How To: Make an oversized book bag

Forget about spending too much money at a retail store for a new bookbag when you can make your own! Go back to school in style - your own personalized style - by making your very own purse to carry your books in. Use fabrics & accessories to customize your book bag to fit your style. Materials you will need to complete this bookbag include:

- 1 1/4 yards each of two sturdy fabrics (canvas, denim, poplin, courdory). One fabric will be for the outside, the other for the lining.

- Needle/thread or sewing machine

- Metal grommets

- Measuring tape & yard stick (straight edge)

- Long paper (butcher paper, wrapping paper)

- Scissors

- Marker

- Fabric pins