Make a Reusable Grocery Tote – Yoda Style!
Here’s Star Wars craft number three! I made a reusable grocery tote in the style of a Morsbag, with a little Jedi twist. I used Jedi robe colors to make the bag, and added a Yoda head applique cut from a scrap of a fleece dollar store blanket. [click here for Morsbag pattern and instructions as well as to learn MORE about this awesome reusable grocery bagging movement: did you know over ONE MILLION plastic bags are consumed per minute globally?]
This is a very simple sewing project that makes a sturdy bag suitable for carrying groceries, books, crafting supplies, or any odds and ends you desire! Adding the applique is a simple matter of cutting a piece out of felt, pinning it to a piece of fabric, and sewing around the edges. Since the applique is fleece, no finishing of the edges is required.
Project Estimate:
- Scrap from a fleece blanket, on hand or $1
- Scrap fabric, about half a yard, on hand
- Buttons, on hand
Total: FREE and up
This is probably my favorite of all the Star Wars crafts I made. I just love the whole effect of the bag. It’s totally simple, but it just works for me.
And while we’re talking about totes, I’ll just show you this other tote I made because I don’t want to devote a separate post to it. I used part of the vintage Star Wars sheet I found to make a reversible tote.
The tote reverses to plain blue, but who’d want to use that side, seriously? I decided to make it reversible to reinforce it since the sheet is old and well-worn.

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HAH! I remember those Star Wars sheets… we used to have them at my cottage when I was a little kid!
Awesome :)
So cool!!! I posted a link on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-reusable-grocery-tote-with-yoda-applique/2009/08/07/
–Anne
Oh, ma! I know two boys one 8 years old and the other 43 years old that need this! thanks for sharing!
Shucks – those sheets are *still* in my linen closet!
this is the best idea EVAR!
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