Repairing a Reusable Bag

I was devastated. The handle of my reusable shopping bag broke while coming home from the store the other day.

I bought by reusable bag back in 1985. I know the year because the bag has a big "S" for Safeway. I bought it two years before Farmer Jacks bought the Safeway stores in Salt Lake City.

I fixed the bag with a cut from a piece of webbing I used as a climbing harness in high school. Do people still tie their own climbing harnesses?

I suspect I will need to fix the other handle soon. I want to see how well my amateur stitching job works before I fix the other handle.

I've used the bag about twice a week and usually walk to the store. Hopefully this patch job will let me get another 30 years out of the bag.