Bread bag that prevents mold: how to make
Learn how to make a linen bag to avoid moldy bread
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Moldy bread is a waste of work, money, flour and other ingredients. And the worst thing is that often, when the bread bag is made of plastic and mold contaminates it, recycling is impossible. On the other hand, when the mold contaminated bread sack is made of cellulose, it is possible to make home recycling through domestic composting. However, the ideal is that the bread does not become moldy. And one way to avoid moldy bread is to store it in a suitable bread bag. Understand how:
Linen bag to avoid moldy bread
To achieve the mission of zero bread waste, an alternative is to replace the ordinary bread bag with a linen bag.
Linen is an inexpensive and perfect material for storing bread. Widely used by the French for centuries, linen was the ideal solution for storing bread before the arrival of plastics.
Another environmental benefit of using a linen bag of bread is that each time you buy bread at the bakery, you can take your linen bag to the baker to use as a replacement for the disposable bread bag. This way you will reduce your disposable waste generation.
Advantages of using linen as a bread bag:
- Bread "breathes" better because linen allows air to pass through;
- Keeps bread in the dark preventing the development of unwanted organisms;
- The linen bread bag can be hung on a hook off the counter leaving more room for other items;
- It is washable;
- Keeps bread dry, which prevents mold growth;
- It's portable;
- Avoid using a disposable bread bag
How to make
Materials
- Pre-washed linen (or raw cotton fabric)
- Sewing machine
- Sewing thread
- Measuring tape
- Scissors
- Iron
- Paper clips or pins
Step by step
- Cut the linen into a rectangular shape in the measures: 40 cm x 30 cm;
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- Fold the linen in half joining the two long edges, join right and right of fabric;
- With the fabric inside out, sew (with a straight stitch) the side and bottom of the linen bag;
- To make the string for the linen bag, cut a strip of linen 4 cm wide x 46 cm long;
- Fold the strip in half lengthwise. Iron on low temperature, just to mark; and sew the cord lengthwise;
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- Fold a few millimeters from both ends of the cord and sew them to finish;
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- With the linen bag still inside out, fold three centimeters from the top of it and iron at low temperature to mark the seam allowance;
- Sew this top edge, leaving a small opening to insert the cord;
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- Place a paperclip (or a pin) over the end of the cord and thread the cord until it appears on the other side;
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- Adjust the cord and remove the clip;
- Finally, turn the linen bag over to the right side and see how your sewing work looks like.
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This walkthrough is an easy way to make your linen bread bag, but you can also decorate and make it in a variety of sizes. You can even make other types of linen bags to present dear ones with homemade bread, imagine how delicious it is?
