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For a long time I have been an avid seamstress, and can often be found spending my time designing and creating my own skirts. With fashion queens like Gok Wan encouraging us to make the most of what we have with our clothes and using accessories and add-ons to customise them, plus the horrible credit crunch limiting the amount of money we can spend on clothes, it is no wonder that other people are getting in on the act of making their own clothes! More and more people are attending dressmaking classes and there has been a massive upturn in the sales of sewing machines. We can look individual and do it at a cheaper price!

Making a straightforward bag is easy, and once you have mastered that you can move on to making them more elaborate shapes and sizes as well as making them more decorative. To make a simple bag, here are the things you will need:An old item of clothing that you think will translate into a nice handbag – trousers tend to be best as they are of a stronger material than blouses etc, but you can always line it to make it stronger.