so I was super thrilled when I realized my great-grandma’s handkerchiefs could be decontaminated from scent, mold, etc. using milk (soak 2 hrs in full fat milk, rinse very thoroughly, repeat) I decided first off I would make at least one bag. I love bags/organization and a means to grab my cross stitch in a hurry to work on outside, etc. do i sewed up the sides. Then I looked at it and thought, how am I gonna make casing for a string, with fabric so thin, and so little of it. Then God put an idea in my head–grosgrain ribbon!! My husband happened to be in the city headed to Hobby Lobby that day! So I called him and he came home with the PERFECT shade of pink, and it truly worked perfectly. I folded it in half and sewed it around the top for a casing, add a fabric scrap “string” and voila!
