: The Complete Guide to Sewing and Customizing Your Own Unique Bags
This is a lovely book, full of inspirational photos. But there is not enough instructions for each bag pattern.
Not recommended for beginners.

: Handmade Gifts from Fabric in the Japanese Tradition
"Omiyage" is the Japanese word for gift.
The author of a number of books on Japanese quilting including Harmonies & Hurricanes: Color & Line in Japanese Quilts and Circles of the East, here turns her attention to small, handmade, fabric gifts requiring only simple hand sewing, colorful fabric scraps, and imagination.
Forty-three original designs for gifts such as fabric Temari balls, boxes, pincushions, pockets, pouches, and evening bags are featured.
The author also includes a teaching plan for instructors wishing to use the book as a textbook for sewing classes. Notes on techniques and background information on the place of personal gifts in the Japanese calendar throughout the year add to the appeal of this unique volume.
Highly recommended for large public libraries and textile collections.

: Easy Projects to Stitch, Glue and Paint
This book has wonderful do-it-yourself projects for spicing up your wardrobe and home.
Detailed and fun-to-follow instructions will guide you in creating spunky, artsy accessories, leather cuffs and chic handbags.
The 30 projects included incorporate low-sew methods and many types of embellishing materials.

This book contains an impressive array of knit and crochet purse projects - from funky bags to party clutches and everything inbetween.
For intermediate and advanced.

: 15 Fun Projects with Complete Hook and Needle Instructions for Each
Knitters who don’t know how to crochet often see crochet patterns and wish there was a way to convert them. The same is true for crocheters who don’t know how to knit. Those who know how to do both like to choose one over the other for the inherent “look” that each offers. This book gives them the option, as instructions for each project are given in both knit and crochet.