good grocery bag ‘tutorial’
To celebrate the South Australian government’s ban on plastic shopping bags from tomorrow, this is my tutorial on making your own grocery bag from a vintage (or any kind of) tea towel. It’s really so easy a tutorial is hardly necessary, but just in case.
1. Take one vintage tea towel quietly living out its lifetime folded away in a drawer.
2. Fold in half right sides together and sew along outside edges.
3. Turn right-side out and attach two wide drill tape handles. (Fold under raw edges of tape and sew securely.)
Easy to chuck in the wash, durable, strong, just the right size and colourful. Not guaranteed to make doing the shopping any more enjoyable, but at least your groceries will look pretty.
Oh, and Happy New year!