re-styled bag

several years ago, i made this lovely bag from an INDIGO JUNCTION PATTERN . upon carrying it, it did not suit me. so it sat, for a long period of time it sat. then in april 2011, i decided i would pull it out, and give it a facelift. so what exactly was it that i did not care for? it had a 'knife edge' bottom, so it did not stand well, and was too shallow, and the handles were too short. so i unsewed the bottom, added a 3" vinyl piece, resewed the bottom making it flat on the bottom. i then cut the handles in half, found in my stash 4 square napkin rings that i thought would make nice handle rings, sewed from the same yellow vinyl, 2 handle extensions, that were attached with wooden bittons. tried carrying it again, just to discover, it was still too shallow! so unsew the bottom AGAIN, remove the yellow vinyl i had added, cut a new piece of copper vinyl 11" tall X the width of the bag, about 19". resewed the bottom, added a piece of 'stiffener'( i like to use stiff plastic placemats i find at $ TREE, cut to fit the bottom measurements of the bag)) for the bottom. carried it for about 4 weeks, and decided i don't like how 'tight' the opening is. so it is once again .............sitting, waiting for a re-restyle.