Utility Quilt

[joceannora]

Following Links can lead to some intersting stuff.

This link comes from linking back to rdg1983's journal because I notice the photo she posted in lj_photophile was taken in Lake Oswego which is near me, so while perusing her journal I find the How To Make A Utility Quilt video she linked to from BlogSpot.

People are making them for Haiti victims, but I can see the practical use in the back yard and SCA camping. And I don't know about you, but when you forget your reusable bag, groceries always seem more practcal in plastic than paper till you look in the garage and find you've now collected over a million plastic bags because, well because you like to eat and you have to get the groceries home somehow and you'd like to do that without having to think about how many trees are killed to make paper bags.

Did that make any sense? I'm still on my first cup of coffee this morning so if it didn't, just suck it up and watch the video.

Comments

[saminz.livejournal.com]

That makes a lot of sense, actually!

Nice idea. I always feel a bit annoyed in your supermarkets because you can rarely pack your stuff yourself and always end up with at least 3 plastic bags. Here, many of us carry textile bags which will last for a decade - they're washable, foldable and practically weightless.

[ms-issicran.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree fully. I do have many reusable bags, none of which are available to me when I pop in on my way from somewhere else, or Son forgets to take them when he goes shopping.

The only downside I see to this is when she notes that your space needs to be well ventilated - if you can smell burning plastic you're breathing it in. Plastic coated lungs wouldn't be my first choice, not to mention the toxins you put in the air in general by this process.

[saminz.livejournal.com]

I don't think you'll get all that many toxic particles in the air, with that paper in between.
Enough to get a bit dizzy, probably :-).