Milk Bag Mats

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Milk bag mats. If you have materials that meet the requirement and would like to donate please pm. How to weave a milk bag mat part 2 4 steps on to cut the bags into strips. I first heard about it when i was talking with some women at a local coffee group. The mats protect people from dampness biting insects and the common paper cuts from leaves reeds.
A 2 x 3 foot mat takes approximately 100 bags to complete. The masks will be used for the approved visitors and discharged patients to free up much needed supplies for our health care workers. Now granted they have several groups and organizations schools clubs senior centers etc. How to weave a milk bag mat part 1.
213 likes 2 talking about this. They were weaving mats at a rate of more than 5 mats a day. Not only can these milk bag mats provide comfort as a bedding alternative but have been used by health care professionals as a make ready substitute for an operating bed table where resources are scarce. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.
The milk bag mat group retooled their production lines to manufacturer masks for health care. The milk bag mats offer people without beds an invaluable durable and washable alternative to sleeping on the often cold and damp ground. Since the devastating earthquake in haiti there is a desperate need for these mats. The milk bags are cut into strips that are then woven into colourful mats.
Making milk bag mats. Northwest haiti christian mission canada has a mats 4 haiti program that distributes milk bag sleeping mats and totes for people in haiti. Milk bags can also be crocheted into tote bags and other useful items such as pillows. Community matting groups collect the bags from drop off bins at grocery stores churches and other local centres.
We transform milk bags into sleeping mats for the homeless and needy. Milk bag sleeping mats thorold ontario. Fold in half again. This feel great activity is great for all ages to.
The thing that really got me was the rate at which they were making the mats.