Not only were all the materials for the wrap from stash, they were all scraps left from former projects! Even the fusible interfacing which I ended up doing a little piecing to get to cover. That feels so good to use!
I’ll keep this in my vehicle for when I grab lunch while I am out on errands “in town” 25 miles from the house. I avoid fast food, but also don’t want to sit down somewhere for “real” food, so often get something from a grocery store deli. Since I don’t want to take yet more plastic flatware home OR toss it which means I end up with something handheld when sometimes I’d much rather have a salad or soup. Now I can!
I have kept paper straws in my glove box for the last few years for when I can’t forgo the straw altogether because of lids/spill-potential. While a biodegradable straw is way better than a plastic one, it’s still not as good as a reusable one. I already had a set of straws (and the brushes to clean them), but had to buy the spoon and fork. I looked for the flattest flatware I could and found it at a thrift store that supports families in need in my county.
AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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Such a simple idea…I also like to go to deli’s or to premade foods sections of our grocery store for a quick meal…the plastic stuff is wasteful and not very sturdy!
If I take a fork or spoon, I tend to forget it in the car and find it weeks (or months) later in the back seat…gross…this would solve all the issues…
Love that you used stash and such a happy fabric…
Nice project!
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This has been on my to do list for ages! Yours is so bright and cheerful!
Ooh, nice. I have one of these that’s store-bought, but it doesn’t close all the way on the sides so I keep meaning to make one that keeps the dust out.
Today, I saw some inspirational chopsticks in the store and picked them up, I have the same idea, essentially to make a pouch to store the chopsticks so they are portable and reusable. I love your idea!
I spend some time mulling that over and considered using some oilcloth that was in my stash to make the pouch. Each of the ideas I had in mind for the container would have been hard to clean due to small size, so I decided on just fabric. I figure I’ll give it a try to just put the dirties in whatever wrapping the food comes in or into the dirty napkin. I already keep a stash of cloth napkins in my vehicle!
I made a chopstick pouch about 10 years ago for my mom!
@mellybelly81 Oh, that was more a comment on the non-flatness of any extra flatware we have in the house, thus needed to pick some up. All of ours have pretty chunky handles, because I am a weirdo about the comfort and fit of flatware! These are just stamped out of sheet metal. I thought I got a pic of the handles, but instead I got two of them inserted all the way! D’oh!
@LemonHillKnitting Oh, gosh… if I do they are on a tucked away external hard drive somewhere. It’s been so long, I don’t even remember how it fastened.
@TheMistressT I was thinking about using a kam snap on a triangle to close it off. Also thinking about the design. A simple silk printed fabric with a solid silk lining. What do you think? Here are the chopsticks I bought for my project.
Sounds really pretty! The chopsticks are pretty too! I do remember I used a pretty woven silk that had been a sample swatch from a home decor shop that was selling their old samples . It was shades of green with cherry blossoms on branches. I forget how it was lined.
