How to Make a Clothes Pin Bag

Put your clothes pins in a homemade clothes pin bag.

If you don't like the sight of unused clothes pins dangling from the line, gather them up and put them in a bag. You can purchase plain clothes pin bags, but why not make your own from a child's button-up-the-front, outgrown shirt?

Things You'll Need

• Child's button shirt
• Sewing machine or needle and thread
• Child-sized clothes hanger

Instructions

1. Button up the front of the child's shirt.

2. Turn the shirt inside out and, using the sewing machine or needle and thread, sew a ½ inch seam along the bottom. If hand-sewing, use double thread and close stitches to make the seam stronger.

3. Turn the shirt right side out again.

4. Open a button or two at the top of the shirt. Insert a child-sized hanger into it.

5. Fill the shirt-style clothes pin bag with clothes pins. Hang it on your clothesline to keep the clothes pins within easy reach.

Tips & Warnings

• These instructions can also be used with a child's button dress.

References

• The Family Homestead