My mom gave me a potato bag many years ago. She purchased them at a craft fair. I just love it. A few years later I was at the same craft fair with her and purchased a few to give as gifts. I gave one to each of my closest girlfriends, and brought one to my MIL. My girlfriends just love theirs, and frequently email me to say they were thinking of me while they used the awesome bag for dinner that night. My MIL decided to use hers for the first time while we were there for the weekend. Hers caught fire! I don't know if there was a scrap of a broken needle in hers, if the maker used the wrong batting by mistake, or if it was her super-powered convection microwave, but now I'm afraid to give them as gifts. In the past I would toss 4 potatoes into mine, start up the microwave for 6 minutes, and go outdoors, to start the grill, or pick veggies from the garden. I'm much more careful about leaving the house while it's in the microwave now!