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Bags and Accessories with Style
Kimura, S M
Pub. Krause
Price £14.99 paperback
Following on the heels of the widely popular Bags With Style, this book opens up the author's unique contemporary style to much more than just bags. Readers will create 30 projects, some in coordinated sets, all in fabulous modern styles. A multitude of gorgeous purses, belts, detachable collars, shawls, hats and scarves, can be made using the step-by-step instructions for working with fabric and adding embellishments, and gives tips for making the projects faster. Sewers of any skill level can create these flirtatious and fun designs quickly and easily.

Bags with Paper & Stitch NEW!
Isobel Hall
Pub. Batsford
Price £18.99 hardback
A guide to amking embroidered bags from handmade and ready-made paper.

Bags with Style
Kimura, S
Pub. David & Charles
Price £12.99 paperback

Brilliant Bags
Deena Beverley
Pub. Mitchell Beazley
Price £14.99 paperback
Whether you are looking for something to make in a day to take out that evening, or a more complex project, this book is packed with ideas to create bags that balance beauty and practicality.

Fabulous Bags to Stitch and Make NEW!
Jenny Rolfe
Pub. Search Press
Price £12.99 paperback
Jenny Rolfe shows how to make beautiful fabrics using quilting and free machine embroidery techniques, and how to make them up into fantastic bags and purses. Step by step photography and clear explanations make the techniques achievable for needleworkers of all skill levels, and Jenny's beautiful bag and purse designs will appeal to bag lovers everywhere.

Handmade Embroidered Bags
Rolfe, J
Pub. Search Press
Price £9.99 paperback
Make your own stylish bag following the techniques so beautifully described and illustrated in Jenny Rolfe's book. Including sections on design and techniques and detailed instructions for five bags, it will also give the reader ideas and inpiration to produce their own wonderful creations! Suitable for beginners or the more experienced stitcher.

Handmade Embroidered Purses using free machine embroidery NEW!
Jenny Rolfe
Pub. Search Press
Price £9.99 paperback

Making Leather Purses and Totes
Galvin, L
Pub. Sterling
Price £17.99 hardback

Making Vinyl, Plastic & Rubber Handbags: Sewing Stylish Projects from Unusual Materials NEW!
Ellen Goldstein-Lynch, Nicole Malone and Sarah Mullins
Pub. Quarry Books
Price £14.99 paperback

Quited Bags with Style NEW!
Ellen Kharade
Pub. Cico
Price £12.99 paperback
25 Charming, contemporary designs show you how to create speedy style from scratch. Full advice for beginners and experienced quilters reveals how to create a stylish range of shoppers, handbags and evening bags from scraps and leftovers. Clear step-by-step artworks, templates and a techniques section offer start to finish expert instructions. Lastigly stylish and quick-to-create projects range from a sturdy floral beach tote to bow trimmed ladies' bags and glitter-embellished gift bags. over 250 colour photographs, illustrations and templates.

The Perfect Bag NEW!
Linda McGehee
Pub. Krause
Price £14.99 paperback
101 stylish looks from simple patterns

The Perfect Handmade Bag Recycle and reuse to make 35 beautiful totes, purses and more NEW!
Clare Youngs
Pub. Cico
Price £12.99 paperback
Stylish Bags that won't cost the earth. The Perfect Handmade Bag has gorgeous totes, clutches, shoppers, oversized hold-alls, gym bags, shoulder bags, make-up purses, drawstring bags and more. Each one is specially designed to recycle the spare materials you have around the home, so you can achieve professional results at a fraction of the costs. The results are so striking you'll want to carry one of these bags with you all the time, eliminating the need for environmentally unfriendly plastic bags, or the drab own-brand replacements the stores have on offer.