Reusable Enviro Bags Can Make You Vomit, Literally.

I am sure we all have used them and all though they are called Enviro (Environment) Bags they are yet to prove their actual worth in saving the environment. (Yes they are better than plastic)

I never remember to take mine to the shops and never use them enough to justify their actual cost and now it’s not only the look/style of them that can make you sick but they can actually make you vomit! Say what?

Yes to cut a long story short, A whole lot of people on a soccer team got Gastro

[Researchers were able to pinpoint the spread of the virus to a reusable bag that held snacks (including grapes) and was kept in the bathroom the sick girl used. When the virus aerosolized it settled on various surfaces in the bathroom, including the bag. Everyone who came down with the stomach flu after the girl left had either eaten snacks from the bag, or handled the reusable bag itself.] Source Treehugger

So moral of this story? Throwing your Enviro bags in the wash on a gentle cycle every now and then, just might save you a trip to the supermarket for a whole lot of toilet paper if you know what I mean.

Now to solve the Ugly Part of the Vomiting Enviro bag issue here are some tutorials on Enviro Bag Hacks (not yacks)

Christmas Tote

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I am known to be really paranoid when it comes to cutting cross stitch fabric for a project. I will math it out, count, recount, think about it, worry, decide it needs to be bigger than math plus my already large margin for error suggests. If I could just be confident in choosing the correct size of fabric I’d have a lot more stitching time!

Sometimes you have a lot of extra fabric beyond where you are stitching because your fabric is too big. Or maybe you’re just working on a big project that leaves excess fabric potentially in your way when you are stitching.

Hannah Hand Makes has a post all about how to deal with excess fabric on the sides of a large cross stitch project (which is actually a podcast if you’d rather listen). She is talking more about huge stitchalong projects where you need a big piece of fabric than my particular problem of timid cutting, but the same advice applies.

I am lazy and don’t want to buy new products, so I would probably devise some sort of rolling and clamping situation with items I already have in the house, but she has some great tips for actual products you can buy that will help with this situation such as large hoops, standing frames and scroll frames. One of these solutions would certainly be worth the investment if you’re doing a year long (or otherwise long term) stitchalong or really big project where that excess fabric is going to cause problems.

Because beyond being annoying, odds are good I’m going to end up stitching right through that extra fabric and making a big mess.

Check out all the tips for working with a really big piece of cross stitch fabric over at Hannah Hand Makes.

What’s the biggest cross stitch project you’ve ever made? I’d love to hear all about it!

[Photo: Hannah Hand Makes]

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