Transform the same ole' shopping tote

Our NWPP (non-woven polypropolene) supermarket totes, start becoming a little ho-hum don't they? Well, I found out that you can breathe new life into them!

 

From this

 

...to this

 

• Make a paper cutout that fits inside the panel, for your pattern template
• Lay it on chosen fabric, adding turn-under allowances. cut 
• Pin fabric onto bag 
• Remove plastic base from inside bag if it has one 
• THEN turn the bag inside out 
• Machine stitch top side of panel all around