Cute and Easy Laundry Bag...

Good Morning cute people!!

Today I wanted to share with you 

a quick little project that 

Kassidy and I made in preparation

 of her girls camp coming up next week.

We went to Target (our fav)...

 and bought some laundry bags.

You can get 2 bags in a package

 for 3 or 4 dollars.

They're made of nylon mesh and 

measure about 15" x 18".

Of course we decided to 

sweeten them up a bit!...

we added fabric binding 

around the edges.

I'll show you how we did it...

quick and easy.

Cut two - 2 1/2"x Width of Fabric strips.

Cut off the selvedge ends and stitch

 together on the diagonal.

Press the seams open.

This will give you plenty to go around

 the outside edges of one bag....

(you will have about 10" left over)

Press the strip in half with

 wrong sides together...

And then use your center fold as a guide 

to fold and press one side into the center.

Then repeat for the other side...

both sides now folded and

 pressed to the center.

Then fold in half and press again...

now you're ready to stitch 

your strip onto 

the edges of your laundry bag.

Simply fold it over the edge

 and sew using a zig-zag stitch.

When you get to the end...

 fold over the raw edge ends and 

continue to zig-zag...

and then backstitch to finish!

You will have to ease in 

the excess a little when you

 sew around the corners.

If you cut your 2 1/2" strips 

on the bias it will lay nicer 

around the curves...

 But I wanted to use leftover strips

 that I already had cut...

and we thought that they 

worked out fine considering.

"Cute and Easy Laundry Bag"

Of course...

now that you have a 

cute little mesh bag...

you don't have to use it

 just for laundry...

You can use them as a bag to

 make a gift extra special...

Or as a cute project bag to take

 on your next Sew Day...

or...

 you can use them to keep your

 sewing room organized.

The possibilities are endless!

I can honestly say that they are 

the easiest bags that 

I've ever made...

considering that 

they are already made! 

 (We just added a little bit of cuteness!)

Until next time...

have a quilty kind of day my friends;

xx

Lori