Tag Archives: Bags

How to Replace a Broken Zip on a Backpack

This is the third post this year in a series on basic sewing and mending skills. In January, it was all about getting started (threading a needle, making a knot) here and in February I explained how to sew on a button here. This month I am tackling the problem of a broken zip onContinueContinue reading “How to Replace a Broken Zip on a Backpack”

A laptop case and other patterns

Photo credit: Quilt Now This is a laptop case I designed for Quilt Now and it’s in issue 59.   I am particularly fond of the small panel of pink, grey and gold Japanese printed fabric, which for me is the star of the show. There is a free pattern on this website for myContinueContinue reading “A laptop case and other patterns”