Sewing to save some cash

The kids and I are out and about during lunch time a lot, and I always pack our lunches. I usually go through Ziplocs like crazy, but a lot of the time it's for things that don't make too much of a mess in the bag (e.g., carrots, dry cereal). So yesterday I used some scrap pieces of fabric to make some reusable, sandwich-size bags. Because a lot of the waterproof fabrics available are not food-safe (and the ones that claim to be are still suspect, I think), I used plain cotton on both the outside and inside and will wash the bags in the regular laundry. (Actually, one of the bags in the first picture does have a waterproof outside layer; it's a laminated cotton.) I played around with snaps and velcro closures and will see which we end up preferring.