I have gifted some totes, and I sell some too. A friend of mine made one, and she wanted me to try it too, We used quilted fabric at first, then I saw alot of fabric I wanted to make a tote out of that wasn't all ready quilted. I tried doing it myself, and people love them. It takes me 5 hours to quilt the fabric and 5 hours to make the tote. Pauline