If you follow me on Instagram, then you may have already seen some photos or even “story” videos I’ve published over there showing some simple tote bags I’ve been stitching up. Originally, my thoughts were to make one or two to give to a few people I know who practice yoga (like I do) regularly.

Using some cute yoga themed fabric, I made a few. They are lined with another yoga themed fabric, and I was pretty happy with them, so that’s why I was showing them off on social media. Someone even asked me to buy one, so I made another one for her. And, that’s kind of how I fell down the tote bag sewing hole. But, no complaints, I’m having a good time as I continue to sew and have worked on perfecting this design, which is a compilation I put together after watching and reading a number of tote bag instructions.

I’ve even started adding charms to the handle of each tote.

After making the yoga themed tote bags, I went on to get more fabric, and the next one has a French theme going on. While all the totes are meant to be soft and easy to fold up so you can take them shopping with you, this next version is a little bit stiffer because I increased the amount of interfacing I used.

It stands up, but it’s still soft enough to fold. Plus, I added a different charm to this one, oh, la, la.



Once I get a few more made, I will probably post a video to show them in more detail on my YouTube channel. I’ve now had a few additional people ask about purchasing one, so I’m planning on selling a few, but otherwise, these are future gifts for friends and family. They are fun to make, but they are definitely not a quick project.Thus, it’s hard to determine if selling them is something I want to seriously get into or not.