Signature Bags by Michelle Golightly, softcover; trend-setting bag patterns to sew at home.

Indulge your artistic side with "Signature Bags"  In this fashion-forward collection, you'll find clutches, totes and purses to suit any occasion and complement any look.

Pattern designer and sewist Michelle Golightly brings together her favorite projects that are sure to turn heads.  While the term "handmade bags" is often associated with frumpy, misshapen pocketbooks your grandmother might carry, Michelle's designs have a fresh fashionable feel.  Detailed step-by-step instructions, informative illustrations and helpful tips make sewing the bags possible for any sewist.

Whether you're dashing out the door with your "Lunch Date Clutch," packing up your "Farmer's Market Tote" or gifting a friend a "Province Travel Bag," the projects in "Signature Bags" would look at home on the runway, but they'll look even better on your arm!