A flexible foam is a perfect material to give a great structure to your bags, without weighting them down. It is also ideal for making protective covers for your electronic devices (mobiles, computers, tablets, e-readers, …). It can replace the usual interfacing + fleece combination in some of your sewing projects. In this post, I’ll…
If, like me, you are a danger to yourself with a hammer, eyelets with prongs are made for you! They are easily installed with embroidery scissors and a pen. It’s this type of eyelets that I used on the Samba summer totes. How to install eyelets with prongs tutorial The eyelet with prongs has 2…
A flex frame is a closure often used for glasses cases or coin purses. It is very easy to install, as you’ll see in this tutorial. For this tutorial, the flex frame will be installed to a glasses case sewn using the free pattern Mirettes, the pattern can be downloaded there : Free glasses case…
Video tutorial for the most unusual part of the assembly of the Zip-Zip patterns : the upper corners of the linings.
How to install a twist lock tutorial : Installing a twist lock is much easier than one can believe and gives a sophisticated look to your bags.
Very easy and quick, here’s a tutorial to sew a removable wrist strap for your clutch bags. You don’t have a clutch ?… A Sacôtin surprise awaits you tomorrow!
After the handle pad tutorial, here is the shoulder strap pad tutorial. Adding a strap pad helps to make a heavy bag more comfortable to carry. This often concerns travel bags such as the Boston pattern. I offer two versions of the strap pad: bias finished (version 1) and finished WITHOUT bias (version 2) […]
This is a comfy handle pad tutorial, a practical accessory to improve bag handles comfort, especially for travel bags such as the Boston pattern for example. […]
Heavy duty, closed end, long zippers are often needed for sewing bags. But most of the time, you’ll only find separating long (30 cm / 12 inches or more) heavy duty zippers in stores. Therefore, here is a tutorial that shows how to turn a separating zipper into a closed end zipper […]
An adjustable strap is not hard to make and instantly gives your bag a more professional look and of course makes it more convenient! This type of strap will fit perfectly to your Alex messenger bag for example. Voici the adjustable strap tutorial. […]
