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Category: Purses

Turn the ancient art of smocking into something modern with this video tutorial showing you how to create this smocked bag. No sewing pattern needed.

Sew a smocked bag – video

Sew Modern Bags | March 3, 2016

Here’s a way to take the ancient art of smocking and bring it bang up to date with a modern look in this large smocked bag from Debbie

Ingenious idea for how to make a bag from an old book cover. I like this one more than some of the others, because you can use any old book for this, and cover it in fabric to get the style you want. No tearing up beautiful old books, just the ugly ones!

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Upcycle an old book into a smart bag – FREE sewing tutorial

Sew Modern Bags | March 2, 2016

There was a trend a short time ago of taking the most beautiful old book covers, tearing out the pages and turning them into bags. Mixed reactions here

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