spooning

Did you see this bag at Target? I love it. Don't have much use for a plain tote without pockets though, since I tend to use them as purses as much as tote bags. My stuff gets all mixed up and I can't find a thing.

It's easy enough to add a lining with pockets though. (I swear this is just regular lining fabric and doesn't burn your retinas in real life. I think it was too sunny when I took the picture.)

I just used the bag's dimensions to make a lining the same size. Then I folded down the top edge and slipped it inside. It was pinned in place just below the hem of the bag's top edge. I used an edgestitching foot to sew the lining in place. (Grey thread in my needle and white in the bobbin.)On the outside it simply looks like another row of topstitching.