January 2024 MBR The Needlecraft Shelf

The Needlecraft Shelf

Build a Bag Book: Tote Bags
Debbie Shore
Search Press Ltd.
https://www.searchpress.com
9781800921092, $19.95, PB, 96pp

https://www.amazon.com/Build-Bag-Book-paperback-variations/dp/1800921098

Synopsis: The 15 tote bag designs comprising "Build a Bag Book: Tote Bags" =
by Debbie Shore are created using the DIY templates contained within this c=
onstructive 'how-to' guide. By using two templates, you can create 15 very =
different bags; each made using different techniques, pockets, straps and f=
astenings, to create 15 very different results.

The templates can also be used for your own further design variations, as y=
ou mix and match the techniques covered within "Build a Bag Book: Tote Bags=
" as Debbie gives advice on how to adapt and create your own unique designs=
. Each project comprising "Build a Bag Book: Tote Bags" is explained using =
Debbie's trademark style and step-by-step photography, and there is also a =
comprehensive techniques section and a guide to using the templates.

Critique: Unique and thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and present=
ation, "Build a Bag Book: Tote Bags" will prove an impressive and welcome a=
ddition to personal, professional, community, and college/university librar=
y Needlecraft instructional reference fashion, sewing, and fashion design c=
ollections.

Editorial Note: Debbie Shore (www.debbieshoresewing.com) began her career a=
s a children's television presenter and since then has appeared regularly a=
s an actress in various popular dramas and as a TV presenter. Debbie has de=
veloped her own range of fabrics, designed her own patterns, writes for sev=
eral popular sewing magazines and has written over 25 books for Search Pres=
s with several more underway, of which she has sold 650,000 copies worldwid=
e. She is the winner of Craft Influencer of the Year 2020 in the Craft Busi=
ness Awards and Social Media Influencer of the Year 2019 in the British Sew=
ing Awards. Debbie has over 250,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, whi=
ch has over 30 million views. In 2018, Debbie launched her Half Yard Sewing=
 Club, a monthly subscription service based on the mega-selling Half Yard s=
eries, and won the 2019 IPG Digital Publishing Award.

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