Weekly Giveaway #25
Hello again,
I don't know if you're like me, but every time I'm planning a trip I start to think about what bag I'm going to take with me. In an ideal world, I'd have the money, time and energy to make the perfect bag for every trip! The trip I took to NYC this weekend was no different, and I got tons of inspiration from a new craft book that landed on my desk a few weeks ago.
"Carry Me: 20 Boutique Bags to Sew" was the perfect book to read as I daydreamed about my trip. This is a Japanese craft book, published in English by Interweave, and so it's full of beautiful photography, step-by-step directions, easy-to-follow line drawings and (you know how much I love this) full-size paper patterns included at the back of the book.
In the end I ran out of time and didn't end up making a new travel bag, but I don't begrudge the time I spent poring over this book and dreaming! Whether you're heading on a trip yourself, thinking about making a gift for a wanderlusty friend, or just want to do some daydreaming of your own, I think you'll get a kick out of this book.
You know how it works: For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, October 25th. I will post the winner here sometime on Monday, October 26th. Good luck!
October 20th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Bags, bags, bags!! Both my daughters and I are crazy for bags so this book would be put to great use! Also, I have been thinking of making something for my neice for her trip to Europe next summer and this would be great! Would love to win it!
October 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
This book would be perfect for my brother! I often carry purses that he has made
October 20th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
The projects from this book look great! I don't sew very much, but I would love to make myself some new bags for when I'm traveling for work.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I love Japanese craft books and Interweave books are always great quality. What a perfect marriage!
October 20th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I LOVE bags!!! That book looks so interesting! And I think they would be really fun to sew too!!
October 20th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Another great Japanese craft book! The bag on the cover looks like the perfect thing to pack along on a holiday......for shopping and to cart home all your treasures.
October 20th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
I soooo want this book. I've just dusted off my sewing machine and wondered what I was going to use as a starter project. A bag would be fabulous! I was looking at a bunch yesterday but they were sooo out of my budget range...
This would be a great opportunity to put my personal spin on a fantastic (and much needed!) accessory. Pick me! Pick me!
October 20th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
I would love this!! I'm in the process of finding a hobby and it sure would be great if I could make my own bags--imagine all the gift opportunities!
October 20th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Ohhh that looks like a great book. A bit beyond my current sewing skills, but something different to try.
October 20th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Me, me, me!!! Please, random thingy, pick me, pleeeease!!!
Oh, I absolutely LOVE bags. Small, big, mediums... oh, all of them. I never have enough!
October 20th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I would love this, it is outside my comfort zone, just what i'm looking for right now
October 20th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
I'm just getting back into sewing. I love bags and would love this book!
October 20th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Aahh... I want it! I love bags!
October 20th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Oooooh! I've been thinking about making purses lately, and this looks like it would be a great place to start. Would love to win it!
October 20th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Oh ya!!! This is exactly what I have been looking for.
Thanks for the giveaway.
October 20th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
I love large bags but have never tried sewing one! Would love to win this book!
October 20th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
I just got into bags and this looks like a perfect book to find all sorts. Thank you for the giveaway again!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Another great book for my aunt! She would love this for a Christmas present!
October 20th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Cool! I like the granny bag.
October 20th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I adore the Winter Tweed Boston bag in there. Full-size paper patterns are such a great bonus, too. I never enlarge patterns when it says to.
October 20th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I have crochet a couple of bags (for my daughter and myself), but have never sewn one yet. I'd love to try...after seeing that cover!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Lovely book - thanks for the chance to win a prize. I think that I will place this book on order at the library just in case I don't win,
- Donna
October 21st, 2009 at 12:00 am
i'm a bag-a-holic. I can't stop making bags.
October 21st, 2009 at 1:14 am
I need all sorts of different coloured bags and would love to sew them myself!
October 21st, 2009 at 1:23 am
I learned to sew by making bags & purses! I made myself a bag out of the top part of my then-boyfriends jeans years before they became popular! The looks I used to get on the streetcar with my bum-bag (as I called it) on my lap were priceless!
October 21st, 2009 at 3:15 am
This looks like another incredible book I would love to own.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:42 am
My BF and I are always looking for new things...bags rock!
October 21st, 2009 at 7:15 am
This book looks so fun! I can think of all of the great gifts I could make for Christmas...:)
October 21st, 2009 at 8:05 am
I'm still at the beginners stage of sewing but bags are probably what I sew the best. I would love to see the contents of this beautiful book.
October 21st, 2009 at 8:34 am
I made a bag for my daughter to carry all her nursing books, I couldnt help her financially for school and wanted to at least make her something that she could use and like. She loves her bag and her friends have asked if I can make them one too...she just says...its one of a kind. This book would be a awesome gift to us.
October 21st, 2009 at 8:54 am
Wonderful way to start the holiday gift giving preparations - who wouldn't want to receive a gorgeous hand made bag?!
October 21st, 2009 at 9:43 am
I simply adore japanese craft books. This one must be incredible; I would love to have it!
October 21st, 2009 at 10:51 am
I have just fallen in love with bags - I have always just carried my junk in pockets. Now i must have a bag. I would love this book to make more and to give great gifts to bag loving friends.
October 21st, 2009 at 11:12 am
Oh! I love bags and I would love to win this!!!!I would love to make my own bags!
October 21st, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Hello, my is Debra and I am addicted to bags.
Would love this book!!!
October 21st, 2009 at 12:26 pm
What a neat looking book on bags. I would love to win this book to give to a special person on my Christmas list, who loves to make her own bags.
October 21st, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I would love this book and would like to make the bags
October 21st, 2009 at 1:48 pm
What a great win! I would love to be able to make the bag on the front cover.
October 21st, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I would love this book ... been so busy that I have not been able to conjure up my creativity for sewing this book would be a great start!
October 21st, 2009 at 3:46 pm
I love bags and would love to sew my own. Please enter me.
October 21st, 2009 at 8:13 pm
This is fabulous. I have always wanted to learn how to make my own bags. This seems like a great instructional book!
October 21st, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I love the look of this book
October 21st, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Great book!!!It's just the right size project to start and finish in one day,and not to mention,the bags would be environmentally friendly.I would love to win it!!!
October 21st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I never met a bag that I didn't love!
October 21st, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Wow what a fantastic book! Please enter me! Yay!
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:22 am
I LOVE these Japanese craft books - such wonderful & creative projects but the books themselves are simply so neat to look at. So many ideas float through my head for bags but executing them is another question...would really like to move on from the typical tote bags.
Oh BTW, does anyone have a fave place (locally or nationally) for great fabrics?
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:00 am
Oh Bag, my Bag!!!
I try and keep all my craft projects in bags so I can just grab and go when I go visiting friends. Imagine! Pulling out an afghan I'm making from a bag I made. That would be so great!
I'd love to have a copy of the book
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:25 am
can you ever have enough bags? a book like this is just the thing I'd love to have, alway looking for just the right bag and am making several now that the stores are charging for bags
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
Amazing - I was looking for a large-sized bag to use as carry on luggage for a lengthy plane trip that is coming up in a few months and making my own would be pefect!! Done to size with great instructions...hmmmmmm Guess what my neices may be receiving this Christmas?
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
If I could be the fortunate winner of this book, I would be so grateful & excited. I have not sewn in years, but would vow to get out my sewing machine again. It would be so awesome to make some of these bags as gifts for my family & friends. We would all be really blessed!
Thanks for this giveway!
Deb
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:05 pm
What a cool book - bags would make great gifts!
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:36 pm
An easy to sew project book of one of my favorite things....bags. This book would be wonderful to own!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
I've just discovered this blog! How cool! And giveaways to boot! Sewing bags is totally my speed.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:58 pm
I would love to win!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:35 pm
I LOVE ALL THE BAGS
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:15 am
I'd love to win this book. I am only making gifts this Christmas, no purchasing, so this would be awesome.
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:55 am
My daughter and I are just learning to sew and this would make for many great beginning projects. At least they don't have to be "fitted"!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I'm back into sewing after almost 15 years without touching a sewing machine. I love it! I think there's a trend towards making your own Christmas gifts this year. I'm trying to do that. Bags would make a great gift...so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm
My husband will kill me as I already have SO many handmade bags but I <3 them!
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I love all the bags!
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 pm
I have so many pieces of fabric just waiting to be sewn into something and this book looks like the perfect place to get ideas. Instead of buying wrapping paper for Christmas gifts I could make up a bag for each person and put their gift in it. 2 gifts in one! Everyone loves bags for travel, shopping, or for carrying shoes in winter.
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Looks like a very interesting book.
October 24th, 2009 at 6:55 am
I LOVE Japanese craft books and who can ever have enough bags! Enter me in. Thank you
October 24th, 2009 at 11:57 am
I would love to sew a bag for myself or members of my family.
October 24th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Japanese bags....YUMMY!
October 24th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Looks like a fabulous book. I haven't made a bag since high school Home Economics class...and now that recycling is so important, I'd love to make my own tote bags and other bags to use instead of plastic.
:o)
October 25th, 2009 at 7:12 am
I love all bags!
October 25th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
OOooohh bags! You can never have too many!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I certainly do love all bags!
October 25th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
I just bought a sewing machine, and this would be the perfect win to go with it! I don't have any nice bags for trips, but could make a great one if I won. THanks
October 25th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Ooh! I took a trip to NYC this summer! Lots of neat bags there.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Making bags could be a new fun hobby for me.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
What a great blog about crafting!
October 29th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
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