Clothspin bag
07-24-2011, 08:01 AM
#51
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Originally Posted by MistyMarie
I didn't know that these existed... I hang out my sheets, but not my clothes. I always take my clothespins off the line each time and store them in a small container, but I really like this idea!
PS Love Colorado, must get back there again soon.
07-24-2011, 08:28 AM
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I had bought a simple one many years ago and when the fabric rotted, I just used it to make a pattern from it. The dress ones are so cute I just may do that when I need a new one. I can't hang clothes out that much, especially with the wet spring/summer we are having here in W WA.
07-24-2011, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by ellenmg
Oh I love to hang my sheets on the line... Got to make a bag as the cheesy dollar store one I have falls off the line. But someone tell me, where can I buy the good old fashion clothespins???? I had to get a smaller, flimsy version...They do not hold heavy things well at all.... Oh what I would give for a decent clothespin! :thumbup:
And you're right, the newer ones are cheesy! These old ones last forever, if they get discolored, I soak them in bleach solution and dry out in the sun on a table.
07-24-2011, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by true4uca
I bought some tiny denim bib shorts, at thrift store, sewed the bottom shut= pin bag.
Where we lived in the city you could not have clotheslines. Now we can, to help cut down on elec. use.
Where we lived in the city you could not have clotheslines. Now we can, to help cut down on elec. use.
07-24-2011, 08:58 AM
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Love hanging out laundry for the bright fresh feel of the clothes. Sorry to say, (shamefully) that I keep the pins in a bucket. One thought for those looking for a shortcut is to find and old dress and sew the bottom closed for a nifty bag.
07-24-2011, 09:48 AM
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I do and love it. A couple of years ago, I just purchased an infant/toddler outfit at a garage sale for .25 cents. Sewed the legs closed and put it on a hanger and that is my cheap clothes pin bag. It works great. Just make sure the neck opening is large enough for your hand full of pins.
07-24-2011, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Pickles
Love the Clothespin bags I'm thinking that all one would have to do is go to thrift stores and get a few little girls dresses are shirts and sew the bottoms closed and hand stitch a piece of ribbon on the back of the dress by the neck to tie onto the hanger to keep it in place, and you'd have a great clothespin bag. :-D
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