Every time I go to the grocery store I get at least one comment about my Kool-Aid bags! Everyone loves them! When Kool-Aid goes on sale I buy a box of each colour and then save the pouches when the kids have emptied them. I realized I had quite a stash of them so I whipped up two more bags. I'm striving now to improve my neatness when it comes to the binding at the top of the bag and I think I'm getting a bit better!
It takes me a couple of hours to sew all the bags together but I chain piece and this time I was doing two at once. It's fun to get the old Singer out and put the pedal to the metal. I love the smell of the Kool-Aid scent wafting as I sew!
I used bias tape to trim the top of the bags and tried to keep things as straight as possible. The corners are still wonky because they are so hard to sew around but I've definitely improved over my last attempts.
I'm starting to get quite a collection of the bags but they are so awesome for groceries that I don't use anything else. They keep the food colder than a cloth bag and are super strong. I'm sure I'm recognized now in my small town as the crazy lady with the Grumpy sweatshirt and the Kool-Aid bags!
What a unique and fun and eco friendly idea, Angie - a Kool Aid shopping bag. You are missing one teeny, tiny thing... The tutorial on how you make them, for the rest of us. Please share! :-) :-) :-)
Posted by: Jose | May 25, 2013 at 11:28 AM