Chopping off a Bag

This is a bag I made a couple years ago when I went to a Craft Fair. I planned to do a lot of shopping so made a big bag for that.

It didn't take long to realize that if I filled such a big bag, it would become too heavy to carry.
Besides, the height was too long and I couldn't reach the bottom of the bag. It was inconvenient.
I never used this bag since.

Then I thought "why wouldn't I chop off the bottom of the bag to make it smaller!?"

I wasn't using it anyway so I didn't need to be afraid of failure.

I reused the bottom part of the bag with plastic board attached.
Cut it into the size so that it would fit to the body.

Turn the body of the bag inside out and sew that bottom to the body.
It wasn't easy to sew with the plastic board. This is the hard part about recycle sewing.

Attach the bottom to the lining in a same way.
Wrap the seam allowance with bias tape.

Now I can reach the bottom of the bag.

Still big enough for shopping, but small enough for the daily use.