Friday, May 13, 2011

A New Clothespin Bag



I purchased a new rotating, umbrella type clothesline two weeks ago and the photographer installed it for me last week.  Then the rains began and we haven't had a dry day in the last week!  I was able to hang the bed linens out but that is the extent of the clothesline use so far.

April was the second wettest month on record in our area.  Almost a foot of rain fell over 30 days!  Thankfully, the weatherman promises that this week will be much nicer.  Scattered showers but not all day rains like we have been having. 

While admiring my new clothesline and dreaming of being able to hang the laundry, I realized that I didn't have any clothespins!  A trip to my local hardware store remedied the situation but I couldn't locate a clothespin bag that I really liked. 

I was cruising through the thrift store a few days ago, just to see what they had in stock and happened to glance over to the one area I never venture into.  The children's clothing section.  The lightbulb turned on and I had a eureka moment!  A quick flip through the toddler sizes and I came home with 3 new (to me) shirts.  A little creative sewing on the machine turned them into darling clothespin bags.

I am keeping the orange one for myself but the red flannel one is listed in my shop!

3 comments:

Lisa said...

Very cute idea! (btw, how did you manage to post this morning, when I haven't been able to get into blogger since yesterday afternoon? Even now, my comments from yesterday's post aren't there!)

Dondi said...

I have no idea! I was having trouble uploading the pictures then got a message saying blogger was unavailable. Somehow this got posted but another post is missing! Very strange indeed.

Beloved's Redheaded Bride said...

These are adorable and very creative!