Duct Tape Bags: 40 Projects for Totes, Clutches, Messenger Bags, and Bowlers by
Richela Fabian Morgan Paperback released July 12, 2016 from
Clarkson Potter. The best selling duct tape author shows you how to make 40 fabulous handbags using duct tape. Her results are impressive – part art-piece, part usable accessory! Duct tape used to be a wide, sticky, silver tape, made of cloth, used to repair things. Today it is available in every color and pattern imaginable making it a hot crafting material. These original bag projects are based on a straightforward technique of making duct tape fabric, no sewing required. Detailed, step-by-step text and photographic instructions show you how to make the fabric, the closures and the bags. There are also very useful demos on the author's facebook page
CraftyRichela. Must have tools include – parchment paper, self-healing cutting mat, scissors, craft knife, metal ruler, graphite pencil, ballpoint pen, grease pencil and flat-nose pliers. Projects are rated easy, moderate and challenging. Want the ultimate urban style tote?
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: The Beauty of Duct Tape
THE ESSENTIALS: Basic Tools of the Trade
Keep Your Metal Tools Clean
Patterns and Templates
Tutorial: How to Make a Duct Tape Fabric
Tutorial: Magnetic Snap Closure
Tutorial: Jeans Button Closure
Tutorial: Neodymium Magnet Closure
CLUTCH & WRISTLET
Summer Fling
Opera
DCC Fringe
Sugar Mama
Sundance Kid
The Matrix
Venus
HOBO & SHOULDER BAG
Granny Smith
Peacock Bag
Not for the Links
Amagansett
Serena
SoBe
Xanadu
SATCHEL
Mary Poppins
Hallie
Oak Park
Springtime
Regatta
Kemberly
MESSENGER & FLAP BAG
Mondrian
Punk Plaid
The Bowler Hat
Bowie
Wham!
Movement Underground
Caribbean Dream
TOTE
E.L.F.
Life Is a Beach
Lunch Bag
Shopping Spree
Along the Diagonal
Personalized Tote
SLING, BOWLER & HANDBAG
Smile for the Birdie
Galaxy
The Peter Sherwin
Pull String Sling
Flower Girl
A Different Type of Go Bag
Manila
Acknowledgments
Resources
Templates
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Sundance Kid
Matrix
Bowie
Lunch bag.
Galaxy
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