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Month: September 2020

How To Make Your Own Fabric with QAYG- Free!

Posted on September 30, 2020 by thefolkartfactory

Firstly, that is a pretty big statement right there – we are making free fabric now? What is THAT all about?! Actually it is all about using your scraps and what you have and at the moment with COVID sweeping

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Posted in Bag MakingTagged bag making, no waste, qayg, use scraps

Easy Sewing Tricks- How to Make Shaped Bag Straps

Posted on September 18, 2020December 30, 2020 by thefolkartfactory

There are some bag making techniques which simply lift your project into the covetable realm of ‘artisan’ or ‘handmade’ and straps fall squarely under this heading.

You can of course, and we often do, leave webbing flat and just add

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Posted in UncategorizedTagged bag making, bag making tips and techniques, beginner tips, how to, sewing techniques

How to Make a No-Sew Bag Tassel

Posted on September 9, 2020December 30, 2020 by thefolkartfactory

Making bags is huge fun- you get to make something that is beautiful and useful. And the best thing of all, the fun doesn’t have to stop there. We can also make accessories for bags! I know right!

This time,

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Posted in UncategorizedTagged bag accessories, bag making, embellishments, how-to, tassels

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Hello I am so happy to see you here! I am Debbie and I have been a craft writer for a lot of years now. I was born in Australia and originally trained as a scientist. I love that too and science fills my world every day but I I cannot image working as anything but a writer now. I live in beautiful Germany now with my husband Rob, Cocker Spaniel Daisy and our grandcat (that is a Thing) Checkmate. I love working from home and creating great content. Bags are my, well, bag and this blog is all about helping to make you a better bag maker. Because I am interested in a lot of other crafts too, you will see sprinklings of other sorts of patterns and even the odd recipe. Look around and make yourself at home.

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