De-Logoing and adding a pocket to a tote bag

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What I did:

Before

This tote bag had lots of logos on it. I also had some cool fabric scraps left over from one of my brothers doing a silkscreen project.

Beige tote bag with lots of logos - front side — Before: one side of the tote bag — lots of logos!

beige tote bag with lots of logos on it — Before: the other side of the tote bag — still lots of logos!

beige fabric scraps with monarch chrysalis silk screen printed on them — Before: here are some of the fabric scraps that my brother had silk screened — note the really cool monarch chrysallis print.

After

I sewed the fabric scraps to each side of the bag, covering up all of the logos with my brother's artwork. (Click any picture to see a larger, "gallery" view.)

beige tote bag with woodstove and bird silkscreen patch sewed to front — After: one side of the tote bag

beige tote bag with monarch chrysallis silk screen patch sewed to one side — After: the other side of the tote bag

Beige tote bag with front hand indicating that there is a pocket on the front. Pocket has a silk screen of a woodstove and birds on it. — After: the woodstove / bird side of the bag is actually a pocket, created by simply leaving the top line of stitching on the patch undone.