I had this great idea to create a Santa gift bag out of red canvas material that I got from Joanns fabric store. I didn't want to buy a plastic bag to take gifts over to my brother's house. I purchased two yards of red canvas fabric with my 50% off coupon, for a grand total of $4.00. I thought about how I wanted to sew it on my new sewing machine that I bought way back in May. I already had put in the red thread, now I just needed to change the needle. I pinned the fabric and started sewing away. Within 30 minutes I had a bag done, except for the rope that I needed to purchase at the hardware store. I bought 8 feet of 1/2 inch rope of white nylon rope, took it home and threaded it threw my bag. The rope only cost me about $2.50 so my bag was made for $6.50, not too bad if you ask me.
