India Bag!

Hi Green Bag Lady,

Greetings from India!

Attached is a picture of me using the bag on a recent trip to buy some fabric.

Many thanks.

Curry

Georgia Bag #5173!

Hi Teresa!

Thanks so much to you and the Bagettes and Bagette Dad for the bag I recently won during the Sew Mama Sew giveaway. I love the lightweight fabric - I can just wad it up and throw it in my purse!

I have been so inspired by your hard work and your mission, that I sewed several fabric bags to give away to my friends. I have one (maybe two if I sew some more handles!) left over and am giving it away on my blog. I'd love it if you would post my blog address on your blog so your readers can have a chance to win a bag from me. Spread the reusable bag love as it were. The giveaway starts tomorrow Tuesday June 29th and runs through Wednesday July 8th.

You are a true inspiration. Just sewing these few bags, I don't know how you keep up - even with the help of the Bagettes.

Some photos attached. The one above shows my daughter with your bag full of my bags for delivery to friends, and the one below shows the bag(s) I am giving away.

Click here for my blog.

Grace (from Georgia)


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Ok, you heard Grace, head on over to her blog for a chance to win a pretty blue bag! Thanks for the pics and kind words. Keep up the good work. Make bags and keep giving them away. That's what it's all about! Teresa

Belcourt Event Yesterday. . .

Wow, it was a hot one outside at the Belcourt Theater yesterday. The event was in conjunction with the screening of the movie, Food, Inc.

In the almost 100 degree heat, we gave out almost 100 bags. If you couldn't make it yesterday, please join us at our next event on July 11 at Fido Coffee Shop from 10-1 or until the bags are gone.

Here are some photos from the event. . . Teresa

Indonesia Bag!

Hi Teresa & Bagette Dad,

Thanks for the bag. I received it well and it's lovely.
Looks like I'm the first person from Indonesia who won your bag ;)
Well, as requested, here I attached pic of me and my bag. My mom had even asked me to borrow it for her next grocery shopping.
Big hug for you from Indonesia :)

Ira

Event Today!

Please join us here in Nashville at the Belcourt Theater for the Green Event in conjunction with the screening of Food Inc.

Green Bag Lady will be there handing out bags from 11-2 or until the bags are gone.

We would love to see you there! Teresa

OH, don't forget to leave a comment on the last post to win a gift bag! Bagette Dad tells me we still have some left to give away!

Bagette Kathleen. . .FREEBIE!

This is the wonderful Bagette Kathleen. She recently started making these cute little gift bags out of our scrap fabric and fabric samples. Isn't that a wonderful use of scraps? They are adorable and we have some to give away for FREE!

ANYONE, even if you have previously won a gift bag or other bag , is eligible to enter!!!!

To be entered for this FREEBIE, follow these instructions:

1. Leave a comment

2. In your comment, tell us what your favorite post is on the Green Bag Lady Blog and why

3. Leave your email address in the comment spelling out AT and DOT so you don't get spam.

4. Last day to leave a comment will be midnight Saturday, June 27, 2009.

Bagette Dad will pick the winners and contact you. Good luck, we look forward to reading your comments!

Teresa and the Bagettes

Saturday help?

The weekends are when I get most of my sewing done. The Bagettes and I meet on Sunday afternoon so I try to get as many bags serged as I can before we get together. I try to do between 100-150+ per week. The bags are then matched with handles (a favorite activity of yours truly AND little girl). I bring the bag sets to the Bagette meeting and the sets get a label ironed in them and markings for handles. They are then handed off to the handle sewers to work their magic.

The first 800+ bags I made myself and then all these lovely people (Bagettes) came out of the woodwork to help. Aren't they wonderful? If you are new to the blog, you can read about them here, here, here and here and here too!

Here are little man and little girl "helping" me sew this afternoon. . .


Here is little girl as she is sorting the serged handles to be cut tomorrow. . .


Check in tomorrow as I will be posting a FREEBIE!!! Teresa

Wisconsin Bag!

Thank you so much for the bag.  I have gotten a ton of use from her already.  I have only taken a few pictures though.  Here are a couple. - I posted them on my blog as well.  :)
 
Desiree Thompson

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Ok, just have to say that we here at Green Bag Lady LOVE that Desiree calls her bag "her" and that Miriam from Australia called us "Green bag lovelies." Thanks everyone, glad you are enjoying and USING your bags! Spread the word. Teresa

Aunt Frances

Teresa,
You wanted a picture of aunt Frances, so we went shopping with two of her bags, one of your bags and 2 of your produce bags. The clerk, Susie V, got a bag # 5844.

Bagette Dad

You can read more about Aunt Frances here and here.

What is summer without. . .

. . . lightning bugs in a jar? This is little man and little girl in the yard once again finding (torturing) the crawling creatures they happen upon. They caught two "lighting bugs" (according to little man) and promptly named them Sunny and Midnight. Little girl asked if they had a battery in them to light them up. It is a good question. . .


You may wonder why I post so much about my kids and bugs on a site dedicated to eradicating paper and plastic bags. Well, I am a little paranoid about my kids suffering from Nature Deficit Disorder as we live in a large city. I have the book, Last Child in the Woods that I found about a year ago. Ever since I have been encouraging my kids to spend as much time outside as possible. I want them to appreciate and fight for this gorgeous planet. If we don't instill this environmental awareness now. . . ok, enough preaching, have a great day! Teresa

Australia Bag!

Hi Green bag lovlies,

I am proud to announce that I have received and am already making good use of my green bag number 5142. I love the way I went thrift shop hopping the other day and used it for all my purchases, It's bigger than it looks too and fit heaps in it.

I tell everyone about the bag ( whether they ask or not !) I'm thinking you should franchise to Australia!!!

Thanks again so much.
Miriam in Australia

Mississippi Bag!

Hi! I just got your bag I won from the Sew Mama Sew giveaway in the mail yesterday. I was so excited that I used it on my trip to Wal-mart. It confused the cashier when I told her I wanted to use my own bags since she said that she had never seen anyone bring their own grocery bags before. Thank you so much, I'm so excited about being green. :)

P.S. Attached is my photo. Excuse the mess everywhere.

Jessica Wong aka JWo

This is so FABULOUS!

Harmony told me about this video and I HAD to share with all of you. This is HILARIOUS. Watch the whole thing. I laughed until I cried!

Have a wonderful evening! Teresa

Click HERE to watch the video.

Sew Mama Sew Bag!

Hi, Teresa - Thank you for the wonderful tote bag! Here is a picture of me using it. I'm headed to the library.

Thanks!
Stephanie Wilson

ENGLAND Bag!!!

Hiya!

I am the happy winner of green bag # 5119!

Thank you so very much. Attached is a picture of me enjoying my lovely bag... I'm going to mention it on my blog too and would be grateful if you could attach my url to the photo if you post it on yours... My site is http://skippedydoodah.wordpress.com

Thanks again! Love what ya do...

Skip

Nashville Bag #5658!

I love my new bag. I have attached a pic of it in use here in good old Music City. Thanks again. Very fun bag, and glad to be a Sew Mama Sew Freebie winner.

Kristi Smith

Good Gracious Green!

This is my bounty from my CSA today. Minus the zucchini. . .

The zucchini missed the photo shoot, this is why. . .

This is the first stage of "yummy muffins" in my favorite muffins liners (they NEVER stick!). . .

Can you smell them? They are amazing. The recipe is from my Aunt Frances. She is amazing. . .

Close up of the green veggie goodness that my kids love. Don't tell them they are healthy. . .

Here is the recipe. . .

Yummy Muffins--Aunt Frances

3 eggs
1/4 c. butter, melted
oil
2 c. sugar
3 c. zucchini, grated
3 tsp. vanilla
3 c. flour
3 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. baking powder

Beat eggs. Add oil to melted butter to measure 1 cup. Add eggs. Add sugar, nuts, zucchini, and vanilla. Mix well. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and baking powder. Mix well. Pour into muffin liners in a muffin pan. Sprinkle a little cinnamon/sugar on the top. Bake 325 degrees for about 45 minutes or until top is golden brown and tooth pick comes out clean. ENJOY!

Thanks Frances. I hope you all make yummy muffins and gobble them up! Teresa

California Bag!

Hi Teresa!

I'm SOOOO sorry it's taken me so long to get a picture to you, but here it is......finally! Thanks again for the bag, we get TONS of use from it, it's awesome! Take care!

Kimberly

Memphis Bag!

Teresa--

Sorry about the dark image but we do all our grocery shopping at night at the 24 hour grocery store!

Jonathan

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Jonathan is a sculptor I met at a conference in LA in February, check out his site by clicking on his name. Thanks for the photo Jonathan, keep using that bag! Teresa

Little Nashville Bag Lady!

Teresa,

The girls and I each received a free fabric shopping bag from you at the local "green" event last weekend (Green Wagon). We usually use fabric bags for grocery shopping anyway (when mommy remembers to bring them), but we think these are really cute. Grace even slept with hers the first night. So we thought we'd spread the word and encourage all of our friends and family to lose the plastic and paper...and go fabric!

This is a picture of my youngest, Lila Rose, modeling the bags.

Sarah

Too good not to share. . .

Scroll half way down the page and watch an excerpt from the latest series from Mike Judge (King of the Hill) called 'The Goode Family.' The link is here.

Don't let this happen to you! Remember your Green Bag Lady bag wherever you go. NOT made in a sweatshop. Lovingly made by hand by me and the Bagettes!! Teresa

Sew, Mama, Sew Freebie UPDATE. . .

If you have read through the blog, you will know that my father is one of the main helpers with this project. His name is David and he goes by Bagette Dad. I have many other helpers as well who sew, cut and iron, they are the Bagettes.

My father is contacting all the winners for the Sew, Mama, Sew Freebie. There are MANY of you! Thanks for the great response. You may want to check your junk mail to see if Bagette Dad's email is in there.

All winners have been notified by their email address. Names of winners will NOT be posted here except for:
1) FIRST REPLY: Erica from Michigan
2) FIRST INTERNATIONAL REPLY: Lexa from AUSTRALIA
3) NEW COUNTRY: Kavling from INDONESIA
4) NEW COUNTRY: Anastasia from SLOVAKIA
5) CLOSEST REPLY: Laura and Kristi from Nashville

So far, the Green Bag Lady project has given away 5426 FREE handmade fabric bags. You can read the names of all the recipients and their bag numbers if you scroll down the RIGHT column. You can see a list of all the cities and countries the bags are in if you scroll down the LEFT column.

Thanks! Congrats to all the many winners, enjoy your bags! Also, join the Green Bag Lady initiative for a greener life and start sewing your own bags and giving them away too! The pattern and how to video are in the RIGHT column.

Don't forget to email me a photo of you using your bag! My email address will be on the tag inside your bag.

Green Bag Lady Teresa

Canada Bag TEAM, Mother and SON!

Hi, Teresa
 
Sorry it's taken so long, but in all honesty, I don't know where the time goes! And so quickly! We did receive the bags you sent, and my son, Ian, was thrilled with his, as was I. I show them off all the time.

Here's a pic of my son sewing one of his bags. Between the two of us we have made about twenty bags. And following your lead, I've given a few of them to my friends (but I've kept Ian's bags for myself!!!)
 
I recently remembered some fabric I had bought for pillowcases ages ago, that never got made. It has Veggie Tales on it! Guess what I'm turning it into!!!
 
Thanks again, you really are an inspiration.
Jen and Ian in Canada