Blog action day wasn’t long ago and it got me thinking about the things we do, and don’t do, for the environment. I’m not a regular user of reusable bags. In fact, I always get plastic bags from the store and that’s incredibly stupid of me. After blog action day I started looking for patterns for a shopping bag (with the intention of having Alex’s mother sew me one or two). I found this, and it was pretty amazing. Of course ‘I’ could never make anything like that… or so I thought. I have a sewing machine (but I’m sure only the higher powers know why) but I haven’t used one since I was 14 and forced to in school. Yesterday I got the brilliant idea of making a bag (I still have a cold and I was feverish). It took me 2.5 hours and a lot of swearing but I made it!
Here’s the link to the original bag and the tutorial
The sewing is kind of bad, but I’m a novice and the bag works perfectly. I can fit a lot of things in there and it feels sturdy enough. I will make a couple more… sometime in the future.
Blog action day wasn’t long ago and it got me thinking about the things we do, and don’t do, for the environment. I’m not a regular user of reusable bags. In fact, I always get plastic bags from the store and that’s incredibly stupid of me. After blog action day I started looking for patterns for a shopping bag (with the intention of having Alex’s mother sew me one or two). I found this, and it was pretty amazing. Of course ‘I’ could never make anything like that… or so I thought. I have a sewing machine (but I’m sure only the higher powers know why) but I haven’t used one since I was 14 and forced to in school. Yesterday I got the brilliant idea of making a bag (I still have a cold and I was feverish). It took me 2.5 hours and a lot of swearing but I made it!
Here’s the link to the original bag and the tutorial
Singlet style shopping bag - Tutorial
And here’s my bag!
The sewing is kind of bad, but I’m a novice and the bag works perfectly. I can fit a lot of things in there and it feels sturdy enough. I will make a couple more… sometime in the future.