Originally Posted by grann of 6
Amazes me how expensive the patterns are for handbags, when most of them are just versions of rectangles or squares. I make my own patterns, based on the size I want. After all we are fabric artists and designers in our own way. I play around with tissue paper till I get the basic measurements I want and go from there. I would rather save that money to buy the fabric.
I buy a purse pattern when I think it is a cleaver new method of construction. The method was showed at the demo and even though I could probably do it by memory the idea was worth the pattern price to me.