it is to be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the present discussion is a description of exemplary embodiments only , and is not intended as limiting the broader aspects of the present invention , which broader aspects are embodied in the exemplary constructions . although the prior art has been described generally above , the present invention may be most easily explained if prior art teachings are discussed in greater detail . thus , referring now to fig1 a prior art geotextile container 10 is illustrated in use in a typical application . specifically , container 10 is being used in this case to control erosion of a shoreline indicated generally at 12 . a first end portion 14 of container 10 is situated on the bank forming shoreline 12 as shown . from this location , container 10 extends into the body of water and curves , as indicated at 16 . from this curve , container 10 extends in a direction substantially parallel to shoreline 12 , terminating at its second end portion 18 . as noted , geotextile containers of this type may have a length of about 2 , 000 feet or more . again , the circumference of a container such as container 10 depends on the desired barrier height , but may be about forty - five ( 45 ) feet or more . alternatively , a desired barrier height may be achieved by stacking several such containers in a pyramid arrangement . referring now to fig2 container 10 is typically filled in use with soil or aggregate material , such as that indicated at 20 . the frequently enormous weight of this material serves to securely maintain container 10 against the floor of the body of water . because of its position , container 10 will serve as an erosion barrier for the portion of shoreline 12 in front of which it is situated . often , it will be desirable to backfill the area between container 10 and shoreline 12 with soil or other suitable material so that shoreline 12 may be effectively extended out to the location of container 10 . material 20 is typically inserted into container 10 at the time of installation . in other words , container 10 is generally manufactured at an appropriate facility and shipped unfilled to the location where it will be installed . to facilitate insertion of material 20 , container 10 is typically equipped with a fill chimney , such as that indicated at 22 . typically , material 20 is fed through a pipe 24 ( as indicated by the arrow 26 ) which has been inserted into chimney 22 as shown . often , pipe 24 will extend to a dredge ship which dredges material 20 from the floor of the body of water . due to its length , container 10 may be difficult to fill . these difficulties are especially pronounced if currents in the body of water are relatively strong . often , the empty portions of container 10 will tend to move in response to such currents . additionally , the length of container 10 makes its overall weight very high , even when unfilled . as mentioned above , the unfilled weight of such a container may often exceed eight ( 8 ) tons . transporting a container of this size and weight from the manufacturing facility to the installation location is often very difficult . fig4 a and 4b illustrate an enlarged view of end portion 18 of container 10 . although for purposes of simplicity only end portion 18 is shown , it should be understood that end portion 14 would typically be substantially identical . as can be seen , container 10 is typically constructed of a plurality of longitudinal strips 28 which have been stitched together along their adjacent edges . in the noted case in which container 10 has a circumference of about forty - five ( 45 ) feet , a prior construction has utilized three such strips , each having a width of about fifteen ( 15 ) feet . as shown , the ends of strips 28 are typically brought together and stitched to form a seam 30 . although the stitching of seam 30 is relatively heavy , it should be appreciated that seam 30 may constitute a weak portion of the structure of container 10 . specifically , due to the elongated shape of container 10 , shifting of material 20 therein will often occur in an axial direction . as a result , significant forces are directed against seam 30 from the inside of container 10 and the risk exists that these forces reach sufficient magnitude to cause seam 30 to open . geotextile containers constructed in accordance with the present invention will be described in the remainder of the specification . it will be appreciated that many conventional aspects of such containers will be similar to container 10 . thus , reference is made to the discussion above for an explanation of such conventional aspects . referring now to fig5 a and 5b , an end portion 32 of a geotextile container constructed in accordance with the invention is illustrated . as in the prior art , a container of the invention may also be constructed of a plurality of longitudinal strips , such as strips 34 , which are stitched together along their adjacent edges . in a container of the invention , however , end portion 32 displays a navel 36 whereby the fabric of strips 34 can be seen extending back into the cavity of the container . as a result of this construction , which will be explained more fully below , axial forces imparted on the end of the container will be primarily directed against the fabric web of strips 34 . accordingly , end portion 32 will be less susceptible to the type of seam failure described above . the manner by which the structure of end portion 32 may be produced is shown in fig6 a through 6c , which are somewhat diagrammatic in nature for purposes of illustration . as can be seen in fig6 a , end portion 32 begins with a stitched seam 38 at its terminus similar to seam 30 of end portion 18 . in this case , however , seam 38 is back - folded into the inner cavity of end portion 32 , as can be seen in fig6 b . this defines a pouch 40 in end portion 32 , as shown . pouch 40 includes a neck portion generally indicated at 42 in which an outer surface thereof is defined by an inner surface of the fabric of end portion 32 . the inner surface of neck portion 42 is therefore defined by an outer surface of this fabric . an appropriate anchoring object , such as a large ball - shaped object 44 , is then inserted into pouch 40 . after object 44 is inserted into pouch 40 , a suitable clamping mechanism ( as indicated at 46 ) is wrapped about neck portion 42 and tightened . clamping mechanism 46 may be any suitable type of strapping , cord , rope or the like . in exemplary constructions , seat belt strapping may be utilized for this purpose . as a result of clamping mechanism 46 , object 44 is tied off such that it will be maintained within pouch 40 . it should be appreciated that material 20 will surround object 44 virtually about its entire spherical extent during filling . thus , material 20 will actually serve to some extent to further maintain object 44 in position . fig7 illustrates a configuration in which a plurality of anchoring objects are utilized to form a single anchoring assembly . in this case , a plurality of tires 48 , 50 and 52 are utilized as anchoring objects mainly for practical reasons . specifically , worn tires are somewhat abundant and inexpensive . the use of worn tires in this application allows these tires to be reused in another productive capacity . it should be appreciated , however , that other types of objects , such as ball - shaped object 44 , may also be utilized . as shown , tire 48 is situated near one corner of stitched seam 38 . tire 48 is then tied off by an individual clamping mechanism , as indicated at 54 . similarly , tire 52 is situated at the opposite corner of stitched seam 38 and tied off by an individual clamping mechanism 56 . tire 50 is situated approximately in the middle of stitched seam 38 as shown , and also tied off by an individual clamping mechanism 58 . the anchor assembly thus produced is then collectively tied off by clamping mechanism 60 . referring now to fig8 constructions of the invention may be utilized to not only enhance the strength of the end of one bag , but to also connect two bags together . for example , fig8 illustrates end portion 32 connected to an opposite end portion 62 of another geotextile bag . as in the cases discussed above , stitched seam 38 is back - folded into the cavity of end portion 32 . in this case , however , ball - shaped object 44 is first inserted into the inner cavity of end portion 62 and positioned such that it will be adjacent to stitched seam 64 . object 44 is then inserted into the pouch defined by bag 32 as shown . the assembly is secured using a clamping mechanism 66 to form an object - and - socket connection . referring now to fig9 a modified version of this object - and - socket connection is illustrated . as described above , ball - shaped object 44 is inserted in this configuration into end portion 32 and maintained by a clamping mechanism 68 . in this case , however , ball - shaped object 44 is interconnected with another ball - shaped object 70 through member 72 . member 72 may be typically constructed of fabric , although it may also be constructed of a rigid material in some exemplary constructions . end portion 62 of the other bag is back - folded into its interior cavity to form a pouch 74 . ball - shaped object 70 is then inserted into pouch 74 and secured with a clamping mechanism to interconnect the bags having respective end portions 32 and 62 . fig1 illustrates a particular advantage of the configuration of fig9 . specifically , this construction allows a geotextile container of indeterminate length to be constructed of multiple segments 76 . because each of such segments will be shorter than the overall container , they may be more easily maintained in position during the filling operation . a new segment may then be connected after the previous segment has been filled and is securely in position against the force of the currents . additionally , further segments may be easily added in the future as desired . many modifications and variations to the present invention may be practiced by those of ordinary skill in the art , without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention , which is more particularly set forth in the appended claims . in addition , is should be understood that aspects of the various embodiments may be interchanged both in whole or in part . furthermore , those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the foregoing description is by way of example only , and is not intended to be limitative of the invention so further described in such appended claims .