My idea too. Probably do the whole thing for less than $1.

Pick up a baby 12 month size and sew the bottom closed and use a coathanger to slide across the clothesline. You can usually p/u a dress at thrift store or yard sale for 25 cents

I just made one from one of my husband's chambray work shirts. Cut off the arms and across below the front pockets. Then angled from the yoke seam (about 2-3" out from the collar seam) to just below the arm. Sewed from the top of the armhole to the bottom, across the body of the shirt and then angled back across the other armhole & up to the collar/upper arm. To be sure it doesn't slide on the hanger, I put a piece of elastic inside the back of the collar to put the hanger through. I even still have workable pockets if I can think of anything to use them for.

One of the things I like about it, is that I can unbutton the shirt to get to the bottom of the bag as I use up the pins.

Do you have a picture of that? Sounds neat!

I had the same problem this week. Just started hanging my sheets & jeans outside on a line I strung up on my back porch. The pins break apart on the first pressure put on 'em. Aghhhhh. Maybe I can find some plastic ones somewhere????

sorry - doubel post.

I am using my aunts clothes pin bag now.

I can hardly wait for the first days that I can hangclothes out side. DEB.

My sister made a clothes pin bag using a little girls dress, by stitching the bottom closed,and stitching a clothes hanger at the shoulders.

Go to your favorite thrift store and look for a size 18 months or size 2 little boys short sleeve button down the front cotton shirt. Sew up the button placket about two or three buttons, leaving room to get your hand in and out easily. Then lay the shirt out flat so the side seams of the shirt are the sides of the bag and sew the bottom shut.
Sew a little ribbon loop on the center of the back of the collar and put it on a clothes hangar putting the hook of the hangar through the ribbon loop so it won't come off the hangar. Eureka! A darling clothespin bag! Takes all of about 10 minutes.

I love to hang our clothes out on warm to hot days.
I just posted a new bag I made a couple of weeks ago. I cut a bag up I got from a past friend and whose fabric choice I did not like and copied the pattern from that. Since I do not know where it came from, I don't think I should share it.
However, follow the links some have posted and then tweak those patterns for your bag.
I think I posted all pics of this under Pictures. Just Search clothespin bag. Tru-Value hardware is where I got some of my pins. Of course the others I use are over 35 years old and stll in good condition because I alway's take them off the line and bring the bag inside.

To me the dress seems hard to get in and out of. I wanted something I could access easily. I used a new dish towel and a hanger. I found the idea somewhere on line. To dress it up I appliqued a wool running bunny and some "pennies". It turned out cute. It was a little tricky because the towel I used wanted to stretch.

Very cute --thank you for sharing

I hang my clothes out on the line this morning.

Here it is. The elastic sewn inside the back of the collar keeps it from sliding off the hanger, but it's still easily removable. And the capacity volume is adjustable depending on how many buttons you leave open.

Thanks for the visual!

I still use one that I made from a dress I made for my daughter when she was about 2 or 3. She's now 45 years old. The dress is really ugly but I wouldn't part with it for anything.

I did something like this with a little girl's skirt - about size 6. Sewed the bottom shut and put the frame from my old clothespin bag in the waistband. So cute!

Hanging out clothes is the "green" thing to do and they smell FANTASTIC! Take that, silly husband. :)
As for neighborhoods that don't want clothes lines: Our daughter wanted one and wasn't sure about the "rules" We bought her an umbrella-style clothesline with a sleeve to hold it that stays in the ground. Then I made a cover for it as it is folded up for storage. She starts the load of clothes, runs out with the clothes line, sets it up and hangs the clothes. When they are dry, the line/frame is folded,covered and stored in the garage. No one really has time to complain, especially if they are all at work during the day.