Laundry bags

I had some fabric I originally bought to make a blouse. Mostly because I loved the soft grey green colour. However the fabric was a bit sheer and synthetic, so actually not that suitable for a blouse for me.

After multiple years of languishing in my stash personal resource centre I have made it into laundry bags.

I had something like 3.2 metres of 150cm wide fabric, so made 1 large bag with a single drawstring and 4 medium bags with double drawstrings. The large one is serving as a liner in the laundry basket and the others will be for travel or storing spare bedding.

The large bag is approx 100cm x 75cm. The medium ones approx 75cm  x 55cm. I used a very fine synthetic cord which wanted to undo its knots, so heat sealed the knots and ends (candle flame).

Travel accessories

When I bought the fabric I used here, I loved the colours and print. It wasn't very practical for garments though due to the stiffness and sheerness, but its worked well for travel accessories.

I have made a draw string bag, which can be carried rucksack style, a drawstring shoe bag (with a stitched divider down the centre) and and zipped bag for use inside a suitcase.

I had previously made 3 other zipped bags so its shaping up to be a nice collection now.

The shoe bag I made in February didn't draw up well as it went against the lines of the fabric. I remade it into a zipped bag and made a new shoe bag in the opposite orientation.