A new life for an old bag

After many good years of service, my wood frame knitting bag looked like this:

The fabric at the corners was shredding:

The silky fabric interior was falling apart:

And the faded little ruffled accent just wasn't cutting it anymore:

I had a pretty blue printed panel that was given to me for free.  It was intended to be used to make pillows, but it would make a nice knitting bag too.  I figured that even if I goofed up, I had nothing to lose.

The only way to remove the old fabric bag was to cut it off from the wooden frame.   That would be easy enough, but how to attach a replacement bag?  I decided to try velcro.

I made the bag similar to any tote bag with a lining, but instead of handles, I made sleeves with velcro:

For the bottom of the bag, where the expandable legs are housed, I added another velcro sleeve:

View showing bottom of the bag.

And for the interior, I had just enough of a pale blue floral to make a lining with a pocket.

This is what the bag looked like before being attached to the wooden frame:

Here is what it looks like after!