Finishing School: Elegant Organizer Bag with Pam Damour

Is it a wallet? A clutch? A purse? By any name, it just might be the only thing you want to carry from now on! So cleverly designed with our essential needs in mind, this little organizer is perfect to carry on its own, or tuck neatly into a larger tote for streamlined travel.

Places for credit cards and IDs, cash, a zipper pocket for cosmetics, a roomy cell phone compartment and more are created swiftly and perfectly during Pam’s step-by-step, component-by-component demonstrations. Moreover, as she creates each part of the bag, she shares her tips for certain success, all kinds of techniques for stitching and pressing, the logic behind each part of the design, and ways to alter things when the choice is yours.

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Inspiring in its practicality, this efficient little bag is full of amazing sewing techniques, coupled with all the little tips and tricks that bring easy success. Professional purse hardware, some useful new notions and lots of keys to getting the most from your sewing machine round out the online experience, setting you up for complete confidence and success with this little bag and so many others.

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1. What will you learn? As Pam shares her step-by-step process in building this great little bag, you’ll explore and learn about:

using specialty notions for the easiest process and more professional finishes;

using purse magnets;

choosing and working with various stabilizers for bags, pockets, straps;

applying purse feet and creating a sturdier bag bottom;

assembling the card pocket using Pam’s clever, layered construction for multiple slots;

creating and placing the zipper compartment, with zipper application choices;

creating and installing divider pocket section with a gusset (more room!);
installing the purse frame and incorporating D-rings on your bag;
using various sewing machine accessory feet for the easiest stitching.

2. Who should attend?

Beginners who love projects that don’t finish like beginner projects;

Experienced stitchers looking for a more sophisticated project in both technique and result;

Anyone who enjoys a well-thought-out project with practical and a clever construction process;

Everyone who has thought about or has made bags before – you’ll be impressed with this little gem!

Pam Damour

Known as the "Decorating Diva," Pam learned early in life, while spending time on her grandparents' farm, that making something from "scratch" was not only a way of life, but it was the better way of doing things. Holding on to those values, she went from farm to fabric and has had a very successful 30+ year career as an interior designer and sewing professional. Pam offers professional drapery workroom training to the trade and consumers. As a seasoned career speaker, she travels internationally teaching the specialty techniques that have brought her years of continued business as the "Couture of Home Dec Sewing."

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