bag cloth
#11
I've made grocery bags from farm feed bags for my daughter & she loves them. A lot of feed/bird seed come in bags that are made with woven polypropylene. Here's a tutorial on how to make them.
http://fresheggsdaily.com/2012/01/ma...-bag-tote.html
There are other tutorials online but I like this one. Some use a portion of the bag to make the handles but I prefer to use webbing for the handles. I get these bags all the time with my feed.
http://fresheggsdaily.com/2012/01/ma...-bag-tote.html
There are other tutorials online but I like this one. Some use a portion of the bag to make the handles but I prefer to use webbing for the handles. I get these bags all the time with my feed.
#16
I don't know what kind of fabric is used at those stores, but I have made a couple of bags like the one pictured for grocery bags and use pet screen and fabric. My daughter loves them. They are very sturdy.
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#18
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: south of Houston, TX
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My bags are made of rip stop nylon and are stored in a small nylon bag a little larger than a 2 pound bag of sugar. I have 6 of them. They came from Eddie Bauer, but I don't think they sell them anymore. I am asked all the time where I got my bags.
The grocery store sackers love them because they are clean, easy to load and are incredibly strong. The best part is that I throw them in the washer and they dry in minutes. Studies have shown that reusable bags are germ cities and I don't want my food going into dirty bags. The grocery checkers and sackers tell me most bags are so nasty and stinky they don't want to touch them.
I keep one of the bags folded in my purse so I don't have to use bags when I shop at other stores. They are great bags and would be easy to make.
The grocery store sackers love them because they are clean, easy to load and are incredibly strong. The best part is that I throw them in the washer and they dry in minutes. Studies have shown that reusable bags are germ cities and I don't want my food going into dirty bags. The grocery checkers and sackers tell me most bags are so nasty and stinky they don't want to touch them.
I keep one of the bags folded in my purse so I don't have to use bags when I shop at other stores. They are great bags and would be easy to make.
#19
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Manteno, IL
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Thanks for the help everyone! I want to make some g-bags for the kids for Christmas. I think I'll try both the canvas and the fabric at Walmart....but I also want to check into that Oly cloth.
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Posts: 7,695
I carefully cut apart a plastic shopping bag and used it as a pattern. I made thirty shopping bags for my two DD's with my "borrowed" pattern, in quilters cotton, before discovering that the cotton does not hold up well to constant washing. I wash mine after every use, so I will be making all others using woven 100% polyester that I bought at a second hand store for all others.
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