My weekend project was to make some cloth napkins to pack in the boys lunches. My original idea was to hem them but then I got lazy and decided to just cut them out with pinking shears. We shall see how they last. I wanted to make napkins for two reasons. For one, it's better for the environment for them not to throw out napkins every day. We use cloth napkins at home and I didn't realize until this week how many paper napkins we would go through just packing them in the boys lunches and snacks! Four paper napkins a day adds up quickly! The other reason I wanted to have cloth napkins in the boys' lunches was that I wanted to decrease the likelihood that they would accidentally throw something (lid etc) out with the napkin. By trying to have a waste free lunch there will be no need to throw anything away and hopefully all the tupperware etc. will make it back home! They did awesome last week - they haven't lost anything yet! (I hope I didn't just jink us...)
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Napkins
My weekend project was to make some cloth napkins to pack in the boys lunches. My original idea was to hem them but then I got lazy and decided to just cut them out with pinking shears. We shall see how they last. I wanted to make napkins for two reasons. For one, it's better for the environment for them not to throw out napkins every day. We use cloth napkins at home and I didn't realize until this week how many paper napkins we would go through just packing them in the boys lunches and snacks! Four paper napkins a day adds up quickly! The other reason I wanted to have cloth napkins in the boys' lunches was that I wanted to decrease the likelihood that they would accidentally throw something (lid etc) out with the napkin. By trying to have a waste free lunch there will be no need to throw anything away and hopefully all the tupperware etc. will make it back home! They did awesome last week - they haven't lost anything yet! (I hope I didn't just jink us...)
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I had been meaning to send material to my mother to make napkins with. Such a good idea, but I am completely sewing handicapped!
ReplyDeleteVeganf - I'll let you know how these no sew napkins hold up!
ReplyDeleteMy kids go back to school Thursday. I was thinking about making smaller napkins for their lunch boxes. The ones we use at home are just too large to take to school. I hadn't thought about no sew napkins, what a great idea!
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