If the handbags in the stores aren’t revving you, or if you’re on a budget, why not make your own? It sounds complicated, but Lisa Lam looks to unleash our inner artisan with her new book The Bag Making Bible.
Lam clearly knows her stuff. You may know her as the owner of U-Handbag, an online destination which offers plenty of tips and tricks for creating homemade accessories. These tidbits easily make the translation from online channel to paperback guide.
Craft novices will find the fully illustrated chapters and step-by-step projects easy to follow. Once you’ve gained a bit of confidence you can use these designs as a base and add your own embellishments following the book’s more general advice about pockets, closures, and accents. This instructional paperback also comes with a pull-out section of full-sized patterns to help you get started right away.
Perhaps you’ll discover that you’re the next Karl Lagerfeld or Alexander Wang. And maybe not, but it sounds like fun to discover the designer within us all!
The Bag Making Bible is available now from Amazon for $24.99.
