How to do a shopping bag from an old umbrella

I had the idea of doing shopping bags from umbrella because the new laws od European Union forbid the production of the old plastic shopping bags. I've always used reusable shopping bags, but I decided that I have to do "ultrarecycling" and I like it :)

Materials:
an old umbrell, the bigger the better - or, if you have it, cloth string but thin
scissors
sewing thread
sewing machine - or a normal needle if you can sew really well
a shopping bag that's good for you (or you can use the pattern I give in this tutorial)
20 cm of ribbon
velcro

Note: You can find this tutorial in Italian on my blog .

Step 1 Breaking the umbrella

Unstitch the cloth from the umbrella and cut it in two parts of the same size.

Be sure to recycle the parts you won't use.