Skip the plastic forks and spoons throughout your subsequent picnic date, tenting journey or neighborhood barbecue! Comply with together with Bonnie Liston from Peppermint Journal to learn to sew your personal sustainable cutlery holder, good for conserving reusable utensils clear and comfy wherever you go.

Bonnie: As we enter the prime picnic months of summer time, our ideas flip to all types of enjoyable actions that contain consuming open air.

In fact, we’re all sustainably-minded people right here – attempting our greatest to eschew single-use plastic – however to take action, we’d like reusable utensils prepared handy! You may’t merely chuck all of them loosey-goosey inside your bag, getting that bizarre purse sand all up in your straw, or leftover meals residue in your good purse sand.

You want a wise resolution to maintain your utensils collectively, secure, clear and arranged. This easy-to-make material utensil holder is simply the ticket, and may be created with only one fats quarter of suitably summery material!

Minimize out two rectangles measuring 8 x 20” (20.3 cm x 51 cm) and two rectangles measuring 1.5” x 10” (3.8 cm x 25.4 cm) out of your material.

Take your two small skinny rectangles, fold in one among their quick edges by 1/5” (0.5 cm) and press down.

Fold one lengthy edge to the centre after which the opposite in order that they meet within the center, just like the course of of constructing bias tape, and press.

Fold the strip in half and stitch down alongside the open edge. It’s best to now have two neat little ties!

Place the 2 bigger rectangles on high of one another, proper sides going through, and stitch collectively alongside the sides leaving a spot of roughly 2” (5 cm) on the midway level of one of many lengthy edges.  
Utilizing this hole, pull the rectangle proper sides out and press flat.

To create the pocket the place the utensils will sit, fold up one of many quick edges of the rectangle by 5” (12.7 cm) and pin in place. It ought to be partially masking the hole within the rectangle seam.  
Earlier than you sew down the sides of the pocket, take your two tie items and tuck their uncooked edges inside the opening. Pin in place.

Prime-stitch round three edges of the rectangle, excluding the folded edge. This sews the pocket in place, closes the hole and attaches the tie items!

Divide the pocket into 5 equal sections of about 1.5” (3.8 cm) every and mark with material marker, chalk or pins. These will type the sections you retailer your utensils in so relying on what you might be planning to place in your wrap, it’s possible you’ll divide it up in another way.  
Rigorously topstitch down these traces to divide your pocket, ensuring to backstitch at first and finish to strengthen the stitching.

  
You’re completed! Pack up your cutlery and go end up a celebratory snack to eat in fashion!