With all the controversy over to use or not to use plastic bags, I am taking another approach! As a mother, and a grandmother, I cant begin to tell you how much outgrown clothes are laying around. I have began sewing these together and making my own reusable, recycled shopping bags, beach bags, and over nigth bags. Its easy, its fun, you can use any type of material, and for those who do not own a sewing machine, its easy simple enough to hand sew.