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How to Sew Produce Bags with Simple Tie Closures

Posted on November 14, 2024November 14, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A filled white cloth produce bag is closed at the top with a blue tie. It sits on a dark wooden background.

These produce bags with simple tie closures are easy to sew, put a dent in your scrap fabric pile and keep plastic out of landfill.

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Easy Reusable Cloth Lunch Bag with a Flap Closure

Posted on August 15, 2024August 15, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A homemade flat bottom lunch bag is packed for lunch

When you pack a lunch, you eat more food from home and waste less of it. Sew this reusable lunch bag from fabric scraps and rescue those too.

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How to Organize a Sewing Bee to Reduce Plastic Produce Bags

Posted on August 6, 2024August 6, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Would you like to reduce plastic pollution in your community? Are you crafty? Consider organizing a sewing bee to sew cloth produce bags.

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Zoom Meetup: How to Start a Produce Bag Sewing Bee

Posted on June 10, 2024July 31, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Would you like to socialize with crafty, like-minded friends, make something useful together, help reduce plastic pollution and build community, all while having fun? Then consider organizing a sewing bee for making reusable produce bags. Learn how to get started in this free Zoom meetup on Friday, July 19th, 2024 at 10am PT/1pm ET. Plan […]

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What to Pack in a Free, Zero-Waste, Out-and-About Kit

Posted on May 29, 2024May 29, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Packing these everyday, reusable items in an economical, on-the go, zero-waste kit will help you avoid tossing single-use items every day.

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Plastic Free Reusable Snack Bags Made with Fabric Scraps

Posted on April 24, 2024April 24, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A homemade yellow, blue and green reusable cloth snack bag has been filled with popcorn. An empty yellow snack bag sits to the left. On the right is an empty dark green snack bag. Everything sits on a dark wooden table.

Pack your to-go snacks in these reusable cloth snack bags made with fabric scraps. Ditch the plastic baggies, reduce waste and save money.

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How to Spend Less Time Washing Dishes

Posted on November 14, 2023November 18, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
ceramic coffee mug with a cat holding a Christmas stocking in its teeth

When you cook more from scratch, you can spend a lot of time washing dishes. These 20 tricks will help save your precious time.

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7 Consumer Habits I Easily Ditched and Don’t Miss

Posted on April 23, 2023October 27, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A hand pulls a flannel handkerchief out of a jean pocket. A white washing machine filled with clothes is in the background.

A handkerchief stuffed inside a pocket got me thinking about aspects of consumerism I’m happy I no longer have to deal with.

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How to Roast Whole Garlic Without Tinfoil

Posted on February 21, 2023March 6, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Four heads of roasted heads of garlic sit inside a Dutch oven.

When I stopped buying throwaway items, I had to figure out how to make roasted garlic without tinfoil. It was one of the easiest swaps.

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