Book bags

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The second thing on my list of things to make was book bags. The school librarian has had the idea of doing her bit to reduce the use of plastic by using book bags instead of putting the books into plastic covers. So instead of the books being semi-permanently encased in a protective cover, they will be slipped into a small fabric bag for protection in transit. I have to say I’m not convinced this will work. I imagine most pupils will be handed a book in one of these bags, they’ll get home, toss the bag aside and it will never be seen again. A while later some irritated parent will probably pick it off their offspring’s bedroom floor and throw it away. (The idea that the younger generation is more environmentally-minded, less wasteful etc. is, in my experience, a complete myth). Nevertheless we felt we ought to do our bit to support the school and the librarian’s efforts, so I gathered together some suitable fabrics from my collection. I delivered a bundle of fabric to school one day when I was passing, but saved the rest for us to use (the librarian had emailed round some instructions) so yesterday afternoon we set to work. It’s true they are very simple and quick to make; each one only takes about ten minutes or less. Both girls made one each and I made three. It would be easy to make several more but I do have a backlog of (more difficult) sewing projects so I should really get on with those, but at least we can feel we contributed, and I got to use up some random scraps of material I had had hanging around for years. The only snag was that once we had made them, we rather liked them and started to have second thoughts about giving them away! Now both girls want to make bags for themselves. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2024.