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MAKE A FORAGING BAG

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Gjesteinnlegg av forfatter og illustratør Viviane Schwarz MAKE A FORAGING BAG Here’s a pouch for collecting berries and other small edible things! It is made from a piece of a sturdy shopping bag, lined with umbrella fabric. It attaches to your belt, and if any berries get squished in it the juice won't leak,  and it's easy to clean. Here are the instructions - I kept them simple, only straight stitch on a sewing machine. If you can sew a bit, you can make your own easily, if you can sew well you can improve on the basic design. You need a sturdy shopping bag or ikea bag for the outside, and the fabric of a broken umbrella or tent or one of those shopping bags made from that kind of stuff, a sewing machine and some sturdy cord (that's all things that wash up on the beach a lot I guess, if you want to be maximum thrifty). If you are good at pinning fabric for sewing, use pins. If not, use masking tape instead (I had a roll of washi tape to hand, p...