Category: Lányos Handmade

  • How to install metal rivets on your bags … the easy & inexpensive way!

    How to install metal rivets on your bags … the easy & inexpensive way!

    *** Originally posted in the Lányos Handmade Shop Blog “Bag News”, just a bit of a technical problem over there and it leaked through here! 🙂 Tools: Some bag makers invest in a LEATHER PUNCH or HAND PRESS or a MINI PUNCH SET.  I use a SEWING AWL. What you need will depend on your frequency of use, the number of layers and…

  • One busy weekend after another!

    One busy weekend after another!

    … seriously 😁 who has time to sew … but they were wonderful weekends! Last weekend I discovered Dragon Alley in Victoria’s Chinatown. My sister @JCVArtStudio was one of the featured artists in “Art in the Alley” held by the Victoria Arts Council in Dragon Alley. I have lived here for 31 years and never…

  • I’m back!!!

    I’m back!!!

    Did you miss me? It seems just a little while ago I packed my bag and my travel buddy, Jerry the Minion, and left my sewing machine behind. I did have a couple of weeks off there – it went by so fast. I had a blast! I made a few new friends on my…

  • Lányos Handmade and a FREE pattern!

    Lányos Handmade and a FREE pattern!

    What’s that? Well this is going to be a short post introducing you to my new Shop, Lányos Handmade! I have opened a fledging shop where I am selling my unique PDF sewing patterns – if you like to sew, keep in touch! In the meantime, I’ll be sewing my RTW wardrobe, entering Sewing Challenges,…

  • Remember this?

    Remember this?

    Do you remember my embroidered denim patch given to me by a sewing friend? I have been saving it for so long waiting for a special project. Well I’ve decided what that special project is going to be – this change/card purse for myself. I think I will call it my Coffee© purse … because…