Newbie: Instructions for making tote/handbag?

There are free projects at almost or all sewing machine web site, such as

Dee, for a free pattern for totes, and lots of other things, visit the Wild Ginger site, and click on "Wild Things". It will take you to a page where you can download a free program to make hats, bags, wraps, and lots of other little goodies.

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

Dee Dee wrote:

I've seen WildGinger mentioned here numerous times and this was the first time I've ever visited the site. ACK! They're just about 20-25 miles down the interstate from me.

Except that they don't have a store, only a webstore.

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

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I've downloaded their free accessories patterns and I've been very pleased. I knit baby hats for charity, and I also use the Wild Ginger ski hat pattern to make polar fleece hats to throw in with my pile of baby hats that I donate. I also used their software to make myself a new knitting bag. I may one day scrape up enough to buy the other software, too.

lisa

The last time I visited my sister, she showed me a small bag made of a two-sided square napkin. The corners had been turned back, then stitched a half inch or so from the fold to make casings. (The half inch is a wild guess, as I didn't cross the room to take a good look.) Then a pair of drawstrings were threaded through the casings: the result was a little round bag of one print, trimmed with triangles of another.

I haven't the foggiest idea what it's good for, but it's cute.

It's fairly easy to design a simple bag:

Thanks so much for all the information! I'll be working on them and post pictures on my website when finished. :-)

Hugs, Dee