Originally Posted by
ellenmg
What do you use for the bottom by way of stabilizer? Your bags are adorable!
I found some "Coroplast" polypropylene honeycomb board at Home Depot. It is cheap, and I cut it with an old rotary cutter and used blades. Then, I make a slip case in fabric to match the interior of the bag and stitch it in. In theses totes for the resort, I just put them in the bottom over the lining, so it can come out and pack easier and be washed. I make several of my purses with cardboard and fusible fleece and sewed them in under the lining, but now I have to take them all out and re-do them, because if you put anything heavy or load the purse, it bends the cardboard. Funny, that many of the patterns I have call for cardboard. Also, it is very humid in Vanuatu, so the humidity will be absorbed in the cardboard. Anyway, this Coroplast is stiff and plastic, so I don't think it will be a problem