About a year ago, I picked up some indoor-outdoor fabrics from Joann's. I had this great idea that I was going to make my own bags to take to the grocery store. So I bought a lot of various fabrics for both the outside and the linings of the bags, yards of fusible fleece and interfacing for the inside lining, and many yards of handle webbing for the handles. When I added up the total, I think each bag would cost about $50 to make!
But being a crafter, why buy bags from the store that cost $1-$2 when you can make them for $50, right?
So this week I drew up a pattern and began working on my bags. I didn't want to make them too big or too small, and I fussed with the dimensions. All in all, I like the size that they turned out.
On this first bag, which is sort of a prototype, I didn't quilt either the bag or the lining. Although I like the overall look of it, it seems a bit flimsy to me, or I call it too loosey-goosey for a tote.