Lazy Gift Bag Tute (3 min project!)

[davechan2003]

perfect! I've been making them like that, but haven't added the ribbon, THAT is a great idea!

[Frank]

Do you ask for them back again? My problem with gift bags is that unless I'm getting them back I'm using far more resources to make the bag than using paper. Hopefully the recipient is either reusing it or returning it.

I make these out of plain cheap muslin for fruit/veggie bags when I go to the farmers market, the ties are really nice for keeping things in the bag. Great tute!

THAT is such a great idea! I have made a concerted effort to stop using so many plastic bags. At home we use, well, plastic containers, instead of plastic bags. But when I go grocery shopping it's difficult not to sure their plastic bags. Thanks for that great idea!

[sewingmel]

Do you ask for them back again? My problem with gift bags is that unless I'm getting them back I'm using far more resources to make the bag than using paper. Hopefully the recipient is either reusing it or returning it.

I asked for them back this year! Dh's family always laughed when I saved bows and gift bags so I didn't really think they would be reusing them. Ds's teacher went crazy for the gift bag part of her gift this year. It turns out that her aunt made them before she passed away so I made her a set of gift bags as a gift. It turned out great, and I included a tag that said to gift or use as you choose.

[SynEpona]

Do you ask for them back again? My problem with gift bags is that unless I'm getting them back I'm using far more resources to make the bag than using paper. Hopefully the recipient is either reusing it or returning it.

I used them for all my family & friends where I knew they'd be reused. For my FIL & some other friends that would either lose them or throw them away, I used paper - we do still have a lot of leftover paper from previous years.

Every gift IN our house that stayed in our house (with the exception of my new sewing machine ... I didnt' make a bag big enough for it, b/c I didn't know I was getting it!), was wrapped in fabric. We had one tiny little bag of garbage/recycling in the living room after gifts - and it was mostly packaging, not wrapping stuff. It was so nice not not have that big huge bag of paper to toss.