{"id":2948,"date":"2009-09-09T06:54:30","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T13:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2016-11-04T11:03:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:03:28","slug":"bag-book-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/bag-book-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Bag Book Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

After listening to the tote bag episode of the Quilted Cupcake podcast, I went to the Library and checked out a couple of books on tote bags. They didn’t have the Lexie Barnes books, but they had the title below and another, called Bag Bazaar.
\n\"Simply<\/a> Simply Sublime Bags: 30 No-Sew, Low-Sew Projects<\/a> by Jodi Kahn<\/a><\/p>\n

My rating: 4 of 5 stars<\/a>
\nI really only glanced through this book as it is due at the library, but it was a thorough glance! Sadly, I am not going to have much time to get to know it intimately before I have to bring it back. One of the things I like about it is the tone in which the author writes. Her introduction is really nice in that she tells the story of her sewing life.<\/p>\n

As with many project books, there are a few projects that I really like and others that I would never make. Still, Jodi Kahn<\/a> talks about the project in a conversational way. She tells the reader why he is having them do things and gives tips about the materials. There is an undertone of encouragement in the writing, which I like.<\/p>\n

I also like the novel materials that she uses. One thing that I thought was a great idea was the t-shirt bag. She uses Duct tape a interfacing, which I think is ingenious.<\/p>\n

Definitely worth a look.<\/p>\n

\"Bag<\/a> Bag Bazaar: 25 Stylish Bags to Sew in an Afternoon<\/a> by Megan Avery<\/a><\/p>\n

My rating: 3 of 5 stars<\/a>
\nI mentioned the introduction in my review of Simply Sublime Bags 30 No Sew Low Sew Projects<\/a> as being one of the highlights of that book. In this book, the introduction is perfunctory and fairly generic. However there is a section on basic bag making techniques, which I think I really stellar. I especially like the part on creating zippered pockets and making gussets. These hints are very useful!<\/p>\n

My favorite project is the Bailey Baby Tote. I don’t have a baby, but it could be modified very slightly to make the pattern into a nice messenger type bag. I saw a similar bag in Amy Butler<\/a>‘s Little Stitches<\/a>, but didn’t want to buy that book for one project. This is a suitable substitute.<\/p>\n

I also like the Mooney wine tote. It would be wonderful for gifts of wine. I’ll see about making one of those a well.<\/p>\n

There are lovely drawings in this book, but no photographs. One shortcoming, which is common in bag books, is that there are not enough detail shots. I want to see what the inside looks like, what the outside pockets look like, what the back looks like, etc.<\/p>\n

Megan Avery<\/a> has really thought through her projects and I found there to be a lot of useful bag types in this book.<\/p>\n

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After listening to the tote bag episode of the Quilted Cupcake podcast, I went to the Library and checked out a couple of books on tote bags. They didn’t have the Lexie Barnes books, but they had the title below and another, called Bag Bazaar. Simply Sublime Bags: 30 No-Sew, Low-Sew Projects by Jodi Kahn … Continue reading “Bag Book Reviews”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[389],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-2948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-389","tag-book-review"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}