Comments on: CraftSanity On TV: A Potato Bag Tutorial For Microwaving Tasty Potatoes On The Fly

By: ANNE

ANNE — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:32:08 +0000

Is it ok to bake a sweet potato in one? I made one for my niece and she baked a sweet potato in hers and it caught fire, and I used everything 100% cotton. Could you tell me what could have happened to have caused that?

By: Jean

Jean — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:48:06 +0000

I’ve been making potato bags with the cotton batting which come out fairly thick. I’ve been reading about using cotton flannel & wonder if I’m sacrificing quality for a cheaper version & if it does as well. Am stuck in a quandry!! Help!!

By: Julieann

Julieann — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:46:53 +0000

It would be interesting to know the wattage of the microwaves for those that had scorching issues. I just ordered the batting to make some and my microwave is 1100 watts. Am curious to know if the wattage has anything to do with it?

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:31:33 +0000

I have made these with the potato batting and I have made them with muslin in the middle of two pieces of cotton fabric… I also have one that I purchase at a flea market that has just one piece of cotton with one piece of flannel.. I am going to try to make that one next… My opion, all three work just fine… must be all cotton materials though… thanks for sharing.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:34:13 +0000

I had never heard of using a fabric bag before. That’s neat. I just use pull out a Ziploc bag and I don’t seal it. I do poke hole a cut off the ends. I hadn’t heard you didn’t need to. I’ll have to try that. :)

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:36:20 +0000

I also made this bag with all cotton and it did scorch mostly at
the overlap areas, even checking every 2 minutes. But the
potato did come out great!

By: Kay

Kay — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:10:38 +0000

Great idea!

By: Kay

Kay — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:03:18 +0000

Make your own bag?

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:00:24 +0000

Ive made these bags…and just wanted to send everyone a tip when sewing…..Use your walking foot it will help get over the thickness of the fabrics….Trish :)

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:16:32 +0000

Thanks! What are the cutting measurements?