Back in May this year (2018), Linda’s mother stayed with us for a few weeks, and got a good view into our Permaculture lifestyle. Since she went home she has been trying to improve her sustainability credentials and one of the first tings she did was to sew herself some re-usable veggie bags.
She first went through her stock of fabric and found some leftover dress net or tulle, she has a reasonable stock of fabrics as she is a keen seamstress from way back! When I asked her what size bags she made, she said she used the plastic bags they use in the supermarket as a guide (works for me!) and that translated into a bag 30cm x 44cm.
They were simple to run up with the fabric cut 30cm x 88cm and folded over in half with a running stitch a couple of runs up each side using a sewing machine stitch size 2.5 to 3. To put in the draw string she just folded the open end of the bag over, using some cotton twine as the drawstring and sewed it in. The process is similar to the reusable tea bag, but larger
She has been using the bags successfully for the last 6 months.
