Clothspin bag
07-25-2011, 06:52 AM
#81
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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
07-25-2011, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by mtspools
How meny people still hang cloths outdoors? I do and am looking for clothspin bag. I remember one that was cute little dress,can't find A pattern. Any other cute ones would be fine also.
07-25-2011, 09:35 AM
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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.
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.
07-25-2011, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by kay_in_pa
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.
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.
07-25-2011, 11:15 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:
07-25-2011, 07:49 PM
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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.
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.
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