About this item
One pattern, infinite looks! With simple tweaks, you can reinvent the basic tote 11 ways, sewing useful projects like a backpack, messenger bag, laundry duffle, and stylish cross-body purse. Create your perfect carryall by adding zippers, pockets, handles, drawstrings, and purse hardware for endless variety. A fabric and interfacing guide helps beginners and more experienced sewists choose the right materials every time. Just measure, mark, and cut -- no printed patterns needed!
About the Author
After stitching her first pillow by hand at age eight, Mary Abreu received a Holly Hobbie sewing machine - which she quickly ignored because the toy machine only sewed a chain stitch. Mary documents her many crafting adventures on her blog, Confessions of a Craft Addict (www.confessionsofacraftaddict.com) , because her family grew tired of the daily craft show and tell. She is an accomplished sewing instructor who teaches a wide range of classes related to sewing and quilting, including pattern hacking and drafting. Mary has sewn for fabric manufacturers and designers, creating tutorials and samples used to market new lines and patterns. She has worked as a seamstress with a small production company near Atlanta, and has wardrobe department credits on two short films, including The Candy Shop, starring Doug Jones. She enjoys attending pop culture conventions, where she is a regular presenter on the topics of pattern drafting and hacking, costuming for children, and historically influenced costuming. Mary lives with her family near Atlanta, Georgia.
