Hey friends! It’s Leslie, back with another super easy tutorial PERFECT for the summer! (and fall… possibly winter and spring, too) Reusable sandwich/snack bags are the perfect solution to so many wasted plastic baggies. My kids use the plastic ones once and throw them away. What a waste! These little babies are washable so you can use them again and again! And they’re so CHEAP to make! You can whip up a whole bunch of them, ready to be loved all summer and even when school starts. Let me show ya just how easy these are…
| gather your supplies and get ready to ROCK n ROLL!! |
| cut your fabrics to 14 inches by 7 inches – take note if your fabric has a one way pattern. mine does, but it doesn’t bother me that on one side of the finished bag it’s right way up but upside down on the opposite side. cut your velcro to 6 1/2 inches long |
| pin the fabrics right sides together . i like to double pin where i need to leave an opening. all too often i sew around the whole thing and have to go back with the seam ripper. :-/ |
| sew at 1/4″ inseam leaving a 2 inch opening, back stitching at beginning and end. clip corners, turn and press. |
| pin one piece of velcro on each of the short ends. i placed mine just about 1/8 inch down from the edge so you have something to grab hold of when opening the pouch. |
| once pinned, sew along the long ends, close to the edge of the velcro. |
| fold the entire piece in half, matching up the velcro |
| with the velcro at the top and the fold at the bottom, sew down each side at 1/8 inch inseam |
| TA DA!! Finito my friends! ready to be filled with whatever snacks you desire! |
| maybe a sandwich (school lunches never looked so cute!) |
| or little crackers! (velcro might be a little noisy for church, but how simple to throw in your diaper bag, purse, backpack etc!) |
| not sure how i get these sideways, but like the last time, if you’ll just tilt your head ever so slightly to the right, you’ll get the idea… make a bunch! |
| Mookie loves his new snack pouch! and he had no troubles getting it open. :) (he’s almost 2) |
| ENJOY while making the Earth just a little bit GREENER. :) |
And there you have it! Pretty simple huh? And it would be SO easy to embellish for your own little one with their initial or an animal shape. You could piece together a bunch of scraps to make it a patchwork pouch AND use up some of your scrap pile!
These are cute and easy!!! Thanks for sharing!
Cute, easy design!!
(pssst– PUL isn’t safe for food)
oh my gosh! i totally didn’t know that! THANK YOU!! i’ll see if i can get brittany to take that part out!
Oh my heavens this is a lot simpler than I thought it would be! I am so excited to try it out, love all your ideas, you’re totally right this pattern has loads of possibilities! Thanks so much for sharing, this is the perfect tutorial for us visual learners! :)
that’s exactly what i thought…. why did i not make these sooner?? they’re SO EASY! let me know if you have questions! :)
I was wondering, I do not have a sewing machine, is there a way to make these without using a sewing machine? They are a great idea!
great idea! love how simple it SEEMS. hopefully I can pull it off!
You need to put those in your Etsy shop, because I’m retarded and can’t sew. Plus, I have no sewing machine. But I need some.
Oh my gosh what a fricking genius idea!
Seriously if you ever sell these tell .. I want some x
super cute & easy. i make these too, i bought a lining that is food safe.
Some PUL is now food safe, you just have to check with each individual manufacturer. More and more are becoming foodsafe due to new regulations. Just buy carefully and when in doubt line the inside of the PUL with something that is food safe, that way you get food safe and the water resistant properties of the PUL outside!
Freezer Ziploc baggies can be cut into a sheet, and used over the inside fabric so it is food safe. I buy the gallon size to make any baggie size.
Huh. I never would have thought of that. Thanks to all of you for these great ideas!
If you use the Freezer bags as a lining, can you still toss them in the clothes washer and just air dry them?
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