Who doesn’t love their damp clothes to dry outside in the middle of the summer sun or the autumn breeze? I do and so does my mother-in-law! Right as we moved out east one of the first things she asked me to do was to make a new clothes pin bag. The one she had was worn thin and was years old. Another task she asked of me was to help rummage through her closet and get rid of old clothes. She got rid a lot of old teacher sweaters, you know, the kind with holiday appliques all over it…that just scream “teacher?”
She knew she needed to give them away and I guess I was just the person to help. 🙂
Clothes pin bags and teacher sweaters have a correlation.
Let me continue, I found an old jean jacket that screamed “teacher” from my MIL closet. She mentioned that this would be good material for her new clothes pin bag. I agreed.
We’re re-purposing here, people.
Isn’t it great!?
Here is what the old clothes pin bag looked like.
A great way to figure out how something is made is by taking it apart! That’s just what I did. I created a pattern from the old bag and used the back side of the jean jacket for the fabric.
I wanted to make a more unique flower but this one was quick and easy!
this is AWESOME!! go Marge….getting rid of old things and your talent at repurposing!!