Guided Course: Create Your Own Punch Needle Bag with Pattern
Constructing Your Purse 1
A guided course by Micah Clasper-Torch , Fiber Artist, Designer, and Educator
Joined February 2020
About the video: Constructing Your Purse 1
Overview
“The final step is construction, and this is where the work of sewing comes in. ”
In this video lesson Micah Clasper-Torch addresses the topic: Constructing Your Purse 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Course: Create Your Own Punch Needle Bag with Pattern. Create a unique punch needle bag by designing, planning colors, transferring patterns, and constructing with detailed embroidery techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now that the glue on the back of your piece has dried, In this lesson, it's time to move on to the final steps of constructing your purse. We'll begin by removing our piece from the frame. Gently remove your piece from the frame. You might find that it wants to roll up a little bit as you take it off. This is totally normal. Now we'll lay our piece flat Luckily, since we glued our piece We don't need to press it flat. The glue does a pretty good job of keeping it flat for us. Now we're going to measure a hem around the outside of our piece and cut it out. We'll use our ruler. to measure two...”
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Course summary for: Guided Course: Create Your Own Punch Needle Bag with Pattern
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Punch Needle, Textile Design

Micah Clasper-Torch
A guided course by Micah Clasper-Torch
Micah Clasper-Torch is a fiber artist, designer, and educator based in Los Angeles, California. She received a BFA degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and the Politecnic University of Milan. From there, she went on to work in the art and commercial fashion industry for ten years alongside companies like Ralph Lauren and Coach. Micah later moved back to Los Angeles to focus on creating a range of products from fiber art including clothing, rugs, wall hangings, and mixed media artwork.
She draws inspiration from her travels, the natural world, and architecture, using materials like fabric, yarn, thread, and paper to keep the traditional crafting technique alive. Her work has been displayed in art galleries and private collections as well as being featured in books and magazines such as Koel Magazine, Mollie Makes, Love Embroidery Magazine, and Amy Oxford’s Guide to Punch Needle Rug Hooking.
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