I want to make, or buy very, very cheaply, 15 sandwich reusable sandwich wrappers. Similar to the wrap-n-map, I guess, but in dark, neutral colours. Cheaply, because I need 15 of them. :)
While I’m dreaming, I’d also really like the same thing for snacks.
Any thoughts?
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These look pretty easy to reproduce:
http://www.reusablebags.com/store/reusies%E2%84%A2-snack-p-1672.html
They come in both snack and sandwich sizes.
You’d need to pick a durable, semi-waterproof fabric, I guess, which might blow the budget…
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I made a few sandwich pouches last year using PUL fabric that was purchased to use for diaper covers. I keep meaning to get more fabric and make a few to sell, as well as writing up a tutorial, but it hasn’t happened yet. If you want to use my method, I can try to walk you through it. I’ll dig one of the pouches up and take a picture.
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see, these things are usually made out of PUL (polyurethane laminate).. which i only know because that’s the same stuff they make diaper covers out of. it’s poly fabric on one side, waterproof laminate on the other. serge the edges, add a bit of velcro, and done. the PUL can be hard to find, and expensive. maybe if you browsed around len’s mill, you could find something similar? like a light weight canvas that has waterproofing? is it for you, or the kids? if it was for you, you could prob. get away with some mid-weight fleece, then there’s no need to finish the edges either…. but you’d have to pack it so that nothing gets squished.
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PUL isn’t that expencive is it? I have friends who make sanitary pads out of it. I know I can find some here, relatively cheap. Check for it on ebay?
Wouldn’t regular oil cloth work otherwise?
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i’d love to hear what your source is! i’ve only been able to find it at reasonable prices thru online co-ops, and even then you have to pay shipping…. i’m in the same town as Violet.
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I find it for about $22 (canadian dollars, I mean) a meter here in Sweden. I don’t find that very expencive? Shipping from here to Canada for 1000g of fabric is another $12, though. What a bitch. Oh well.
With my Awesome Googlepowers, I find that Wazoodle, FabricVille and http://clothdiaperseh.com/ sell PUL. The last one for $10.50 a yard (~ 80cm, right?), which is much cheaper than getting it from me. http://kidsinthegarden.com/shop/ are even cheaper, looking at their cuts and remnants for patterned PUL. For cloth pads and sandwhich wraps, one wouldn’t need much cloth or might like to buy several patterns, I think.
These guys have several reltailers in … uh, Toronto/Ontario, which I think is where Violet lives… (memory of a goldfish, I tell you…), and other parts of Canada as well. http://www.whatsonkingston.com/busdir/sweetpeadiapers/retailer.html They may have some too!
Uh. Hope that helps.
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I find it for about $22 (canadian dollars, I mean) a meter here in Sweden. I don’t find that very expencive? Shipping from here to Canada for 1000g of fabric is another $12, though. What a bitch. Oh well.
With my Awesome Googlepowers, I find that Wazoodle, FabricVille and clothdiaperseh.com sell PUL. The last one for $10.50 a yard (~ 80cm, right?), which is much cheaper than getting it from me. kidsinthegarden.com are even cheaper, looking at their cuts and remnants for patterned PUL. For cloth pads and sandwhich wraps, one wouldn’t need much cloth or might like to buy several patterns, I think.
These guys have several reltailers in … uh, Toronto/Ontario, which I think is where Violet lives… (memory of a goldfish, I tell you…), and other parts of Canada as well. Whatsonkingston.com > Retailers.
Uh. Hope that helps.
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Just testing to see if my comments are getting there at all. I posted several links, so I’m assuming that they’re being approved, but usually I can see the comment and it says “Waiting for moderation” or something like it next to the text. Now, I see nuthink. ;)
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Humdidum. ‘kay. I can see that. Well, IF the comment is simply gone into the ether, email me and I’ll give the names of several stores that carry PUL in CA. :)
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Gah. Emailadress too, right? six _ three _ five (at ) hotmail (dot) com
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Uh. Totally wierd! Well, here’s what I wrote:
“I find it for about $22 (canadian dollars, I mean) a meter here in Sweden. I don’t find that very expencive? Shipping from here to Canada for 1000g of fabric is another $12, though. What a bitch. Oh well.
With my Awesome Googlepowers, I find that Wazoodle, FabricVille and clothdiaperseh.com sell PUL. The last one for $10.50 a yard (~ 80cm, right?), which is much cheaper than getting it from me. kidsinthegarden.com are even cheaper, looking at their cuts and remnants for patterned PUL. For cloth pads and sandwhich wraps, one wouldn’t need much cloth or might like to buy several patterns, I think.
These guys have several reltailers in … uh, Toronto/Ontario, which I think is where Violet lives… (memory of a goldfish, I tell you…), and other parts of Canada as well. Whatsonkingston.com > Retailers.
Hope that helps. “
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I tried posting it again. It just wont do it. Hum. Am now removing all (dot) com and http-stuff. All of the adresses are (dot) com, so just copy-paste.
“I find it for about $22 (canadian dollars, I mean) a meter here in Sweden. I don’t find that very expencive? Shipping from here to Canada for 1000g of fabric is another $12, though. What a bitch. Oh well.
With my Awesome Googlepowers, I find that Wazoodle, FabricVille and clothdiaperseh (dot) com sell PUL. The last one for $10.50 a yard (~ 80cm, right?), which is much cheaper than getting it from me. kidsinthegarden (dot) com are even cheaper, looking at their cuts and remnants for patterned PUL. For cloth pads and sandwhich wraps, one wouldn’t need much cloth or might like to buy several patterns, I think.
These guys have several reltailers in … uh, Toronto/Ontario, which I think is where Violet lives… (memory of a goldfish, I tell you…), and other parts of Canada as well. Whatsonkingston (dot) com > Retailers.
Hope that helps.”
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OMG finally. Yay. That was WIERD.
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I’m making these today: http://notesfromaveryredkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/12/reusable-snack-baggies-tutorial.html
But instead of oilcloth, I’ve got, um, the kinda material used in tablecloths, picked up from the mill ends/mis-cuts bins at Fabricland. I’ll use that material on the inside and other scraps of mine for the outside.
For some reason, when I saw this recipe, I thought of you and can’t think of why. Are you a chai fan? http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/index.ssf/2008/06/recipe_detail.html?id=7109
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I don’t know if this is at all feasible because I haven’t tried it for the purpose you speak of yet, but what about cutting up and re-using the plastic that frozen fruit comes in…you know, those big bags of frozen mango, blueberries and all that (Europe’s Best and the store brands)? Not that I buy frozen fruit that often, but when I do I save the bag for purse and wallet projects. It’s waterproof, anyway, and free if you can get your friends to start saving theirs for you. I’m sure there are some other products that are sold in that stuff. I have used it to make a little holder for my bus pass. I used seam binding on the edges.
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