Back-to-School Backpacks, Tote Bags, Lunch Bags Patterns
Share School bags are one of the most essential school supplies out there. And from personal experience as someone who studied for many years, it is a really good investment to have a couple of different style bags laying around: one for light days, one for heavy book days, one for gym, one for personal [...]
Fruity Lunch & Picnic Bags
Share These fun fruity lunch and picnic bags are insulated and zippered. Fun design ideas, Found in Paris. Each bag can hold a few sandwiches and a small drink. Picnic Bag As big as two giant tomatoes, holds everything for a picnic of 2 (or 3). Matching [...]
Burlap Messenger Bag
Share Summer markets, country fairs, flee markets & antique markets are ideal locations to pick up materials to make your own unique bags. This burlap messenger bag is made from a burlap farm animal feed sack, an old belt plus a scrap of off-white demin for lining. This feed sack was found in a US [...]
Make Your Own Summer Drawstring Bag
Share These citrus sun bags are perfect to take along for a picnic, garden party, or to the beach. Just stash in your gear and off you go. Particularly the bottle bag makes great party hostess gifts also. To make it into beach bags, I recommend you quadruple the size of either bag. [...]
Pineapple Knit Bag
Share This is UNIQUE! An elegant, knitted pineapple bag, adorned with silver pearl beads and beaded tassels. And with this free pattern, you get to knit your own. It’s a vintage pattern, published in 1840, by Mrs. Jane Gaugain in her book "The Lady’s Assistant, for executing useful and fancy designs in knitting, netting, and [...]
Diaper Bag Pattern
Share Big enough to be either a ‘diaper’- bag and beautiful enough to be an ‘going to town’ or ‘office’- handbag. May I show you this gorgeous, smooth handbag design by real sewing artist Rebeka Lambert. Looking at this bag, you can see Rebeka is a pro. However, with her sewing patterns with multi-page sewing [...]
Refashion: to Hip Summer Wedding Bag
Share We call can take inspiration from Jen over at Scissors and Spatulas, who did this amazing handbag refashioning. Clutch Bag – The Before Shot: A vintage-find clutch handbag. Clutch Bag – The After Shot: An up-to-date Summer clutch that will make creative gals do a double-take. [...]
Quilted Petal Bag :: Free Pattern
Share Every Monday (or Tuesday), it’s Bag Pattern day here at FineCraftGuild. Today I am featuring a pattern for you that’s fun with flowers: patchwork Dresden flower petals are quilted in long vertical lines lines for extra texture and form. The pattern offers a great way to use up old scraps. Designer – seamstress [...]
Shabby Chic Crochet Bag :: Free Pattern
Share The beginning of the week is always BAG TIME at FineCraftGuild. We have a nice collection of bag patterns already, but welcome today’s find of a wonderfully easy to crochet tote bag, that’s just as happy to stay around the house as it is being taken around town. It’s the kind of bag that, [...]
Recycled Juice Box :: Tote Bag Pattern
Share Going green does not mean boring. It means Stylish! This Recycled Juice Box pattern is the ’living’ proof of how recycling has taken on a whimsical, upcycling, refashion-tangent and that there’s no going back! Great project to make this summer, but you got to start saving your used juice boxes now as you’ll need [...]
Fun Gringham Summer Bag
Share This is a free sewing pattern for a summer bag. Make the bag using the pattern verbatum to take along a outside Sunday brunch, or enlarge the pattern to suit your needs. In the summer months I typically carry more ‘stuff’. This Gringham fabric is just perfect for either a fun ‘carry-all’-kinda bag or [...]
How-to: Painted Leather Purse
Share In love with Anuschka hand-painted leather bags??! Then you’ll be interested in the leather painting tutorial that I’m featuring today. Learn how to Paint Leather Bags, Belts & Other Accessories Painting leather goods is one of the traditional art forms that Italy is famous for. Here you can find the most exquisite [...]
Bag Organizer :: Free Sewing Tutorial
Share Today we’re all lucky. Guest writer Amanda from SimplyHomemade is featuring a free sewing pattern. Amanda enthusiastically agreed to design a handy-dandy purse organizer for us. We are thrilled, as she’s done a terrific job at illustrating the project step-by-step offering easy-to-follow instructions that we know even a beginning seamstress can work with. [...]
Crochet Beach Tote Bag :: Free Pattern
Share This adorable string bag is just a perfect project for crochet beginners: it looks really fun and is ultra easy to put together. There are 5 components to this bag: the base, the body, the top rim, the cord, and the flower embellishments. The bag has a diameter of 7“ (18 cm) and [...]
Monogram Fonts
Share Over the years, we’ve posted many DIY projects, sewing, knitting, and other craft patterns and templates. Many of these projects would make great craft gifts, and could benefit from a tiny touch of personalization. This is where monogram fonts come in. Monograms are an easy way to even embellish store-bought basics into homemade [...]
Tote Bag w Flowers, Happy Stripes & Appliqué
Share This beautiful tote bag is easy & fast to make. The style & pattern of fabric you choose determine what you’ll use it for. It’s a beach bag, a market bag, a knitting bag, a school bag…. It’s your bag. Ideas for personalization included in the pattern. In fact, it’s best to make a [...]
Bag Pattern with Hand Embroidery Flowers
Share Sew this adorable purse courtesy of Susan Cariello. The pattern is excerpted from her book Bags in Bloom: Create 20 Unique Flower Purses with Simple Embroidery Stitches and Easy-to-Sew Patterns. Blooming Bag This large bag is just the thing to accompany any outfit, either casual or smart, on a sizzling summer day. [...]
Duffel Bag Sewing Pattern
Share Duffel bags still remind me of going home after a week at the university… However, they continue to be part of my life as duffel bags are just oh-so-handy to quickly fill with cloths’ n’ things for a spontaneous weekend to the coast (which we do lots, discovering ‘far away’ Italian fishermen villages, ancient [...]
Italian Bag Fashion in Rome
Share Walking begin December in the late afternoon through the always romantic streets of Rome, as everything is so ancient and so laden with the energy of things that have endured the passage of time. You know how handmade things have that feel about them, of extensive handling and care in the making… How it [...]
Free Quilting Pattern :: Gardener’s Tote Bag
Share Last year I made a list of Handmade Gifts for Her and this year I’m going to add a few gift making ideas. As today is ‘Tote Bag Monday’, I want to share this great Gardeners Tote Bag ( free quilting pattern). While it is definitely a ‘Bag for Her’ in terms of the [...]
Messenger Bag & Other Cool Map Craft
Share Wonder what to do with an old map?? Tons. Here are some ideas for you… 1. Make a Map Messenger Bag. “Cool Bag” says the girl.“You can call that bag ‘On The Road’“She gave a ‘Thumbs Up’ for the zippy car closure. Below is a free bag sewing pattern for you [...]
Bow Bag : Free Sewing Pattern
Share Bag designer J. Kimberling calls this her ‘Luscious Big Bow’ bag. It’s a bit quilted in that it uses a number of different but compatible fabrics, but not so much that it will put off a non-quilter. The bag was originally designed to promote the lovely fabrics. Then Kimberling offered the design of [...]
Inspiring Bags from Amsterdam
Inspiring Bags from Amsterdam
Free Patterns Toiletry Bag
Share Today, I have a bit more than a single tote bag pattern for you. I have ** 10 ** bag patterns & tutorials for cosmetics, toiletries and make up bags, organized in 6 different styles. It’s summer and we need these bags rather than one more tote bag. Personally, I need a makeup [...]
Back to School Craft: Lunch Bag
Share This lunch bag says ‘mom loves me’. That cut-out motif from the printed fabric says it all! Which girl would not want to open and eat the goodies out of this lovely lunch tote? I’m sure you could find with a fabric color & theme, and appliqué that a young boy would love. [...]
Art Handbags
Share Coach, Prada or Michael Kors or all other designer tote or handbags: the whole fashion world produces ruffles. Like it or not. Ruffles are HERE! Time for a change?? Yes it is. Personally, I’ve seen enough ruffles for a week or two, and I want to show you today on our Tote Bag Monday [...]
Patchwork Tote Bag :: Free Pattern
Share Ever since I saw this Coach patchwork bag with matching wallet in person, I have actually started liking patchwork hand bags. It opened my eyes, as they were quite beautiful. Coach Patchwork Hand Bags Before I associated patchwork bags with ‘grandma-craft’ and consider them to be ‘not my style’. Now [...]
Big Crochet Bag :: Free Pattern
Share Tote Bag Monday. This has to be the easiest crochet market bag of all to make. Perfect as a project to take to the beach or on vacation. Bring 4 balls worth of yarn with you, a huge hook (size K) and this free crochet pattern, and you’re all set. I bet once you’ve [...]
Knitted Bag w Cables & Buckle :: Free Knitting Pattern
Small cabled purse with knitted handles and buckled strap.
100% adorable?
Tote Bag For Your Daily Bread :: Free Pattern
A simple free bag pattern & tutorial for you today, of a bag shape that you’ll love. It’s easy to make and utterly useful.
