Another step closer to green
As time to goes on, I continue to find new ways to live a 'greener' life. Reducing waste, reusing things that can be reused for different functions, and so on.
The next step on the list were reuseable sandwhich bags!I got coordinating fabrics and nylon for the lining. I made an 8"x8" pattern for the front and a 8"x8" with flap pattern for the back. I grabbed my handy dandy rotary cutter and cut out all the pieces in no time flat.
Then I stacked the pieces together and stitched them up. Each lined with the nylon for moister resistance for even the juiciest sandwhiches or tomatoes waiting for their future salad.
After I got them seamed and topstitched, I used heat set velco for the closure.
These are totally washable and can be used for anything we would normally put in a plastic baggie and toss in the fridge.
It is a small effort to stop using those little plastic bags, but it makes a big impact on the earth. I love these little things!
posted by Angela @ 11:04 AM
5 Comments:
Holy Cow Angie, these look super cool. I may have to make some myself, of course then I will have to forbid my husband from them since he will just lose them and then I will have to make more.
Are you the one selling these locally? There was a segment on the King5 news this morning about these little bags...
No, I am not! But that is so cool there was a segment on King5 AND there is someone locally selling these!!! Awesome!
Totally cute. I love the "save the trees" fabric choice, how appropo!
Incidentally, I did a little research, and found that BPA comes from polycarbonate (plastic #7) and phthalates come from PET (plastic #1) and dioxins are associated with PVC (plastic #3), but plastics #2, #4, and #5 are generally considered safe. If your tomatoes prove to be a little too juicy for your bags, you'd be safe with tupperware, which is usually #4 and #5. Or even better, reuse sour cream tubs, and keep something else out of the landfill!
I use my sour cream containers for EVERYTHING! I did most of my seedlings in them this year, I use them for left-overs in bag lunches and all the dips I make for BBQs. Those are some handy dandy little buggers!
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