Last year, I took the fabrics in my stash that I couldn't imagine using in anything wearable or, frankly, in anything else and made cloth shopping bags out of them. I opened up a Walmart plastic shopping bag and traced off a pattern (adding seam allowances, of course). I made them with one fabric on the outside and another on the inside (basically double bags), so they are very strong. They hold a remarkable amount of groceries, etc. I am amazed at the number of compliments I have gotten on these bags made out of what I considered my "ugly" fabrics.