Clothes Pin Bags for the Guild
 

Our guild has a booth at the local quilt show every year and asks each of us to make some things to sell as fund raisers.

I came up with a few ideas for Clothes Pin Bags (peg bags for your out of the USA folks). For not having much experience with them, I think they turned out kinda cute!

One of these will be going to my August secret pal :)
Thanks for looking
Chris

How cute redstilettos! They would work for recycling grocery bag storage too, wouldn't they?

Oh I love these! Where can I get a pattern? There are so many people I could gift these to!

Those are so cute, great job !

I love them. If I still had a clothesline, I would definitely steal your pattern. I bet they sell really quick.

They are as cute as could be, but not very many people I know are still using clotheslines. In fact, they are banned in our neighborhood! Could you make them larger for hauling something else? Groceries are a great idea.

Using for grocery store plastic bags is a great idea, too!

RJ: I got it online for free from Moda. The patchwork dress I made as directed, but then I modified it a bit so I could make one look like the cowgirl and the maid.

They were really pretty easy. Good luck! :)

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2015/01/clothespin-bag.html

These are adorable! Terrific job. :thumbup:

Oh what fun!

I particularly like the Maid's Uniform! :)

Very cute and sure to sell fast.

These are too cute. I had one year go and recently made one for my son.

Very cute ! My clothes pins are kept in a 65 year old child-size galvanized pail - it was a gift to me when I was a little kid.

Those are awesome!! I use clothespins both at home, and at the cabin. Keep them in an old ice cream bucket. Those would be way cuter. Thanks for the pattern link!

Adorable!! Now my mind is spinning for things I could keep in one of these since I don't use a clothesline (too many birds...).

Thanks for the pattern! And how/why are clothes lines banned in your neighbourhood sillysusan? Surely you can do what you like in your own back garden!

In the Land of the Free, many neighborhoods have rules about things like this... some are really quite strict such as what color you can paint your house, what kind of fence you can have, what kind of pet you can keep... etc.

I know, it's crazy. Life in the 21st Century!!

These are adorable. They all have their own personality! :)

Red, thank you for posting this!
My bag is in shreds.
They are adorable!

Very cute but few people use clothes lines in the US. Mostly the Amish and Mennonites.

I have a clothes line. I'm one lucky person to have it and use it too.

I don't use a clothes line, but I do use clothes pins. I find many uses for them in the house.

I still use mine, mostly in Spring and Fall.

Very cute!

those are too cute! Thinking of all the things they could be used for - make them "theme appropriate: and

hang them in the closet and put pantyhose in them
hang them in the room or closet and put little boys or girls socks in them (save drawer space)
hang them in the closet and put dog leashes, poop bags, etc. ready for the walk

They are so cute, hang them in your laundry room and put whatever you want in them!

Thanks for the pictures...they are too cute!

decorate appropriately

NoraB, those are great ideas, hope others can share their thoughts so we all can make some of them.

In our RV park in Florida - I think at least half the people dry their clothes on lines.

My sister in CA uses a clothesline for drying things.

Those are so adorable. Especially like the black one. Nice workmanship

Those are adorable. I still use my mom's old bag and the top edges are fraying. Thanks for the link-love modabakeshop.

Wow I have learnt a lot about clothes lines in the US! LolAnd as for all the rules... We have some new housing developments with some rules I think but generally if you own your property you can do what you like (which is as it should be imo).

Lots of people in the UK use washing lines - often a rotary one but ‘straight’ ones too. Why pay to use a dryerbhen mother nature does it for free? Plus you can’t beat the smell of clothes straight off the line!

I am already halfway through my first peg bag!

Those are too cute, Red! And tons of people still use clotheslines. There's nothing so peaceful as hanging clothes outside, and nothing smells as good as sheets dryed in the breeze. There's still a lot of interest in saving energy by hanging clothes on the line. I think the bags should sell well!

Cute projects. I would have to find another use for them as I haven't had clothes pins for years. LOL

Post pics! :)

Those are not kinda cute but just precious! thanks for the site, I think I will make some for plastic storage bags and use for Christmas gifts. Thanks for sharing and for the new idea for a Christmas gift. I try to make something different each year for the 3 ladies in my hubby's office and these will be great. I think they would make a cute bag for putting hosiery in for those who still use them, also as a neat bag to use for something when traveling. So many things they could be used for. Thanks again for sharing.

Thanks for the inspiration red! Here is my first attempt - it was good fun.

I love these. My current clothes pin bag is a Clorox bottle with a small cut in the handle and a large opening cut in the opposite side of the bottle. :-). Perhaps I should make a new one. (The dark dripping inside is from dying fabrics——This is what makes having clothes pins fun!)

RJ yours turned out GREAT! I love the little addition of the lace edging. Very cute!

Gerbie, these stitch out quickly, so for 3 of them you'll be done in no time!

My friend said she wants to make one for her mom for Christmas, too. She's in her 80s and still hanging out the laundry. Wowza!

Thanks! Yes they stitch really quickly - even a novice like me managed it easily enough. My mum’s seen it and already demanded one! Lol

Those are just too cute! I might make one just to have or find another use for one.

I would love to be able to use a clothesline outside. I love the smell of clean sheets fresh off the line.
But I am allergic to so many different types pollen it's not feasible.

Out of curiosity, what ways do you find to use them around the house?

To Red: Those aprons are absolutely adorable!!! I still hang out some of my clothes on the line so that the dryer won't shrink my clothes. I also think that the clothes stay newer looking for a longer period of time when they don't get tumbled in the dryer.

Since, my last clothes pin holder is almost in shreds (it was my mom's and is probably 60 years old), I definitely need to retire it to the 'old clothes pile and make me a new one. Thanks for the link to the pattern.