How to Pick a Handmade Purse Style

Series Summary

Sewing is an ancient craft that still has remarkable relevance in today's modern world. The art of stitching and assembling pieces of fabric together either by hand or with the use of a modern sewing machine is still a valuable skill and can be used for industry, home, or artistic purposes. Industrial sewing is usually done with the use of machines, but for seamstresses, alteration givers, and most casual sewers, an old fashioned needle and thread is still incredibly useful and more often than not the desired method since it enables far more detail. Tailoring and dressmaking require not only a needle and thread, but also other tools and materials that you can find easily at arts and crafts stores.

In this free video series, our expert will show you how to make a handmade purse. Everyone loves purses and handbags but they can be really expensive, so why not just make your own. Our expert will give you step by step instructions for picking and preparing the fabric, cutting out each piece of your hip homemade purse, and sewing the pieces together. You will also get tips on how to pick and sew the purse strap and how to add decorations to your handmade purse. If you are looking for a fun and easy sewing project that allows for a lot of creativity, let our expert show you how to make your own fashionable purses.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Melina Piroso and welcome to Expert Village. Today I'm going to show you how to make a cute little bag of regular everyday fabrics. I have a few samples of bags that I have made from everyday fabrics that I have laying around my house. This bag right here was made from a old sweater. Y you can see this is the front sweater part. I have added some Velcro to make a pocket. I have added some designs. I have made the strip from a old pair of jeans. The lining is made out of old tee shirts that I have dyed. Then you have this bag right that was made out of old pajama bottoms and drew a little drawing and put it on a transfer. Then I put it on here and I made a little patch. Then the same thing I did with this one it kind of gave a interesting shape and I made these straps out of sweater fabric. This one also this was some fabric that I bought at thrift store. So I'm going to show you how to make simple little bag out of regular everyday fabric. You don't have to spend a lot of money and you don't have to be super crafty. All you really need are 4 pieces of fabric one long strip for the strap and thread."