Shop Update: Reusable Sandwich & Snack Bags

These snack & sandwich bags have been in the works for a little while now, but I have been looking for a good, sustainable fabric to use and wanted them to be just the right size.

So this hemp, which comes in a light khaki, and a dark brown, might just be my favorite fabric I've sewn with ever. It is soft, sturdy, and unlike anything you can find in your local Joann's. Hemp fabric is sustainable because it grows quickly, therefore can be harvested and re-planted many times in a year. Also, it is naturally disease- and pest-resistant, and so requires no pesticides.

I chose to do a fold-over flap closure, which isn't being done a lot on Etsy, in an attempt to keep the velcro far away from where the crumbs tend to collect.

Limabeanhome is celebrating Earth Day with a month-long promotion: Spend $15 on reusable items during the month of April and receive free shipping AND one reusable produce bag.

Shop Update: brown bag lunch

The past month has been full of sewing for limabeanhome, keeping me busier than I've been in months and I love it.

A recent customer had a great suggestion to make the reusable canvas lunch bag out of brown canvas, so that it resembles a brown lunch sack. I thought it was a pretty fab idea.

It has been made, listed and is available now:

Shop Update

Lots of new fabrics for sandwich wraps in the shop, including a listing for a custom wrap using fabric of your own choosing or from your stash. Check it all out here.

Shop Update: Reusable Sandwich Wraps

New to the shop this week are reusable sandwich wraps. These will be made out of many different fabrics, but so far these four are available:

These are an item that can help to reduce lunchtime waste. I did a test run of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, where I left it in the wrapper for 8 hours. The bread stayed soft and the sandwich tasted fresh.

I have been researching what fabrics are food-safe to use as a lining and decided to use ripstop nylon, as it is waterproof, lightweight and washable. I think being able to throw it into the washing machine is an important benefit.

New totes

The first of several new listings to my shop:

seen here

and seen here

Hopefully tomorrow I will have reusable sandwich wraps to show off. I'm doing a test run to make sure they really do keep sandwiches fresh.