Purses, Totes, Bags...whatever you want to call them

My mom sewed all our clothes, and even some of my maternity clothes and my daughters' clothes when they were young. I learned how to sew at an early age, but never really got into it for fun until about a year and a half ago, when I decided to make a quilt for my new granddaughter. I'll post pics of that later; it is my biggest accomplishment! I have been making bags for members of my family, and I love it! I went online and picked out fabrics with specific people in mind, then designed the pattern accordingly. I have never followed a pattern, most of them I find too complicated, or I don't know the terminology, so I just "play it by ear". Can you "sew by ear"...or maybe I just "eyeball" it, as my mom would say. At any rate, here is my first bag, I'll post the others I made for Christmas gifts...and I will soon be making more!