These bags, regardless of what I call them, are for the bulk bins. I often stop at the Westerly Market in midtown to buy dried fruit and nuts. I haven't ventured into much else in terms of bulk buying yet. Despite trying to reuse bags, I often found I was at the Westerly without anything and needed to take plastic bags for my purchases. Now I realize that having made bags in no way guarantees that 'll remember to bring them but I'm hoping it will help!
I took the lightest-weight fabric I had lying around. This turned out to be some Valentine-themed fabric my sister had sent me. I cut the first bag at random (about 7" square) using a pinking blade. It seemed a little small so I cut the next one at 7" x 10". That seemed good so I cut a few more that size. Then I cut up what was left of the fabric. Hence, there are a variety of sizes.
My friend Sherry happened to have some green ribbon around that she didn't want so I used that for the drawstrings. (The bags are also stitched in green and turquoise; I like to use up odd colors on projects like this where it doesn't matter.) You may notice that one of the bags looks inside-out; it's not. I just stitched it wrong and decided it didn't matter enough to tear it out.
When I use the bulk bins, I need to label the bags with the product number. The Westerly supplies pens and twist-ties to label and close the bags. I decided to see if I could make a permanent tag so I wouldn't have to use the twist-ties. I cut up the plastic lid of a coffee can and made tags. I'm not sure yet if I will permanently label some bags with the numbers of items I buy a lot or if I will just carry a china marker to temporarily write the numbers on the tags. Regardless, I'm pretty pleased with this little project which took very little time and cost me nothing!
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