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Tote Your Own Style
Learn the Basics of Making a Bag with Designer Amy Hall

How many different bags, handbags, totes do you have? Do you ever feel incomplete without the perfect bag? The perfect bag can be a girl's best friend. Have you ever thought of personalizing your most used accessory, by making your very own bag? Designer Amy Hall is here to show you that you can do it! In this class you'll learn the basics of making a pattern, designing a bag, and then sewing it! You'll learn to make a functional and stylish grocery tote and gain the confidence to move on to designing and making any bag you can dream of. It's simple and fun to be a designer of such a functional item in your life. If you can sew a straight line on a sewing machine or if you can sew with a needle and thread, then you can create this fun bag!

A Note from Amy:
Hi! I'm Amy Kathryn, and about eight years ago, I enrolled in a couple of courses at Otis Design School. Part of the Basic Construction curriculum was to make a handbag. I was hooked from that point on to create new handbag designs! amykathryn is my own label. I design animal-friendly and eco-conscious original handbags and sell them to stores all over the world. My blog is a fun place for me to reveal all my designer secrets, inspiration and travel. Collaging is my favorite way to start my design ideas for a new collection or color story and I'll share a little about that with you in class. You can see amykathryn on celebs and women that love colorful, eco fashion. Come see me over at www.amykathryn.com.

         

By making your own bag, you just might surprise yourself with how creative you can be. It could be the start of you accessorizing your own style, making a statement with your eco tote, or simply appreciating handbag design and function. Making a handbag may be the ultimate way to creatively bring together all of the elements of your life and who you are!


Want to know more? Listen to Amy's audio here:

Amy's class includes:

  • Welcome message from Amy available as streaming audio, downloadable MP3 file and transcript
  • Welcome note from Amy in the classroom
  • Supply list with live links to product resources
  • Tote Your Own Style video, detailing the step-by-step instructions for creating your own grocery tote
  • Colorful instructional handout with step-by-step instructions for creating a pattern and sewing your grocery tote
  • Colorful bonus handout with insight into Amy's design process, based on collage
  • Downloadable PDF template for the handbag pattern
  • Private posting gallery to share your work and view the work of your classmates
  • Email access to Amy Hall
Taught by: designer Amy Hall from www.amykathryn.com
Price: $10.00
Class Duration: Instant Download
Open Registration:
Additional Items: You will probably want to use a sewing machine to make your bag. It's a bit easier than hand stitching and it's fun to use. We'll just use a straight stitch - it's easy! But if you don't have a sewing machine available to you, no problem! You can use a thread and needle, but it will take more time.

Important information about Self-Paced Projects at Big Picture Classes!
Self-Paced Projects are instant download classes that allow you to participate at BPC anytime! These classes are different from our interactive workshops. There are no starting or ending dates -- you may enroll at any time. This flexibility also means, that there will not be the level of teacher and student interaction that we enjoy in our workshops. You will receive handouts to print and an audio file to listen to, but there are typically no message boards or chats.

Even though these classes offer less interaction, you are not alone! If you need help, email us at admin@bigpictureclasses.com. Enjoy!

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