Moira needed a bag for her soccer gear this fall.  Instead of buying one we decided to try a pattern in One Yard Wonders.  (which was otherwise just ok) We went through our fabric stash and see what we could come up with.  She chose a brown and pink cotton. 

The bag body consists of four large panel with the bottoms rounded. You sew two fronts to two backs to make a shell and a lining – leaving 4in for turning the lining.  There are two side straps pinned inside and sewn together. Then the right side is pulled through the opening and the lining is tucked into the shell. 

you sew a piece of stretched elastic to the inner bottom which scrunches the bottom of the bag. 

A casing is sewn at the top, the shoulder strap sewn to the sides and elastic pulled into the casing to scrunch the top of the bag.  Voila.  Very pleased.  I tend to start way more things than I finish so this was a morale boost! I can sew a bag <g>