Free Laundry Bag Pattern – Vintage (1944)

Materials:
3/4 yard Printed Cotton
J. & P. Coats Percale Bias Trim, single fold
Coat Hanger
J. & P. Coats or Clark’s O.N.T. Mercerized Sewing Thread in matching colors, or Best Six Cord in white
Directions for Cutting:
1 piece — 18″ x 36″
2 pieces — 7″ x 17 1/2″
Directions for Making:
(1/2″ allowed for seams)
- Place 7″ x 17 1/2″ pieces (top section) wrong sides together.
- To shape top edge, place a hanger along edge, draw around outside curve and cut along outline.
- Cut one piece in half up the center and hem cut edges 1/4″ and press.
- Baste the 2 small pieces against the one whole piece, right sides together, and stitch across the top and down the sides, turn to right side and press.
- To make bag section, stitch selvage edges of 18″ x 36″ piece together (right sides together) to within 6″ from top edge and press.
- With selvage seam at center front, stitch across bottom edge, turn to right side and press.
- Gather top edge of bag section.
- Baste and stitch top section to bag section, raw edge to raw edge (right sides together).
- Baste and stitch both edges of bias trim across front 3″ from top edge and repeat this over seam line, allowing 10″ to extend at each side of center opening for ties.
- To finish ties, top stitch 10″ of bias to wrong side of each tie. Insert hanger.
Source: J. & P. Coats Gift Bazaar Sewing Suggestions (1944)
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This is not really a laundry bag, it’s a clothes pin bag. It hangs on the clothes line, keeping the clothes pins handy as you work your way along. And, yes, I have actually used one. Clothes pin bags used to be available in stores, but not any more.
love the tea pot holder idea !