Duct Tape Bag / Purse

Need a new tote bag or purse?  Make one from duct tape.  I'm including a link to the post I worked from, in addition to my own, slightly modified instructions.

Materials:
*Duct tape in a variety of coordinating colors
*Fabric (as wide as and twice as long as you would like your bag to be)
*Scissors
*Three different but corresponding types of ribbon

Directions:
*Lay fabric pattern side down on your work surface.
*Tape down the corners of your fabric with duct tape so that the fabric won't move while you're applying duct tape.
*Cover the fabric in diagonal strips of duct tape, like this: 

*Overlap neighboring duct tape strips by about 1/4" so that when you peel your duct tape covered fabric off of your work surface, the strips won't separate.
*Once you have covered the fabric in duct tape, carefully peel it off of your work station and trim off excess duct tape.
*Cut a strip of duct tape in a color of your choice as wide as your bag and tape it over the top edge of the bag.  Repeat the procedure with the bottom edge.
*Fold your bag in half, duct tape side facing out, and tape the sides together.  Trim off any excess duct tape.
*Optional step: fold the bottom corners of your bag inward, taping the corners down on the inside of the bag (it's hard to explain and my pictures did not come out well, so for slightly more detail regarding this step see here).
*Braid together three strands of ribbon so that you end up with something like this: 

*Wrap tape around the ends to secure them together, then tape to the inside of your bag to make the strap.
*Note: there are a number of alternative options for the strap.  Here's a video tutorial that shows you how to make plain or braided straps from duct tape and here's a tutorial that shows you how to use rope and duct tape to make a strap.