"Step-by-step instructions for totes, handbags, clutches, and other bag crafts made from repurposed materials"--Provided by publisher.

Stand out in a crowd with a pair of great shoes. Cover old shoes with a fresh coat of paint or a fashionable fabric. Keep your feet dry while looking good with painted Wellies. Use cool buttons to bedazzle your flip flops. Learn how to turn your old castoffs into hip footwear that you can wear to the mall, the beach, or just around your house!

This do-it-yourself book for stylish handbags features 25 projects with more than 500 illustrations. Sewers of all skill levels will gather the information they need to create many kinds of bags, from casual to romantic, as well as ideas for jazzing up your old bags. Handbag styles include clutches, totes, makeup cases, and a roll-up pencil case. They're made with a variety of styles, including lovely vintage, charming felt, and '80s graphics designs. Chapters include adding accessories and prints to your bags, and each section ends with an interview with a handbag designer. A wealth of tips and information is also provided for adding zippers, making the perfect lining, developing your own variation of the handbag model, and enlarging and copying design patterns and templates. See how creating your own handbag can be fun and rewarding, and also fashion-forward.

This book offers step-by-step instructions for more than 45 pouches, purses, and packs of all kinds, including many projects that start with ready-made and recycled bags.

HOW TO DESIGN, CREATE, AND EMBELLISH BEAUITFUL BAGS.

Demonstrates through color photographs and instructions how to remake accessories and clothes with repurposed materials, and how to create original designs for fingernails such as tiger stripes, the American flag, marble, lace, and footballs.

"Step-by-step instructions for hair chopsticks, clips, barettes, and other hair accessory crafts made from repurposed materials"--