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Pokeyfire
Farmgirl in Training
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Kerry
Alamogordo
New Mexico
USA
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 Posted - Dec 03 2015 : 5:59:09 PM
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HELP!
I have come into some large coffee bags. They feel kinda burlapy.
I need some ideas for what to do with them.
I was thinking tote and messenger bags. Then I thought mug rugs or tablet covers might be fun.
Then it dawned on me that I have never made any of these things or used coffee bags before. Can you even sew coffee bags? Do they fray?
Pokeyfire
Farmgirl #6712
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7546 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
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Posted - Dec 03 2015 : 9:16:54 PM
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Coffee bags could be sewn, but might be a little rough on a sewing machine. Since they are made of more twine-like threads they would shed a lot and the dust/filaments could get into the sewing machine mechanism and collect there, then they could harm the machine.
You could possibly make totes with them, but I would line them with fabric. I'm not sure the bags would be suitable for mug rugs, but you could try it.
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Dec 04 2015 : 2:41:53 PM
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Kerry, I agree with Linda(quiltee).
Hugs,
Laurie
Country girl at heart
"Smile and be yourself everyday."
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Pokeyfire
Farmgirl in Training
48 Posts
Kerry
Alamogordo
New Mexico
USA
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Posted - Dec 06 2015 : 12:18:43 PM
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Okay good. Thanks girls.
Pokeyfire
Farmgirl #6712
Rain soothes the soul. Sunshine makes everything right. |
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ClaireSky
True Blue Farmgirl
1792 Posts
Julie
Arcadia
WI
USA
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Posted - Dec 06 2015 : 2:55:46 PM
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I would stretch them around a frame and hang them up... would be cute anywhere.
Julie 
Farmgirl #399
May 2010 Farmgirl of the Month
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Dec 06 2015 : 7:13:54 PM
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a trick I used when I sewed burlap curtains for one of my little trailers,,, I ran a piece of masking tape down the burlap(topside) where your stitching will be...to control the fibers from clogging my sewing machine as well as the burlap fibers from shifting... and be sure to change out to a new needle after you have finished sewing your burlap. Also clean out the shaft and your bobbin casing and housing area after sewing on burlap.
>^..^<
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