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Bag was given to friend , She liked that it had Both shoulder straps [ double folded cloth] and handles [plaited from left over cloth } !!! mirjam

Well, all this recent talk on the group about bags finally set me off on making my own - especially when I was informed at the supermarket that due to a change in government policy, bags would either be charged for or not available as of 01/09/08!

Now, I've always used as few plastic bags as possible and re-used them often, and don't in disagree with the policy. It is however a pain, as (a) I have to learn to remember to carry a shopping bag and (b) I'll lose my free source of bin bags and bags for sorting the recycling into.....

I knocked out two plain utility bags out of some stashed gash material - I think they are actually a bit too big. I shall test them this week and see, the next couple may well be made smaller.

I used two squares for front and back, and a long single piece for both sides and bottom - this was quite wide - about 8", which is I think what has caused the bags to be too big. I serged the sides, front & back together using a 4 thread o/lock. I used the same fabric to make nice wide soft handles (thanks for the tip Mirjam!), and serged these onto the top, going right round the top of the bag at the same time to finish it. I'm a bit concerned the handles may not last long, but as test piece bags they are not too bad.

Now to go food shop to test them,.....

Sarah

Hallo Sarah I am glad you join the bag makers and users. I like your pattern with the wide side panel. if i may, can i share some of my many years of bags` sewing and using experience.

Bags can be made from Any strong cloth. Even strechables can be used if theye are lined. I like to line bags = sew the bag twice , either from same or different cloth, the lined ones , have lasted longer.

Bags that are intended to be folded into your purse, i make from rather plain cottons, They don`t complain when pushed and squaeezed into my purse.

It is a wonderful feeling to use some inner cloth, and than crazy quilt [with sewing machine] all kinds of leftovers from your older sewing projects.

Old male shirts, make for good linings.

Do try the wanted Length of your shoulder straps.

I also made some smaller bags, for the Content of bags [ purse] , i keep my little callenar, check book in one tiny cloth bag, tissues in another , the cord of the cellular in another , This way they are better kept, and are easy to pick out when you need them and easy to be remooved from bag to bag. mirjam

Have you seen the Morsbags site?

sent them some bags. Fun to make and fun to use. There is s simple bag pattern on the site.

Thank you Wonderful site and Wonderful project .. mirjam

Hej Mirjam!

Glad to see you here as well as rcty! :-)

Here

andscroll down the page you can see (hopefully!) my BugBags I made tohold my Subversiv sysl=F6jd supplies. The pictures were taken at thissummer's Sjuh=E4radsfestival and someone told me that the bagspractically "glowed." :-)The second from last row of pics are from the workshop. The young manin one pic was designing a straightjacket for himself! :-) I am thewoman in blue, btw.

Erin

Great photos, Erin! I spent some time looking through the entire album. The bags are wonderful. Why does he think he needs a straight jacket? I love the home in SC, it looks familiar, like one near where I grew up. Emily

bum. The bags are wonderful. =A0

Thanks!

LOL! Because he's NILS and he does stuff like that! He is also the proud writer/producer/director/etc of Zombie Mayhem and Radioactive Viking Cannibals from Hell.

This was the third year for our festival (usually abbreviated "7H" btw) and there were several people who remembered me and my Subversiv Sysl=F6jd (subversive sewing) workshop from last year! In Sweden everyone takes shop and everyone takes home ec but, all too often, the school environment is fairly structured and the teachers decide which projects the kids get to do. I just provide raw materials, sit back and join in the fun! :-)

Erin

That's the ancestral family home. The little baby in the man's arms might be my maternal grandmother.

Erin (who now lives in western Sweden)

Hallo Erin , Isn`t it fun to be with nice people !!!!!

Saw some wonderful photos but none like you described, but had fun to watch the others ,,, A woman in Blue is a princess of course !!!! mirjam

Well, he looks a bit like an archer in that pic but he wanted to design a straight-jacket that would belong in a horror movie hospital!

The workshop is *very* informal so that's why we were sitting on the grass (plus someone needed the benches for another activity). In the picture with the little girl, she is making a fairy doll, btw. Her mama, the head of cultural affairs at the local government office now has a very good opinion of me! :-)

link directly to the bags. Unfortunately, the 2 best ones arenot showing very well. I'll try to take better pics in the next fewdays.

Thank you kindly, ma am!

I have more pics to process and upload but that will have to wait for another day.

Erin

Any chance you know why some of the pods that are visually depicted in some of the US areas are noted in their text display as a European/UK country? I'm in Florida/USA and noticed that most (all but 1 or two) of the pods visually depicted in my state had listed in their profile UK locations.

Cheers!

-Susan