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Handbag Designer 101

Handbag Designer 101 by Emily Blumenthal

Everything You Need to Know About Designing, Making, and Marketing Handbags

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Format: Hardback, 160 Pages
ISBN: 9780760339732
Publisher: Voyageur Press
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Handbag Designer 101 is the bible for handbag designers or women who aspire to make their own bags. Included in the book are instructions for creating the fifteen essential bag styles—clutch, hobo, tote, and more—made simple with easy-to-follow how-to illustrations, suggested difficulty levels, and color photography. Advice from famous bag designers and today’s hottest indie designers accompany each pattern.
Also included is the inside scoop on turning your handbag hobby into a successful business. From designing, to making, to marketing, Handbag Designer 101 teaches you everything you need to know.

Emily Blumenthal is the founder of the Independent Handbag Designer Awards and spearheads the website www.handbagdesigner101.com. She designed the Yasmena bag that has appeared on Sex and the City and has been sold at discerning department stores such as Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman, and Bloomingdale's.www.handbagdesigner101.com
Format: Hardback, 160 Pages
ISBN: 9780760339732
Illustrations: 84 photos; 158 diagrams and tables
Size: 8.75 in x 10.25 in x 0.75 in / 222.25 mm x 260.35 mm x 19.05 mm
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Tote: page 26
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Bucket: page 32
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Wallet: page 38
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Facile Frame: page 43
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Satchel: page 48
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Clutch: page 54
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Structured Case: page 60
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Barrel: page 66
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Drawstring: page 74
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Messenger: page 82
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Frame: page 88
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Hobo: page 94
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Camera: page 102
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Backpack: 110
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Briefcase: page 118
Corrected handbag pattern from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag size.
Cost Sheet
Corrected handbag cost sheet from Handbag Designer 101.
Corrected handbag patterns from Handbag Designer 101, taking into account optimum finished bag sizes, can be found by clicking this link.
Please note the following correction to the patterns throughout the book: Instead of blowing up the patterns while photocopying them by 200%, they should be blown up 400%, or larger if you wish to make a bigger bag.
Author Emily Blumenthal, creator of the Independent Handbag Designer Awards, will be featured at a book signing for her new book August 23, 2011, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
April 20, 2011
Author Emily Blumenthal Featured in WWD
Emily Blumenthal's journey to publishing Handbag Designer 101 is chronicled in WWD. Read More.
January 26, 2011
Author Emily Blumenthal Gets Ready for Fifth Annual Independent Handbag Designer Awards
Author Emily Blumenthal talks about the fifth annual Independent Handbag Awards. Read More.
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