Name: Briar's Reviews's review of Sew Brilliant Bags by Debbie Shore
Item: Sew Brilliant Bags
Rating: 4
Author: Briar's Reviews

Debbie Shore

It can be difficult to find bag designs that really inspire you: you might want the shape and pockets of one combined with the size and handles of another. But how do you put all these different elements together to create your perfect bag? Let sewing superstar Debbie Shore equip you with all the techniques you need to create 12 beautiful, customisable projects, and then show you how to apply these techniques and ideas to create your own unique designs. The projects are wide-ranging, giving you plenty of ideas and techniques to try out, including a large, square-bottomed beach bag, a zipped, curved-top shoulder bag, an oilcloth tote, a pleated cosmetic bag, and a three-pocket cross-body bag with a magnetic fastener. Learn how to complete a range of techniques, from adding piping and making eyelets to inserting zips, adding handles and straps and creating a square bag base. What you create next is up to you! Mix and match techniques, fabrics and ideas to create a truly personal bag. All the techniques and stitches you need are clearly explained, and the projects can all be made on a basic sewing machine. The book is packed full of Debbies friendly help and advice, with all the projects shown using clear step-by-step photography and easy-to-follow instructions.

Choose from 12 beautiful projects, then design your own

Sew Brilliant Bags

Briar's Reviews

This book took me quite a while to get through, mainly because I was using this as a hobby book. It takes quite a bit of time to learn things out of these types of books, and as a student (and worker) it was hard to find time to do these wonderful, time consuming activities! So normal reader, it does not take very long to read this book, my situation just made me take quite a bit of time to get through it.

Now to the good part!

Sewing brilliant bags!! 

The book starts out with some sewing essentials, written informatively and aimed at a more adult audience. It then rushes into some handy techniques. Some stitches are discussed briefly, and then designing your own bags is also discussed.

Then comes the bag designs! There are 12, and they are beautiful but clearly take a lot of work. Your novice sewer would most likely not be able to make this right away without a little help. The steps are described wonderfully with pictures, but it was hard to make the purses as a novice. These steps definitely would get someone who has experience to the endpoint of a nice looking bag though!!

This book is clearly made for someone who is not a novice sewer (like myself). While the steps were very helpful and informative, I was more than lost trying to complete these projects. I would suggest taking a class or be knowledgeable in sewing before picking up this book (unless you are adventurous or learn well from pictures and instructions!).

Overall, this is an incredibly informative book designed for someone with experience in sewing! I learned a lot!!!

Four out of five stars!

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.

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