Bento bags

© Carrie Bostick Hoge Furoshiki is a traditional Japanese method for wrapping objects with fabric, and today it has become the essential element in gift-giving in Japan. Instead of wrapping an obje…

This is a step by step tutorial on how to sew a Beginner Japanese Bento Bag. This is a simple sewing project that anyone with basic sewing skills

This bento bag tutorial needs to be shared. Because if I - the most mediocre seamstress of all - can whip it up simply, it means it's the perfect zero waste project.

Are we really still talking about Bento Bags? Yes we are. After trial and error, I have devised a method to making lined, reversible bento bags using one-third the fabric of the last tutorial that …

With a traditional Japanese Azuma Bukuro design, our 'Tanuka' bento bag has been made with indigenous ‘Kala’ cotton. We like to call them ‘an anyting bag’. Use them for storing veggies and fruits, as a project or gift bag, as a travel organizer or to carry your lunch box! Pair them with our travel cutlery wrap for a waste free lunch. ‘Kala’ cotton is an old world indigenous cotton variety from Kachchh, Gujarat, India and is by nature sustainable and organic, being cultivated without the use…

Start with a fabric square. End with a beautiful bento bag. Fill these sturdy bags with lunches, gym clothes, Halloween candy and gifts this holiday season.

Start with a fabric square. End with a beautiful bento bag. Fill these sturdy bags with lunches, gym clothes, Halloween candy and gifts this holiday season.

Every year I like to make something quick and fun for friends. Last year, it was bento bags—little furoshiki tie bags that can carry a bento box, a sandwich, or a tupperware or pyrex container with your lunch. They also make good produce bags. And a knitting friend uses hers to carry her yarn around her wrist while she knits. A while back, at a crafty retreat with The Makerie (highly recommended, check them out!) , I received my lunch in a sweet little linen sack that tied at the top. I…

We never shy away from Valentine's day and have always marked it in some way. Whether it is with a dinner out or in, gifts or just flowers,...