Stabilizers
This foam stabilizer provides structure for your bag
In-R-Form or Soft and Stable
This style of bag, named after a French city, is a small, often formal, handheld bag without straps
Clutch
This hardware is used to make your shoulder strap easily change to different lengths
Adjustable Strap Slider
Use this product in place of making your own straps
Webbing
The Earliest bags were made from plant fibres or this…
Animal Hides
This is the most common interfacing to add to quilting cotton
SF101
This is a very large bag, usually meant for travel or sports gear. It is named after a town in Belgium, where the cloth used to make them originated
Duffel
This hardware can be used to add “bling” to your bag, and or to reinforce your straps
Rivets
This foot is used to evenly feed multiple layers or thicker fabrics through your sewing machine to prevent puckering and shifting. It has an extra set of “teeth” that move together with the machines feed dogs.
Walking Foot
Clipping the seam allowances of rounded corners in bags helps them to lie flat. This type of scissor makes clipping the seams quickly and neatly
Pinking Shears
This interfacing is popular for wallets, and gives the fabric a leather-like feel and structure
Decovil
This is a slouchy style bag, worn over one shoulder. It is often crescent shaped
Hobo
This hardware allows a strap to attach and detach from a bag, and prevent twisting of the strap
Swivel hooks
This foot is great for sewing vinyl and leather because of its non-stick features. Especially useful in more Humid Climates
Teflon Foot
This product makes your bag see through, a must for many large sporting events. But be careful if you iron it, it will melt
Clear Vinyl
This product is soft and lofty but it does not give a lot of structure. It is great for a slouchy bag, where you need a little padding but don’t want it stiff
Fusible Fleece
This bag has an extra long strap for looping over one shoulder. It can carry the daily necessities, and rests on the waist or hip
Cross Body
This alternative to the D Rings has two openings. One rectangle shaped, for your strap tab. The other round, for your swivel hook. No more bag rings sliding and twisting in your strap tabs
Triangle Rings
This technique creates a flat bottom and depth for bags allowing them to stand up. It involves cutting a small square from the corner, aligning seams, and stitching across the resulting triangle.
Boxed Corners
This English word comes from the Latin work Bursa meaning leather Bag and the Greek word Byrsa meaning hide. It refers to a small bag used to carry money
Purse
Interfacing generally comes in these two formats
Fusible and Sew-In (non-fusible)
This bag style usually has an open top with a drawstring closure, and either a shoulder strap or a handle. They have a flat round or oval bottom allowing the bag to sit upright without falling over.
Bucket Bag
Use this hardware to protect the bottom of your purse or handbag
Purse Feet
What is the panel of a bag that connects the front panel to the back panel. It enlarges the bag and gives it a more 3D shape
Gusset
When did zippers begin appearing in handbags
Early 1920's