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Corral your clothespins with a handmade bag.
With these basic instructions, you can create a peg bag suited to your needs. My bag measures about 13 inches tall by 10 inches wide at the top (the same width as the hanger) and 13 inches at the widest point across the bottom. You can alter these measurements as needed.
Draw the shape of the bag onto a template; use an old peg-bag hanger or child’s wooden clothes hanger as a guide for the top width. to get a symmetrical curve on the bottom of the bag, fold the template in half vertically and trim.
On the template, mark a 7-inch-wide opening about 31⁄2 inches from the top. Using the template, cut three pieces of fabric: one whole piece for the back, one front piece from the top of the template down to the opening, and one front piece from the bottom of the bag up to the opening, adding seam allowance for each.
Sew the two front pieces together from the edge up to the opening on each side. tuck the raw edges under along the opening and sew a seam. You will now have a front piece with an opening for pegs.
Next lay the back piece faceup and the front piece face-down on top. Using the template to mark the shape, sew around the edge of the bag, leaving a small hole at the top for the hanger to poke through. turn over the raw edge of the seams to neaten up inside.
Turn the whole thing right-side out, put the hanger in, and hang.
— Sandra Paul/Cherry Heart (www.sandra-cherryheart.blogspot.com)