You’re doing a great job getting those bags out into your community, Gudrun! It’s exciting giving them away isn’t it? I’ve never actually bagged someone in a supermarket queue myself, though lots of other people have. I never have a nice clean, SPARE bag with me!
Is your pod Wundertuete? I see you’ve already made 130 bags – that’s fantastic!! Is it just you sewing or do you have a group of people?
Offcuts mentions Wonder Clips – and they are a much better alternative to pins for keeping handles in position while you sew, though they cost a lot more than pins do.
There are some ideas for presenting your kits. I find that some people tend to rummage, unfold the kit and separate the body from the handle, and leave them all in a right old mess!
Offcuts has tried presenting presewn handles and bag bodies separately so the “customer” can mix and match the pieces. That way someone who likes long handles can have them, and the handles and bag don’t have to match unless they want them to. She may have some photos.
I like the idea that Chiara had – you fold the handle into the bag body, then roll or fold it and end up with a neat rectangular package, each one held together with a little strip of spare fabric. The packages can be put, neat side up, in a handy box (the sort lettuces or tomatoes are delivered to shops in are just right – more recycling!). The little tie of fabric stops most people from making too much mess!
Turns this –
into this –
Sorry, I couldn’t find any photos of the kits in lettuce boxes, but you get the idea!
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