Bags for Life: Stuart Hillard

Bags for Life: Stuart Hillard

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Bags for Life teaches you the diversity of bags that you can create once you have learnt the basics.
21 stylish projects for every occasion
Stuart Hillard

Book Plate: Signed by Stuart Hillard 
9781911663409
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Bags For Life Stuart Hillard


Bags For Life: Stuart Hillard


Join Stuart as he expands his expertise from quilt-making to bag-making.


Not just a sewing book, Bags for Life teaches you the diversity of bags that you can create once you have learnt the basics.
With projects for all levels of crafter, you can work your way up from the simpler tote bag to various, more complicated, projects
– such as a toiletry bag or overnight bag


With 21 stylish projects for every occasion, Stuart provides achievable patterns, fast makes for all abilities and professional-looking results. Delving into the anatomy of the bag, take a visual tour of the various parts of different bags, before moving onto the specific details of pockets, zips, piping, binding, straps and handles and even metalwork.


Divided into 5 chapters, there is much to choose from – whether you want to make reusable shopping bags or a crafters bag that holds your yarn, there is something for every crafter out there.


Chapters include:
A Trip to the Market: trolley bags to shop and go; simple drawstring produce bags; expanding market tote; and a wallet.
A Day at the Beach: Convertible tote ‘n’ towel; splash-proof sling and book bag; and multi-purpose hobo perfect for carrying food, blankets and even baby essentials.
A Picnic by the Lake: Picnic bag with an insulated interior; bottle carrier; and drawstring games and play mat.
A Meeting in the City: The ultimate work bag with room for a laptop or tables; the overnight attache; and a don’t shoot the messenger bag, an everyday essential.
A Weekend in the Country: The ultimate weekend bag with plenty of pockets; an absolute essential roll-up pouch; and a multi-pocketed zippered toiletry bag.
A Great Afternoon In (for every crafter!):
Knitting bag to store your current project in style; a sewing machine bag; a project pouch; and a drawstring project bag.


 About Stuart Hillard

 Internationally recognized, Stuart Hillard has built a fantastic reputation as one of the UK’s leading quilt designers, teachers and home décor experts with over 25 years of experience and more than 100 published patterns to his name. Stuart is a monthly columnist with Sew magazine and Popular Patchwork among others. Known as the maverick star of the first series of BBC2’s The Great British Sewing Bee, alongside Tilly Walnes and Lauren Guthrie, his approach is fun, fresh, inclusive and achievable. He also often makes television appearances, including being a guest judge on Channel 4’s primetime Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas, and a regular presenter on craft television in the UK and USA. He has represented global companies including Accuquilt, Bernina, HandiQuilter and Gütermann at trade and consumer craft shows globally. </p

 

 

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