The plastic woven bags - are they made out of packing straps? Like the yellow and other colored straps that come around pallets of goods? I’ve seen those advertised and I thought they’d probably be some heavy duty bags. Those straps are impossible to break!
My grandparents lived through the Depression too. They literally lived off the land, from the garden Grammie tended to the baking she did, to the game Grampie shot. Storebought bread was a real treat, lol. I so admire the way my grandparents lived that although my life is nowhere near what theirs was, I’ve tried to emulate them in a lot of ways. If we all lived the way they did, we’d all be millionaires. No throwaway society then. We still have wool patchwork quilts made out of their winter coats after they got too worn to wear. Canning and home cooking, sewing everything, raising their food-theirs was a great generation, eh?
Sort of. I’m trying to find a way to describe them, but the best thing I am coming up with is plastic burlap. They plastic seems to have some fibers in it to make it strong. It is very strong and durable, perfect for lining a bag.
It really was an incredible, great generation of people. My grandparents and parents were very aware of waste. I am trying to be more like them and less wasteful and less thoughtless with our resources.
I can can and sew, but don’t do near as much as they did. I’m working on it, though.