| Quilted Bags & Purses | 
 enlarge | Author: Mary Jo Hiney
Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 893426
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 1402702019
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.48
EAN: 9781402702013
ASIN: 1402702019
Publication Date: April 1, 2005
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Product Description
From large travel bags to small roll-style purses, these 20 patterns include all the carryall styles a quilter could desire. They range from traditional to shabby chic, from retro to contemporary. Most important, each one showcases the exquisite workmanship and close attention to detail that are the hallmarks of designer and best-selling author Mary Jo Hiney. She offers instruction on how to make pockets, both inside and out; how to put in zippers; how to attach handles; and how to add liners and bindings for the perfect finish. Among the standouts: a brocade bag to hold knitting supplies, a 60's-style piecework bucket bag, a clutch with traditional quilt block applique, and a small wool dachshund-shaped purse that uses Mary Jo's signature "quiltagami" technique. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.
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 Don't waste your time or money on this book! January 27, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is one of the worst pattern books I have ever purchased. The directions are extremely confusing and there are very few photos or drawings of the construction techniques. In addition, the fact that you have to enlarge the patterns to make the purses and bags further complicates the whole process. I went to two copy shops and was told they couldn't even make the copies because they couldn't print out anything that large. They recommended going to a shop that does blueprint copies but warned me it would be expensive. I don't know why they couldn't have included a pattern packet with the book. Also, the bag "familiarity" seems to be missing two pattern sections, C & D, unless of course it is hidden somplace else in the book and I just haven't been able to find it! Last of all, many of the bags call for hand stitching for some of the final steps -- nothing to make your final product look tacky and homemade than having to sew things down by hand - thanks but no thanks there are better and more professional looking construction techniques available than the ones used in this book. I consider this book to be a waste of money and an exercise in frustration.
I love purses June 2, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is not a book for beginners. The instructions are for experienced quilters or sewers. I love all the ideas and I am going to try to make each bag. I bought this book without reading the reviews or else I might have had second thoughts on purchasing this book.
 Very Beautiful Designs - NO In-Process PHOTOS! February 27, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The bags are very beautiful, and the photos of the finished bags clear. The finished photos show front, back, inside, and side gussets well. However, a warning is necessary. THERE ARE NO - NONE - PHOTOS OF IN-PROCESS BAGS. This makes the instructions really difficult to understand. The short instructions for special techniques (applique's various methods, beading, and hand embroidery stitches) are also too short for a first time introduction. Most of the bags have medium to simple construction methods. An experienced sewer should not have much trouble figuring it out, even though the instruction are hard to follow.
An exception is the bag on the cover, which uses about 20 applique pieces. It is the most complex bag in the book. I think making a pattern first using typing paper or muslin would be a REALLY good idea for this bag. Some of the patterns are for the back-side of the fabric. Some of the patterns are on a fold (half sized). The patterns use different seam allowances. I think it would be IMPOSSIBLE NOT to make several mistakes if you were cutting the fabric first. Make sure the patterns are marked with seam allowances and the color of the fabric as well as front or back-side labeled. Glue or tape the pattern pices together to make sure the seam allowances will work. This pattern calls for silk and velvet or microfiber, which are rather expensive, and aggrevates the problem if the cut pieces do not fit together.
I still gave this book 5 stars because, I am not sure if the complex designs of certain bags COULD have been explained simply (short of including full-sized, correctly labeled patterns), and because the workmanship of the bags in the photos are excellent. The color choices and materials are also well thought out. You can just copy the fabric choices as is and get a great bag out of it. For most books on bags, I have to substitute the fabrics on many of the bags because the color choices are bad or the fabrics are too weak for the size and use of the bag.
Horrible directions! October 22, 2006
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I am not surprised to see the last person's opinion. I am an intermediate to advanced sewer and just wasted $40 in fabric on one of her patterns. I just left a class at the local quilt shop today where we were working on one of Hiney's purse patterns. The teacher and 2 other quilt shop staff present couldn't figure out her instructions for certain elements of the purse. They had caught mulitple other errors in the instructions though and noted them for the class. Don't waste your money on such a sloppy pattern designer and writer.
VERY disappointed October 20, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm an accomplished quilter and belong to a bag of the month class consisting of 18 people. We have made 7 bags from this book and all but 1 have major problems with the directions, i.e. wrong measurements, etc. The quilt shop owner contacted the author who blamed the publisher. I would not recommend this book nor will I ever buy another book from this author.
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