After letting much of Friday get away from me, I woke up Saturday determined to make progress on my granny square bag.
The first order of business was to tackle the seams of the double lining. Using a reddish purple embroidery floss that I had on hand, I got to work on the seaming as soon as I had eaten breakfast and walked the dog.
My efforts were interrupted in the afternoon, but I returned to it this morning, and shortly before lunch, I finished the necessary seaming:

All that was left to do was to turn the double lining right side out:

smooth out the corners and seams so it could be inserted into the crochet bag:

and then whipstitch the lining into place:

By mid-afternoon, the only thing left to do was to weave in the ends of the two-round granny squares that formed the combination strap/finishing edge, and then attach them to the body of the bag.
To my delight, the pieces fit together better than I had hoped they would.
Here is one side of the newly completed bag:

and here is the other:

The bag is practically perfect as it is, but as soon as I find the exact right button, I will secure it to one side and crochet a loop on the other so that the bag can be more securely closed.
In the meantime I will used my practically perfect bag to do, well, practically anything.
FABULOUS!
Putty, putty, putty!!!!
I love it!
Gorgeous! And, the lining is perfect in your practically perfect bag. Another winner.
Lovely!!!!! Enjoy using it <3
Absolutely gorgeous!
It is all the way perfect in my opinion! It’s beautiful!
Fantastic!!!!!!
I absolutely love it. And the handle is perfect like that.
Perfectly beautiful, Leslie! My favorite side is number two simply because I love the hot pink and yellow in the center of the bag. Hope that describes the colors that you see in person. The bag is an excellent design and the handles such a nice touch. They could have been a solid color but I like that you continued the granny theme. Kudos to you, my friend.
Must have pattern…
here comes the sun and the 60s allover again yup excellent and excellent beautiful job two thumbs up
Perfectly perfect! And I love that you hand-sew your seams. The mere thought of having to drag out my sewing machine, and then trying to thread that beast, have kept me from crocheting or knitting anything that might remotely require using it. Now, hand-stitching makes this project a house of a different color!!
Wow so beautiful and unique. I just love how colorful and pretty this bag is. Great job for sure!!