Tough Fabric for Grocery Bags?

Jan 25, 2009 3 Replies

The ripstop nylon is the best. It washes well, dries quickly, and is really strong. The seams hold well too. The fabric is a bit expensive, though. I found a set of bags, already made, five bags for $17, and that includes a pouch. That's actually tough to beat, even making them yourself. A lot cheaper than envirosax, chico bags, baggu and those fancy-shmancy ones. The bags I found were at

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I think to make that set probably took them about 20 square feet offabric, which would cost me on the order of $10 or more (Ithink...didn't shop too hard yet). I might just buy instead of makeon this one.



--Dale--


I purchased my bags at Ebay.....10 for 15 dollars (shipping included).

You can get rip-stop fabric at the link below at $7.49 a yard, at 60" wide, that's 15 sq ft (approx). Pretty close, maybe a tad higher than breezy bags if you add tax and shipping.

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for sharing breezy bags with us! :) I have a project to make myown, but now I may do breezy bags instead. Only question now, is howbad do I want to play with construction designs - I think I'm doubtfulthe benefit is worth the time, unless the benefit is purely to havefun playing with design.

There's a give-away going on for a set of these bags:

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Jan 24, 7:12=A0pm, sengsational wrote:> The ripstop nylon is the best. =A0It washes well, dries quickly, and is> really strong. =A0The seams hold well too. =A0The fabric is a bit> expensive, though. =A0I found a set ofbags, already made, fivebagsfor> $17, and that includes a pouch. =A0That's actually tough to beat, even> making them yourself. =A0A lot cheaper than envirosax, chicobags, baggu> and those fancy-shmancy ones. ThebagsI found were at
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.com> . =A0I think to make that set probably took them about 20 square feet of> fabric, which would cost me on the order of $10 or more (I> think...didn't shop too hard yet). =A0I might just buy instead of make > on this one.>

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