Gift Bag - #31 November

For a few years, I have been thinking about creating reusable gift bags for our immediate family to use.  It seemed crazy to give my husband, or receive gifts from my husband, in wrapping paper that was going to get tossed out in the recycling.  We will still have to wrap the gifts for the boys so they can make the maximum amount of noise allowed for fellers.
Quilter's World Winter 2014 had a pattern for a Reusable Gift Bag designed & stitched by Gina Gempesaw.  I followed the pattern generally to create my own gift bag.  I did make it bigger.

The pattern requested nonwoven fusible interfacing.  I haven't used interfacing very much before.  It was something new to try.

I was very sad that the seams inside the bag are raw edge.  But I could not figure out a way to have the lining peaking out over the top outside of the bag without the inside being raw edge seams.  I might play with that later.  Or not :-D