Our guild makes tote bags for a local shelter. I put a link to a post I made that shows photos of the simple assembly we use to make these totes.
We received a request from the shelter to make the tote bags larger. The larger tote shown in my picture is cut from 18" x 36" rectangles vs the 15 x 30 we use to make. The flap was eliminated for the Larger totes in order to be able to fill them up with more items. The finished size was 14" h x 17"w x 6" deep (boxing corners 3")
Quilted Tote Bag from scrap strips! 