Signature Bags: 12 Trend-Setting Bag Patterns to Sew at Home

About Michelle Golightly

International schooling and travel educated me in culture history music and art. From concert halls to parades down cobbled stone streets in tiny villages I performed as a fiddler violinist and pianist throughout Asia Canada USA and Europe. I studied humanities and history for 6 months in Vienna where I witnessed some of the most magnificent operas written and performed in parks and recital halls. I try to be an artist in my own corner of the world and help others to be motivated to create extraordinary things. After marrying I began sewing for others; curtains pillows prom dresses and wedding dresses. I am inspired by fine fabrics lace beading and color. Transitioning into designing bag patterns was seamless. After I constructed some of Lila Tuellers samples for International Quilt Market she asked me to design a bag featuring her new line of laminated cotton. This pattern was unique enough that Patchwork Spezial magazine from Germany published it in German in 2011. Over the next three years I self-published eleven more patterns covering a diverse cross section from clutches organizers computer and iPad cases dresses and coats for women a tweens and even a formal/wedding dress. In 2014 Bernina Virtual Clubs choose to feature my Sweet Clutches pattern for one of their featured patterns. In partnering with Lila I continue to design patterns for her new fabric lines and distribute hardware kits for all of our patterns.