I have spent more time than I would have liked in the laundry this weekend. Sarah’s winter school uniform includes tights and the wash bag for delicates had a hole in it so a replacement was urgently required. (It is no fun having tights get tangled around the rest of the wash!)
I had a look through my stash for suitable material, and found an offcut of sheer curtain fabric which was perfect – it is easy to see what is in inside and it dries quickly. The wash bag was made using a rectangle of curtain fabric measuring 15″ x 36″ and a 15″ zip. The zip was sewn onto the short ends first, and then the sides were sewn up using an overlocker/serger as the curtain fabric frays easily.
Of course it needed a bit of embellishment so I added an appliquéd patch of a washing machine and a tag with washing symbols. Unfortunately the linen had the selvedge missing so I can’t identify it but it was a piece I picked up in Japan in 2010. I love the retro appliances.
The laundry is now all done, and the school uniforms ironed for the week ahead. It is a long weekend here, so hope to spend the next few hours in the sewing room (a lot more fun that laundry!)
Our washing is happily drying on the line today, thank goodness for a long weekend. Love the retro appliances fabric 😉
tres stylish kind of wash bag!Good to bright up those many washing days:)
Bonne semaine xx
Thank goodness for sunny days 🙂 My last load is out now, but it feels that I have spent most of my weekend in the laundry! Time for some sewing now too, I think! Love the wash bag 🙂
What a beautiful way to cheer up the mundane job of washing! Have a lovely extra days holiday, with plenty of sewing 🙂
Sue Xx
Great laundry bag! I have a similar Leicen fabric which has sewing machines and toasters on it, which I blogged about a little while ago! It’s wonderful fabric!
Love the addition of the little tag.
Oh, that’s just too cute! The little washing machine tag is just perfect — as always, you’re soooo very clever!
At least when you do laundry the new bag will give you a little laugh. I have a cross stitch sampler that says
Happiness is not doing what we like to do but———
Liking what we have to do.
What a great little sewing project and wash bag! I love the fabric you used and the way you attached the zipper to the sides first to make the zipper on the front instead of on the top. Love the addition of that patch too – just the perfect touch!
what a fabulous idea and how much more fun doing the laundry will be with pretties to admire
Perfect! Luckily Maddy has long socks rather than stockings with her winter uniform now, don’t get quite so tangled!
Embellishing a laundry bag! You get my award for Domestic Goddess of the Year!
Oh Lisa that looks wondeerful, you are so clever.
How cute! Much prettier than my laundry delicates bag 🙂
Love those retro linen prints. Adorable.
Maureen
that would make laundry a bit more fun wouldn’t it! Love it. I’m having a giveaway over on my blog if you fancy hopping along, Catherine xx
Don’t you just love it when all the dirty clothes/towels/etc are all washed and put away. Great feeling!
Have a nice evening.