reduce plastic – Measure Twice Cut Once

Join me, Susan from Measure Twice Cut Once, as I take you through how to make a reuseable snack pouch, these are a great eco friendly sewing product that helps you reduce the amount of plastic you use in the kitchen.

Once sewn they can be used in the place of zip lock bags then throw them in the wash to use again and again. Your best fabric choice is a cotton or cotton blend to allow the food to breathe and not get sweaty. You’ll be learning how to cut a straight line, sew a straight line, turn corners and and a curve. Plus clipping to reduce bulk and turning a lined piece the right way out.

The pattern is available from the Measure Twice Cut Once website https://www.measuretwicecutonce.com.a…

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What I’m wearing

Dress Pattern: Self drafted in Lawn fabric

Earrings: Harry and Herne

Nail Polish: Everlong by Hanami

Thinking we were going to be locked down for awhile back in Match I placed an order with Spotlight for some bamboo batting and a piece of linen that I wanted to use as a backing for a project I was working on. The batting turned up 2 weeks later and the linen another fortnight after that. The linen quite frankly was crap quality. I’m actually glad I hadn’t earmarked it for a garment as it would have been terrible.

As it was it’s very lightweight to the point of sheerness, the weave feels loose like if you pulled really hard it would weaken and just all round it’s a bit shite.

Not suitable for the project I had planned for it and not suitable for garments I was in a dilemma, what did I use it for?

Researching for something else entirely I was reminded that I had wanted to make some produce bags and that linen is very breathable so I could even use them inside the fridge if I wanted to. Cutting out as many bags as I could fit I made some big ones to fit sourdough in, some mid sized and some little ones.

In an aim to improve their lasting quality I used French seams and double turned the casings so that all the raw edges were enclosed adding some strength and ease of washing to the bags. With the spirit of reduce very much in mind I uses some ribbon and tapes I had in the stash to create the drawcords.

All in all a good save for some crappy quality fabric.

Pattern: none just winged it

Fabric: linen from Spotlight, drawcords from the stash

Alterations: be even more sceptical of fabric from Spotlight

Tag: reduce plastic

Beginner Sewing – How to sew a reuseable snack pouch

Sewing Adventures – Linen Produce bags