Box Bottom Bag

One of the things I've always wanted to make is a tote style bag.  I got some tea-towelly size pieces of fabric but didn't want to just fold the fabric in half and add a strap.   After a while I finally found a blog on how to make the bottom of a bag flat (like a box) so away I went to make the bag.  It seemed quite easy

 and the bottom really was flat:

 But the only thing was it seemed a bit wide and floppy:

So I ended up using to cover the sewing machine, just by fluke it fit:

Project Post-mortem

• This was a good learning project but it would've been nice if I'd known more about what size to make the bag.  
• A thicker and stand-uppish fabric would be better, maybe something quilted?

Since then, I've found this tutorial: Lazy Girl's Tutorial on Box Bottoms which includes some dimensions.  This one is a little bit different because you have to actually cut the fabric.