IMPORTANT:tater bag opinion needed please
#1
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My quilting group started making microwave tater bags to sell at craft shows in December for fundraiser. Some in group are voicing concerns about bags catching on fire and think we need to put warning with the bags when we sell them. I would rather not make and sell them if we have to list a warning about them catching on fire. Can I have opinions on this please? Thanks so much.
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The thing you have to remember is that POLYESTER THREAD MELTS!! You have to use 100% cotton thread to sew it together and rayon thread AND rayon bobbin thread if you embroider anything on it. Sulky is the only one that I've found that makes rayon thread. Cotton thread is also hard to find. Remember to use UNBLEACHED muslin for the inside layer and UNBLEACHED batting. You can use any kind of cotton outer fabric. If you follow all of these rules you'll be fine
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Originally Posted by dianna1234
My quilting group started making microwave tater bags to sell at craft shows in December for fundraiser. Some in group are voicing concerns about bags catching on fire and think we need to put warning with the bags when we sell them. I would rather not make and sell them if we have to list a warning about them catching on fire. Can I have opinions on this please? Thanks so much.
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I have made many...always use cotton batting, fabrics and thread...have had no problems with any burning. I always have included information on cooking times. I have never sold any though, just have given them away as gifts.
#7
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I've seen these selling like hotcakes at street fairs and no, they didn't have warning on them. Test your product if you have reservations. 100%% cotton batting, cotton thread, cotton fabric. Wash your tater and put it in wet, four minutes, flip, four more minutes. Hurrah for common sense, it may return yet.
They work and they are reusable.
They work and they are reusable.
#9
Originally Posted by grann of 6
Originally Posted by dianna1234
My quilting group started making microwave tater bags to sell at craft shows in December for fundraiser. Some in group are voicing concerns about bags catching on fire and think we need to put warning with the bags when we sell them. I would rather not make and sell them if we have to list a warning about them catching on fire. Can I have opinions on this please? Thanks so much.
#10
I was at a craft show the other day and there were some of the potato bags being sold. As I looked them over, the sales person mentioned they have magnets in them so one can stick them to the side of the microwave. I wonder if maybe this is why some catch on fire?
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