Twenty Minute Tote...or the Two Hour Tote....

Because I wanted to make sure that my baby shower gift was substantial, I pondered ways to beef it up a bit. After several google searches I stumbled upon The Twenty Minute Tote on the Purl Bee website. It seemed simple enough and I thought it would make a cute addition to the gift and I could just add tissue and opt of out wrapping the thing! The bag in the tutorial isn't lined and they use cotton webbing for the straps. I wanted it to be a little more finished looking on the inside and didn't have cotton webbing. So, I made my own corduroy bias tape straps (which took me way longer than it should have) and also lined the bag with the same corduroy.  

This is a very simple bag to make which made it perfect for a fledgling sewer such as myself and I think it truly could be made in 20 minutes if you have the right materials and don't try to fancy it up. The circle flower was super easy and I just freehand cut circles and sewed them on top of each other. If it's not perfect, it's rustic right?