Friday 3 September 2010

Laundry Day

I finished these laundry bags late last night. Not that I needed them so badly, but this is an idea I got earlier this summer and when we were away on vacation, I realized it would be nice to have them next time.

I don't know about you, but every time we go to a hotel or a B&B, I find myself looking for a plastic bag to keep our dirty clothes out of the way. And each time I tell myself how much nicer it would be to have something a little more stylish than a boring plastic bag.

I got the inspiration from this book, which I simply love for all the great fabrics featured and the beautiful pictures. I changed all the dimensions of the pattern, however, because I wanted it to fit my needs and the size of the fabrics I wanted to use. Many of them are vintage and I only had a small quantity of each.

Oh, and by the way, sorry for the dark pictures, no sunshine today, it rained all night, and you can see below how little help was my lighting assistant...

I will be linking this post to Amylouwho's Sew and Tell party, so please check it out, lots of lovely finishes this week, as always!

12 comments:

  1. Great idea! Much more fun and practical!

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  2. good idea! i like to separate my clean and dirty clothes in my suitcase too. your assistant is cute (and reminds me a lot of my lovely assistants!)

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  3. These are fabulous!! They would be a perfect graduation gift and would be so special with a monogram or name on them. Thanks for sharing! I'm putting this in my inspiration folder.

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  4. So pretty!! I love the fabric you used. :)

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  5. Oh brilliant! And here I am like a dork packing extra plastic bags on vacation. This is so much prettier. I've got some vintage sheets that will be perfect for these!

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  6. these are so adorable. i love them. great finish

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  7. Just love the fabrics!!!! Great finish!

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  8. What a great idea! I love it! The patchwork and ric rac are very sweet!

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  9. I'm always stuffing my dirty laundry into a plastic bag! This is SO much more stylish.

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  10. They are just lovely. Such a great idea and so much nicer than plastic.

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  11. Your laundry bags are really pretty. I am agree with you, it looks nicer with these stylish bags than the boring plastic bags. Thanks for this great idea.

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