Bread Bags

I stitched together a few bread bags this past week. They only took about 20-minutes each, so super easy.

I have noticed that the plastic bags do lend themselves a bit of plastic-y taste to the bread. So, I thought I'd try these towel-linen bags. What I love about them? They are "natural", they don't leave a taste on the bread, they look super nice. What I'm disappointed about? They don't hold the moisture in quite enough for my taste, so the outside of the bread gets hard and a little dry.

So, I'm now wondering if they make something in oilcloth that is as cute as these:



The first bag was 16" x 18" and didn't quite fit my "fat" loaf (I have one bread pan that is slightly bigger than the other, I call that one my "fat" loaf). It cost about $2.60 to make (not including the thread and the string I already had on hand)

The second bag was 16" x 24" fit both breads, but the draw-string close is a little thick and a mite difficult to get it closed. It was $3.50 for fabric. They also had lots of cute types of fabric, but the red was my favorite.