Handmade Grocery Bags

Ok ok, so this looks like it's going to turn into a handicraft blog instead of a once-inspired-to-be travel blog. But just bare with me as I struggle through this period of my life as I try to cope with having a new sewing machine to play with :)  Heck, this week alone, I completed 3 projects! I'm on a roll!

But I'd like to take this moment to tell you how all this madness started. It started a few years ago, with a SGD10 donation to the Children Cancer Foundation sponsored by MUJI. This here shows my favorite fabric bag which I got in return for my donation. I love it that its cotton, and it's Christmas themed :)

So I had at the back of my mind, wanted to make a handmade grocery bag similar. My chance came last year when my dad was hospitalized for heart failure. I spend a lot of time in the hospital with him, and as he was sleeping most of the time, I got a lot of sewing done. This here is my first hand sewed fabric bag. It took two admission to the hospital and one aorta replacement surgery to complete!

 

At first it was used as a library book carrier. But after I got my tablet, I stopped visiting the library, and the bag evolved to a grocery bag as I'm big on not using plastic. But the problem was, I usually end up with two bags of grocery, but only one fabric bag to carry them in. So last week, I made a companion bag for my hand-sewed bag, so now my grocery trip is as perfect as can be :)

Benefit of these bags? They look lovely. They feel wonderful cause I have a fetish for cottons. They can take the weight (my groceries tend to be lots of bread flour and canned baked beans). They are washable and very compact when folded to fit nicely in my handbag. They are made with love, and are one of it's kind in the world!!!

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MUJI
Aorta Replacement Valve