Tunisian Patchwork

This is one side of my shopping bag in Tunisian crochet. It would be neater if I sewed the ends in, but I'm not really sure it works and want to get a second opinion from the ladies of my craft group before I finish it off. I originally envisioned two rows of four squares, but that really didn't look right. The competition guidelines don't say anything about the dimensions of the shopping bag we must make, so perhaps it doesn't need to be the same shape as the canvas bags the supermarkets sell? Hmmm. I'm not very confident about this project.