Bag Closure Techniques

Lisa Lam | Runtime (46 min)

Learn all the ins and outs of adding zippers and metal closures to your handmade bags and purses. Join Lisa Lam, purse-making expert and author of the bestselling book The Bag Making Bible, as she shows you how easy it is to add the closures that make your bag contents secure. Learn how to install a flush zipper pocket, a top edge zipper and a concealed top edge zipper as well as grommets and magnetic snaps. There’s nothing to fear as Lisa steps you through everything you need to know to add professional looking zippers and metal closures to your handmade bags!

You’ll love this bag-making video if you:

• Love making handmade purses
• Need to finally face your fear of zippers!
• Want to learn professional bag finishing techniques

In Bag Closure Techniques, you’ll learn how to:

• Sew a flush zipper pocket
• Create a top edge zipper
• Sew a concealed zipper
• Apply magnetic snap closures to your purses
• Insert grommets and rivets to attach purse handles and chains

About the Expert:

As a London College of Fashion graduate, the bestselling author of The Bag Making Bible and A Bag for All Reasons and the founder of u-handbag.com– an online store specializing in bag-making supplies – Lisa Lam is the expert when it comes to creating DIY bags and purses. She is also a sewing pattern and bag designer and her work regularly features in craft magazines. Lisa is regularly involved with the online crafting community too, where she writes her craft blog, chats with fellow bag makers on Facebook and is constantly amazed by the talent and wit of her fellow crafters. Through Lisa’s video tutorials and step-by-step instructions, you will improve and develop your bag-making skills, so that you can achieve a professional finish.