Rockstar quilted totebag

I made a second quilted tote bag because the first one was so much fun :-D

I layered tan grocery bags on top of a single #4 shopping bag. The yellow stripes are strips from a newspaper bag, and the star is from a Macy's bag.

I tried cutting the shape of the handle of out the bag itself, but found this looked unfinished and fragile (even though I hemmed the edges). To make the bag gift-worthy I added a cloth border. As an added bonus the red cloth really makes the star pop!

While the recipient of this tote liked the depth that the text added, I have always avoided items with logos. So naturally I was disappointed at how well the print showed through the layers.

When I was arranging my layers, the top bag covered print from the bottom layers; however the quilting process squishes all of the layers together allowing everything to show.