How to Remove Ink Spots From Coach Leather Bags

Purchasing a Coach leather bag is an investment in fashion. When cared for properly, the leather on your Coach bag will age nicely and complement your work and casual wear for years to come. Similar to any other leather surface, Coach leather is susc...

How to Get a Scuff Off of a Soft Leather Bag

Although scuff marks most often occur on leather shoes, they sometimes occur on leather bags and purses as well. These dark marks are unsightly but are typically only superficial and cause no real damage to the leather. The process of removing a scu...

How to Fix Torn Vinyl for a Purse

Vinyl accessories are made from a polymer plastic made to resemble leather. Vinyl is more delicate than leather and can scuff and tear more easily. Made into an accessory that is used often and thrown around a bit, like a purse, a tear can easily app...

How to Clean a Clear Satin Evening Purse

Satin is a luxurious fabric that can go from day to night with ease. A satin purse is no exception -- it is cool to the touch with a hint of decadence. Satin is a classic choice for evening handbags, though it can stain easily. Care must be taken whi...

DIY Tote Bag With Cotton Fabric

Many people look for ways to be more eco-friendly. You can make your shopping habits greener by carrying reusable grocery bags for trips to the store. These bags keep new paper and plastic bags from being manufactured, preserving Earth's natural reso...

Cleaning a Superior Mandolin Gig Bag

The Superior line of gig bags has been manufactured for several years. Like all gig bags, they’re soft-sided, rather than hard-shell cases, making them lighter and easier to carry. Cleaning your mandolin gig bag ensures that it stays in good co...

How to Sew a Flap Purse With Straps

Create a stylish fashion accessory from some scrap fabric, an old pillowcase or even a colorful bath towel so you can show off your trendy side and your recycling savvy at the same time. Add a decorate strap to the purse, made from braided ribbon, be...

How to Keep Decks from Freezing

Decks can quickly freeze in the winter due to moisture in the air and low temperatures. Ice eventually thaws, but freezing can cause the wood to expand and eventually damage the deck. Preventing freezing is key to preserving a deck. Familiarize yours...

How to Make a Coin Purse Applique With Felt

Creating a felt appliqué can personalize a coin purse for any person or occasion, whether it is adding apples and rulers to a coin purse for a teacher, adding initials to lace coin purses to give as bridesmaid gifts or adding a team or group log...

How to Register Your Chanel Bag

Chanel bags are known for their elegant designs, including the classic quilted diamond design that graces many of the most infamous purses. In a world of knock-offs, ensuring that your Chanel bag is authentic and protected remains an essential concer...

How to Clean Alligator Bags

The skin from an alligator can be used as a leather product after treatment and tanning. Alligator skin is considered exotic. Due to the varying size of the reptile, it can be made into a variety of products such as bags, shoes and even furniture. An...

How to Clean a Satin Evening Bag

Satin is one of those materials that's particularly difficult to clean, but with the right method and cleaning agent, it can be done. Unless you're especially careful, your satin handbag will acquire small stains over time and begin to look dingy. If...

What Is a European Shoulder Bag?

European shoulder bags are typically made for men and are a very masculine version of a woman's purse. The strap is long enough to wear over the shoulder and across the chest so the bag hangs on the opposite hip, which allows men to carry the bag out...

How Much Will It Cost to Launch a Handbag Line?

About $100,000 is the conventional wisdom surrounding the cost to start up and maintain any new business for about a year. Small-business owners cannot count on their new company making enough money to sustain the cost of operations for their first y...

Herbicides That Kill Shepherd's Purse

Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) is an annual broadleaf weed that invades yards and flowerbeds. Because shepherd's purse grows in a wide range of soils and in areas that receive sunlight to shade, gardeners find this weed all over their lan...

Tutorial for a Quilted Messenger Bag

A quilted messenger bag can be made out of materials that are lying around the house. If you possess many old T-shirts that are going to be thrown out, use them to make a quilted messenger bag instead. Mix-and-match bright-colored T-shirts to enhance...

How to Laminate Posters to Decorate the Front of Tote Bags

The flat, stark surface of a tote bag beckons for decoration. Applying a miniature poster to the fabric is an ideal embellishment provided you can figure out how to sew paper to cloth. You must also make the paper as durable as the fabric so the post...

Purses From the '40s

Purses that were used during the 1940s have their own very distinctive style. Learn about purses from the 40s with help from a fashion writer in this free video clip.

How To Clean a Microfiber Handbag or Purse

Purses and handbags made of microfiber are popular because the material is easy to care for, as the fabric is water-repellent. Microfiber does sometimes need to be cleaned, however, but with a few simple steps, you can keep your microfiber handbags a...

Making Fabric Handbag Purse Handles

Making fabric handles for either your handbag or purse will help you update the look and style of your bag. In addition, replacing handles that may appear weathered or worn out will extend the life of your bag. Fabric handles must be made out of stur...

Can You Dye a Coach Bag?

Leather bags made by Coach can fade or get scratches that dull the color and make the bag look old and worn. Dye Coach bags using leather paint recoloring kits, but beware: Coach bags will decrease in value once dyed because the original color is dis...

How to Make Purse Straps Adjustable

Finding the perfect purse that matches an outfit and carries everything you need can be difficult. Even when you find the right color, style and size, the strap length may not be what you need. It's easy to adjust the strap on a cloth bag: Just tie a...

How to Clean Your Purse When You Spill Something in It

The closed environment of a purse makes it the perfect breeding ground for mold when something gets spilled inside. The only way to preserve your accessory is to clean it out as soon as possible. Even liquids such as water will cause damage. Unfortun...

How to Keep Lamb Leather Handbags Shiny

A lambskin handbag is a thing of beauty that can last for years with the proper care. Lambskin's soft, creamy texture makes it a popular choice among handbag manufacturers, but it needs extra care because it isn't as tough as cow leather. When it le...

The Sprayer on My Sink is Stuck

A sink sprayer makes short work of rinsing dishes or cleaning out the sink. The sprayers are attached to a length of hose that pulls out through the top of the sink to give the sprayer greater reach and maneuverability. When the hose sticks and binds...

How to Make Purse Straps Longer

Purse straps often include adjustment clips, which can be used to adjust the length of the strap. Adjustment clips enable wearers to fold the straps in on themselves to make for a shorter strap. When a longer strap is desired, the wearer can lift the...

How to Make a Small Over-the-Shoulder Bag With a Front Flap

If you're having trouble finding the right over-the-shoulder bag, you might want to make your own. With basic sewing skills, you can create an over-the-shoulder bag with a front flap in less than a day. For a sturdy bag, select a heavy fabric, like d...

How to Attach Felt to a Tote Bag

Tote bags decorated with felt appliques or rustic felt flowers and leaves are a chic way to go green while you shop. These decorated bags can be expensive at boutiques and online retailers but are a snap to make at home. You can show off your style a...

How to Decorate a Purse With Rhinestones

Rhinestones come in a variety of sizes and colors, and add instant sparkle to clothing and accessories. If you have a plain purse you would like to make more interesting and trendy, rhinestones may be just the decoration to add. A few strategically p...

How to Make a Webbing Purse Strap

Webbing straps give a trendy, industrial look to homemade purses. Suitable for both women's purses and men's messenger bags, colored webbing is fashionable and practical. Webbing comes in many different widths and is available for purchase at rock cl...

How to Decorate Medieval Goodie Bags

Medieval goodie bag decorations are only limited by your creativity and interest in particular elements of Medieval culture. You can decorate bags with a music theme, create a fantasy theme with dragons, assemble knights or design your own version of...

How to Decorate Purse Tags

When you design and make purses to give way or sell at craft fairs, flea markets or malls, you need to make your handmade purses look as attractive as possible. You must pay attention to every detail including the purse sales tags you use. By making...

Adding Straps to a Clutch Purse

Clutch purses are convenient because of their size and light weight. They often come in many different stylish colors and fabrics, making them ideal to match with special outfits in a fashionable manner. As the name implies, these purses are typicall...

How to Attach a Scarf to a Handbag

When your ensemble needs an instant boost of color and texture, grab a scarf out of the back of your closet. Following the infamous Babe Paley’s fashion example, attach a scarf to a handbag for a fast and fierce way to inject style and pizzazz...

How to Repair Brass Feet on a Handbag

Brass feet are the small pieces of hardware attached to the bottom of a handbag. They function to hold the handbag above the surface on which it's set to prevent damage from moisture and dirt. Brass feet are also aesthetically pleasing and add to the...

How to Mix Two Air Parcels

Parcels of air naturally stay separated due to atmospheric pressure. The parcels closer to the surface of the planet are warmer and denser than the parcels higher in the atmosphere. When one parcel enters a higher parcel, it cools and expands. Creati...

How to Make Clutch Purse Side Panels

A clutch is a simple handbag normally carried without a handle or tucked under the arm. Some clutches may have integrated wrist or shoulder straps; however, most are designed with fashion in mind as opposed to utility. Most clutch purse designs appea...

How to Wear a Wristlet

A wristlet is a small purse, similar to the size of a large wallet or change purse. However, a wristlet differs from a wallet or change purse in that it features an attached loop that can be worn around the wrist so that the wearer doesn't have to ca...

How to Make a Snap Clutch Purse Tutorial

Snap clutch purses are the perfect evening accessory for a nice dinner, or a night out on the town. With an array of different colors, clutch purses can accessorize any outfit. The clutch is far less cumbersome than a huge bag that rests on the shoul...

How to Clean a Vintage Majestic Lucite Purse

If you’ve been searching for a vintage Majestic Lucite purse, then you must be a girl with a sense of assertive style. Created in the 1950s from what was then a revolutionary new plastic, these Lucite purses came in a variety of shapes, includi...

Sewing Tutorial for Tote Bags

Sewing your tote bag is a lot way to both personalize it and keep it in good working condition. Get a sewing tutorial for tote bags with help from a designer and fashion writer in this free video clip.

How to Line a Leather Clutch Purse

A clutch purse accessorizes formal or semi-formal attire when a large handbag or shoulder bag is out of place or cumbersome. Make your own leather clutch or rejuvenate an old clutch with a new lining. Insert a drop-in lining in your clasp-top or zipp...

How to Authenticate a Carolina Herrera Handbag

Carolina Herrera is a well-known designer of high-end merchandise, from fragrances and evening gowns to cocktail dresses and accessories. Her handbags are expensive, constructed from fine fabrics or leathers and often embossed with her signature R...

How to Make a Disposable Cake Decorating Bag

You can make a disposable cake decorating bag in a very specific way. Learn how to make a disposable cake decorating bag with help from a lead cake designer in this free video clip.