SCREEN BASE TOTE BAG DIRECTIONS

Sew up this great Screen Base Tote Bag for this Summer at the BEACH!

For a quick summer project, make this Tote from Screening and fabric you likely already have on hand. I apologize for the ‘directions’ themselves. I sew MUCH better than I manage my ‘DATA’ on the computer and ALL my directions have gone to that cemetery that I canNOT find. Thus, I just took pictures of my VERY VALUABLE printed directions as given to students, and have inserted them below. :)

Starting with 52" of Pet Screening 36" wide (or 48")* and following these directions, you'll have 1 Tote for you and 1 to GIVE as a gift! I've used this as a great project for even beginning sewers here at my Sunroom Sewing Studio in Jackson TN. I stitched up four of these for Christmas one year. Totes like this come in handy for grocery shopping (and will be more-so as one-time use plastic T-Bags are outlawed more and more.) Ours goes along to the local Farmer's Market and Aldi’s Food Store. Boxing the bottom pretty deeply yields a Tote that allows for orderly 'packing' of items inside. The deeper you box it, the shorter the sides will be. I've found that using Pet Screen (available at Lowe's or Home Depot) makes a very durable long-lasting Tote Bag.

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