book signing - thankful for all these ladies in line! Being at Quilt Market always makes me re-evaluate what I am doing, sewing-wise. I thought it might be interesting to put some of my thoughts to typing; not that I am an expert or anything, but I feel like I...

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2 Book Reviews on Printing Fabric

I recently was asked to review two books; both of them were completely different, although both tackled the art of printing and dying fabric. I have only dyed fabric with procion dye (and you can read about my most recent adventure here), so I'm not terribly experienced in the subject. But, my friend Emily went to school for this...

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Bags, Uncategorized

Locked and Loaded Bag

I'd like to introduce you to the Locked and Loaded Bag sewing pattern, available as! This is a large bag that many of my pattern testers have deemed a confident-beginner bag (the lining zipper pocket is what possibly carries it over into the intermediate level). The pattern features templates needed to make the pattern, 12 pages of sewing...

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I Want to Lawyer Up

I don't have any cool pictures of me visiting the lawyer...perhaps I should have brought him a little mug rug to thank him for his help, lol.So I've been whining a lot lately about the legal and tax-related mumbo-jumbo that comes with setting up a small business. I started selling pdf sewing patterns about a week and a half...

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