I decided to make my small rice bags into larger shopping tote bags.
Shopping Tote Bag#1
I opened up the seams and removed the handles from this burlap rice bag with a seam ripper. Then I cut two 5 inch (3 inches wide + 1 inch seam allowances) rectangles out of a way too-faded-to-donate-to-charity 100% cotton curtain panel and sewed them to the sides of bag. I made and attached handles to the top of the bag for easy toting around town. I like how the green reclaimed curtain panel coordinates with the green lettering on the burlap rice bag.
The zipper is not functional. I just left it in the side of the bag so everyone knows that yes, this was once a small Basmati rice bag.