Notes on dates and sources are included. 128 pages, soft-cover. 280 line drawings. All the methods needed for your own designs are provided here, including the techniques to make a highly finished product. Or, you can make the attractive items described and illustrated for all skill levels.
Beginners can fashion masks, belts or a purse.
As skill is gained, there are complete instructions for a wallet and passport holder, folding-top bag, and small briefcase. Advanced projects include a box bag, molded shoulder bag, quilted belt and large shoulder bag. Along the way, you will learn about the fittings, tools and dyes needed, and learn to finish edges, do paring, splitting and channeling, use glues and four types of hand stitching, and make gussets and pockets. 128 pages, soft-cover. A compendium of over 200 designs has been drawn from medieval sources, including manuscripts, tapestries, tiles, weavings and many other forms of art from the 11th through the 14th centuries.