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I've been meaning to make a reusable shopping bag for AGES now. I'm very conscious of my carbon footprint & general impact on the environment. Even though I always reuse plastic shopping bags, I haaaaate taking them. My purse is always huge, but sometimes I'll have something that won't fit in my handbag. Anyway, I've been meaning to make a reusable bag to throw in my purse forever, & I finally got around to it!

I used the tutorial [below] to get the true shopping bag shape & use the awesome pocket to fold it up.
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=177482.0

And it's this horrific lobster material, which makes it even better. It's that plastic tablecloth material, so it's SUPER sturdy.

A sneak peek of the lining material.

Folded into the pocket on the front. It's pretty huge though, so it folds up a little bigger than 'usual.' And the material makes it thicker too, but I sacrificed that for how sturdy it is.

Another view of how it folds up.



And I'm obsessed with clutches. I absolutely love them. I used some suede-cloth I got at the thrift store for this one, along with scraps from a dress I made a few weeks ago to give it a little something. It's probably about 6" by 11" wide or so if I had to guess [it's not in front of me right now haha]. And it has stiffiner in between the exterior & lining so it's not totally floppy. The buttons are extras from my stash, & I installed my first successful interior zipper in this one, THANK GOD.