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cardboard to reinforce tote bag
my mom got me this really pretty grocery tote for christmas and it came with this really flimsy piece of cardboard that totally folded the first time i used my bag lol, but luckily i thought about this!

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  • How to sew a box tote. Re Reinforce Your Grocery Tote Bag  - Step 1
    Step 1

    take out the cardboard that all ready comes in most of these and cut a cardboard piece to match that one. if you are going to use your tote to carry heavier items i suggest you use more than two pieces of cardboard ;)

  • How to sew a box tote. Re Reinforce Your Grocery Tote Bag  - Step 2
    Step 2

    now you can glue, tape, put gum on, whatever works to make both cardboard pieces stick together!

  • How to sew a box tote. Re Reinforce Your Grocery Tote Bag  - Step 3
    Step 3

    now for my favorite part... DECORATING! go ahead and decorate your cardboard piece however you would like, i covered mine up with some fabric :)

  • How to sew a box tote. Re Reinforce Your Grocery Tote Bag  - Step 4
    Step 4

    you may now place your pretty cardboard inside your tote :) and you're finished!

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brandYlee
brandYlee · Kansas City, Missouri, US · 9 projects
so i wonder if you would help me. i really like what i can see of the bag, did your mom buy the bag exactly as it is or did you paint the outside of it? i would be VERY intereseted in seeing a front shot of the bag and making a version. personally i have a lot of resuable bags that arent east on the eyes, so youd be helping me out a bunch!
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