DIY: Laundry Bag

DIY: Laundry Bag

December 03, 2010

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Raise your hand if you like doing laundry.  Yeah…me too!  But, what if you had a cute laundry bag to make it all better?  All you need is one yard of super-cute fabric and you are on your way to making laundry days just a little more bearable.  Let’s get to it!

Materials:

1 yard of 44-45” cotton fabric
2 yards of 3/8” cording (can be found in home dec trims)
Coordinating Thread
Sewing Machine


Start by turning your fabric right sides together.  You are just flipping it inside out, so keep the selvedge edges together.  You can trim the selvedge off at this point if needed.

Making sure your fabric print direction is accurate, make a mark about 2” down from the top.  Use a pin to remind yourself to stop sewing here.

Begin sewing a ½” seam along the bottom narrow edge and down the entire long edge, creating a sack.  Make sure to stop at the pin mark once you get there and backstitch.

At the bottom of the sack, make a mark 4” from each corner.  Mark up 4” and over 4”.  Draw a diagonal line to join the two marks.  This will create your bottom.  Sew right along your diagonal mark.  Trim of excess leaving a ½”.

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