A red, white and blue plaid tote bag

Another tote bag I created on the weekend.  I had some scraps of the plaid fabric which were quite triangular so I sewed them together to make a square for the front of the bag.  I covered the diagonal seams with dark blue strips of denim which I sewed on raw edged with decorative stitching.   I added strips of red fabric all the way around to finish this side and then stitched on a loop which I created using scraps of denim and red.  For the others side I used the larger triangles and covered the diagonal seams with strips of red fabric again raw edged with decorative stitching.  I used a  scrap of fabric to make the pocket including a jeans zipper near the top. I folded over the edges and topstitched it in place.  I used red and plaid to make the handles.  This one measures 17.5" wide, 16" tall and has 2.5" bottom and 24" handles.  Therese