Making Leather Handbags: Inspirational Designs with Step-by-step Instructions and 9 Pull-out Master Patterns - Softcover

For anyone who feels she can never have too many handbags, this book is for you. Crafters, sewers and lovers of handbags and leather goods are invited to take a one-on-one course in handbag and accessory construction and design with Making Leather Handbags. Written by three accomplished professors from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City, this book takes a fun approach to fashionable designs that are not only beautiful but also simple to create. Learn how to construct fabulous handbags and other accessories including a mobile phone and makeup case, a belt, a wallet and more. All projects are made from garment-weight leathers and can be created on a typical home sewing machine.

Ellen Goldstein-Lynch is the chairperson of the accessories design department at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York and has been involved in the accessories field for more than 25 years. Sarah Mullins is a graduate and faculty member at FIT. She designs for several New York based companies and has her own line of unique handbags. Nicole Malone is an accessories designer with a zeal for handbags. A graduate of FIT, she currently designs and produces her own line of handbags and belts under the name of Stargon Accessories.