What I learned from prototyping veg bags / 野菜袋を作ってみて気づいたこと

Last week I post my plan to make veg bags with leftover cotton/linen fabric as a small protest to polyester bags sold as veg bags in super market.

Making veg bags with leftover fabric

I sewed three bags and dropped them at a local eco market on last Saturday. Market visitors can drop/take bags and cartons in the box for shopping.

It was just three bags but it was an interesting experience to think about production cost, an ideal shape for use/production, use cases of these bags etc.

At markets, I was wondering for what do I need a veg bag.

• Potatoes, carrots, onions, zucchinis, paprika etc: They can be in a same bag. The bag is not necessarily in fridge (we eat quite quickly and go for shopping again). A bag with certain size is ideal ....... then regular eco bag is fine, which we got and have a lot at home.
• Small leave: Spinach, corn salad, baby leaf mix etc. To keep them separate from others I need a bag. Eco bags can be used for this use.
• ★ Mushrooms: I want to put them in a bag separately to avoid crushing in my backpack. I buy 5-10 mushrooms, 5 shiitakes etc at a time.
• (★) Tomatoes: I want to put them in a bag separately to avoid crushing in my backpack.
  Salad
• ★ Lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli etc: Would be nice to have a bag but it should be quite big. Or a big fabric such as Japanese Furoshiki. It can be flexible up to the size of veggies.

Those with stars may be the area I shall focus. Bags should be 20cm x 20cm. My furoshiki is 65cm x 65 cm.

That's it about the veg bags. I make them time by time.

Another finding was that "good to try an idea quickly in a small scale". We hesitate and thing about a plan too much but thanks to NeedleworkMonday, I could make a first step and got insights. Another thing is that I had an inspiration of a bag for upcoming spring/summer. I'll go to fabric shopping tomorrow and will write about it next week :)

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先週かねてから疑問を感じていたポリエステルの野菜袋を木綿で作ってみようと思いました。ドイツは野菜の多くが量り売りなのでプラスチックの野菜袋が野菜コーナーに置かれているのですが、この使い捨てのバッグを削減しようという動きがあり、再利用できるバッグが売られているのですが、一部はポリエステルなのです。。

はぎれで野菜袋を作ります

3つだけですが作ってみて、近所のエコマーケットのバッグを寄付するコーナーに置いてきました。小さなプロジェクトですがどんな形だと効果的に作れるのか、コストを削減できるのか、使いやすいのか、どんな場面で野菜袋がいるのか考えるいい機会になりました。春夏用に作りたいバッグのヒントにもなりました。

特に歳をとると、なかなか思い立っても重い腰が上がらないことが多いですが、小さくぱっと始めてしまうのって大事だなと思う体験になりました。

誰かが野菜袋を使ってくれるといいな！

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