Christmas gift
 

While shopping at a flea market, a friend expressed interest in a clothespin bag but didn't buy it. I found a pattern for one here http://madewithlovebyhannah.com/WordPress/?p=136 and had some polyester fabric I didn't want, so this is the result.

I changed the pattern a little bit and used fabric/things that I had, and some things I did didn't work out too well. I lined the fabric (cut out two pieces of each pattern piece) and did French seams. I should have clipped the curves before finishing the last seam and maybe I wouldn't have the puckering around the curves. Also, I added the binding to the neckline before sewing together. I had to re-do the neck binding in the back because there was too much bulk when sewing it all together.

IF I ever make another one (I don't know too many people who still hang out their clothes), I think I would enlarge the pattern a little bit so that it fit a regular sized wooden hanger. The hanger for this pattern needs to be 13.5 inches across and a regular wooden hanger is about 16 inches.

That is cute !!

That is super cute! You're right. I don't know many people who hang out clothes anymore either. I couldn't do it here - the birds would wreck them!

Very cute!!! Wish I had an outdoor clothesline--miss that fresh air smell on clothes!

That is too cute! Wish I still had a clothesline to hang my sheets and pillowcases...nothing smells fresher than air and sun dried linens!

Very cute.
I still hang my clothes out year around and I live in Pennsylvania.

You did a great job. It is adorable.
Marilyn

I love hanging my clothes out! That is adorable! Thanks for the link.

I love that - it reminds me of my granny - she always hung her clothes out and I loved her cute clothes pin bags - she had a couple of different ones that she made.

It's adorable..... I might have to make one of these for myself. I hang clothes out on the line often.

This is so cute. I hang all my dress clothes in the washroom and get to use my pin bag often.

I just love it I to still hang my bed covers out

That is so cute! How can you wait until Christmas to give it to her?

That is very cute! I still hang clothes out year round, but I use an ice cream bucket. May have to make me one of those!!

Just darling. I miss my large clothesline-have a small one on back deck. Loved hanging clothes out.

I have a similar pattern, but it is used to put stockings in, or fine scarfs. They have many uses, your ideas are the only limit.

I love hanging out my blankets, bedspreads, sheets, etc., especially in the spring and summer. And pillows - they smell so great after hanging outside. I will sometimes put the different articles in the dryer for a final "fluff" but it sure can save on power!

How clever are you? I love your creation.

Thanks for the memories - I am sure both my grandmothers used these. I think I will have to make one for me.

Oh gosh. I remember the clothespin holders on our clothesline so well. This one is adorable.

SO cute ! I used to have one of these - as did all the women in my family. I still look outside and sigh on sunny days and wish i had a clothes line to hang the linens out. They always smelled like sunshine afterward.

Maybe a child size hanger would work with this - it's gorgeous!

OH how very cute !! I may have to make that for my "solar dryer" aka a clothes line ! (many of the HOA's are now letting you have a solar dryer to save on electrical usage in the area. Thank goodness I live in an unincorporated area and have one! ..LOL)

Thats adorable...I hang out my clothes...love bringing the outdoor smell indoors with the clothes.

Oh my. I used to make those out of my daughter's outgrown little dresses. The old is the new isn't it?

I'm happy sharing this little project brought back memories for you! I had hubby cut down one of our wooden hangers and made a little cover from the same fabric to slip over the wood part. I bought some plastic clothespins and the gift is ready to be wrapped :)

Very cute. I used to have a clothespin bag, but don't use clothespins any more, so have no idea what happened to it. Don't even have clotheslines any more.

Thank you for your service to our country, IrishgalfromNJ.

that is so cute...

very cute!!!!

So cute - I need one just for decoration in the laundry area with the clothespins. I do have a few things out. I use the color plastic clothes pins as decorations for the Christmas tree I put in the laundry area each year.

You did a wonderful job on the clothespin holder! Couldn't you just add 2 inches to the length of each sleeve to make it fit a standard wooden hanger rather than try to find a hanger to fit the holder?