D-I-Y Grocery Bag

This morning I woke up, and wondered, "What should I do today?"  I have so many job applications out for teaching positions, and now I'm just in the "wait 'till you here from someone" stage.  I began to think,  "hmmm I used to be pretty crafty before I got so incredibly busy with life,  maybe I still have it in me."  The other day I went to the "Attic" (The Attic is a free thrift sore on the Seminary grounds available to all Seminary students.) and I picked up some old curtains and a fitted bed sheet, thinking that maybe I would use them to make something.

I have been wanting to make my own grocery bags, and I found a really good online tutorial on how to make them, so I figured that I would cut up the curtains and fitted bed sheet to use as fabric for my grocery bag.  So, I sat down to my amazing Bernina sewing machine that an elderly lady gave me while I was living in Anza, and began sewing.  

First things first though, I needed a pattern to make my grocery bag, so what better thing to use than an actual grocery bag!

For all of you Californians this is a Kroger's shopping bag, which is the same as Ralphs out in California.

I quickly got to work cutting out my fabric, and sewing it together.  I had a great time.  It's been ages since I have sat down and sewn just for the fun of it.  Well, here is the end product of my labor today.

The cloth grocery bag is quite sturdy, and big enough to hold even this large teddy bear.

Sometimes, it's nice just to have a day to be crafty.  I sure did enjoy myself as I made this bag, and the best thing of all is that it didn't cost me anything but my time, (which I have plenty of right now.)  All in all it only took me about 2 hours to make this bag from start to finish.  It would be a great Summer project for those of you who are looking for a fun practical craft to make.  I think that even a beginner could sew this if they referred to the online tutorial which I linked to above.