Little extra touches can make your handmade bag truly unique and stand out from the crowd. This is a quick guide for making bead zip pulls and adding a little bling to your bag. This post contains links...

Bag making is an art that requires high-quality materials to produce a durable, attractive and functional result. For me, one of the most important aspects of bag making is stabilisers (or stabilizers...

Our First French Sewing Pattern (click here for the English version) Notre patron de couture de sac à main Lomexa a été traduit avec amour par la talentueuse Liz Royce-Rogers et testé par un groupe...

I’ve been wanting to make a messenger bag for some time but I was struggling to find a men’s bag sewing pattern that I really loved. In fact, it’s quite hard to find many sewing patterns for men....

Are you an experienced bag maker, or just starting out? Either way, I hope this post will interest you and help guide you through the world of interfacing. This post may contain some affiliate links. In...

Do you enjoy sewing? Maybe you’re a bag maker, a quilter, or you sew clothes? Whichever it is, I’m sure that, like me, you’ve dreamed of the perfect sewing room. If you’re looking...

Need help finding inspiration for  your next sewing project? Welcome to my sewing blog! Thanks for joining me. I’m Jo, a sewing enthusiast living in Cornwall, UK. My husband Adam and I set up Country...

This article is not sponsored by Sailrite. I paid full price for this machine and haven’t been requested to review it by Sailrite. This article is just my opinion and experience using this industrial...

This week’s blog post is all about our new sewing pattern, the Lemonza clutch wallet. I’m VERY excited about this pattern and I can’t wait to tell you why. You can buy the pattern here. What did the...

Is this your first time quilting? Welcome to my sewing blog! Thanks for joining me. I’m Jo, a sewing enthusiast living in Cornwall, UK. My husband Adam and I set up Country Cow Designs in 2019 and together...

This week’s post is written by a guest blogger, Katey Rudlin of Kiwi Bagineers   How to make money from selling bags If you’ve been bitten by the bag making bug you may have reached...

Do you use a hump jumper? Welcome to my sewing blog! Thanks for joining me. I’m Jo, a sewing enthusiast living in Cornwall, UK. My husband Adam and I set up Country Cow Designs in 2019 and together...

Are you ready to try leather in your bag making? For the purpose of this post, I’m talking about the really thick stuff, 5oz (1.6mm)+. This is the type of leather you’d most often use for...

Scroll down for the French translation – Faites défiler l’écran vers le bas pour voir la traduction française de l’article. We’ve become very used to making a webbing bag strap. It’s so quick and easy...