The Book Depository A Bag For All Reasons by Lisa Lam
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Price: £17.99
Brand: The Book Depository
Description: A Bag For All Reasons : Spiral bound : DAVID & CHARLES : 9781446301852 : 1446301850 : 29 May 2012 : From the author of the bestselling The Bag Making Bible comes an outstanding collection of 12 inspiring bags for you to make at home. The Book Depository A Bag For All Reasons by Lisa Lam - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: The Book Depository
Product ID: 9781446301852
MPN: 1446301850
GTIN: 9781446301852
Author: fabricandflowers
Rating: 5
Review: The first thing to say it that it's spiral bound. I love spiral bound books - it just makes crafting so much easier when you're not trying to weight your book open at the right place with a pair of scissors which you're going to invariably need at any moment (or is that just me?!)!!! The techniques section at the front of the book is largely the same as in The Bag Making Bible with the exception of a new slimline concealed top-edge zip technique, but it's still a very useful reference tool and will at least save me switching between books during a project. There is then an overview of all of the projects available - the ones that are on my hit list (so to speak!) are the Too Cool for School Satchel and the 3-in-1 bag. I also keep eyeing up the wallet as mine is starting to look a bit jaded and I think the vanity case would make a lovely present. I have found that this book flows better than the Bag Making Bible - techniques, overview of all the projects, projects - and it is easy to flick to the instructions for each bag as the pages are bordered by fabric that was used for each bag. My only complaint is that some of the fabrics used are so pretty and I can't find anywhere in the book details of which fabrics are used for which bag. I'm just curious, what can I say! A further improvement on the original book is the three full size pull-out patterns at the back of the book so no tracing required. Just cut and go!!! The only thing that would be really helpful would be an envelope at the back of the book that the pattern pieces could be put in for future use - I try my best to be organised but it does go awry quite often and it would be a pain to lose any pieces - but that is just me being very picky!
Author: Jackie
Rating: 3
Review: While the bags are splendid, I’ve only made one - the toddler back pack, the written directions could be clearer. One problem is deciding what ‘WSO’ and ‘RSO’ (wrong side out and right side out) actually means. Wrong side up and wrong side down would work better for me as would wrong side/right sides together etc. would perhaps be more clear. On the subject of the photos (see photograph). I defy anyone to say which are the wrong and right sides as the fabric is red with no obvious front and back. It made for an almost impossible project. It was completed, but I suspect not in the way the author envisaged. As an experienced seamstress, I will probably use the patterns and make my own way through the sometimes cloudy instructions. I have given it 3 stars, just for the design ideas otherwise it would just have been one.
