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Hanging Laundry Bag Sewing Pattern

Jane and Sonja
Free sewing pattern for hanging laundry bags. You can hang them on the wall or behind the door, and this sewing pattern includes shoulder straps for easy transporting.
5 from 4 votes

Ingredients
  

  • 100% Cotton Canvas 7oz in natural, 63″ wide, 1.5 yards
  • Laundry bag pattern
  • Fabric Scissors
  • Sewing machine and matching thread
  • Fabric Paint DecoArt SoSoft in black
  • Stencil pouncer
  • Alphabet Stencil 2-3″ high

Instructions
 

  • Wash and dry the fabric prior to sewing. Iron out any creases and wrinkles prior to cutting.
  • Print off the sewing pattern on 8.5×11 sheets of paper without adjusting the scale. Tape the pattern pages together to form a full pattern and cut around the individual pattern pieces.
  • Place on top of the fabric aligning arrow with grainline and cut out along the solid lines.

Sewing

  • Fold the hanger loop pattern piece and shoulder strap pieces in half lengthwise with RIGHT sides together and then sew along the edge with a ½” seam allowance.
  • Turn the sewn pieces right side out and press flat.
  • Place the prepared hanger loop at the center top of the BACK piece, matching notches.
  • Place the prepared shoulder straps on the BACK piece, matching notches at the top and along the sides.
  • Baste stitch the straps in place.
  • Stitch the UPPER FRONT and BACK pieces with the LOWER FRONT and BACK piece.
  • Clean finish all the raw edges with a zig zag stitch or serger to prevent fabric from fraying.
  • Place the FRONT and BACK pieces RIGHT sides together and mark a point 3” from the top edge along both sides (or just on one side). Stitch along the sides from top to bottom and along the bottom edge, leaving the square cut outs un-stitched.
  • Fold the bottom cutouts so that the side seam aligns with the bottom seam and sew along the diagonal edge with a ½” seam allowance.
  • To sew a casing along the laundry bag opening, fold and press the seam allowance inwards at the 3” side slit. Topstitch the seam allowance in place.
  • Press and fold the opening edge by ¼” and then fold again another 1.25”and pin hem in place. Stitch along the folded hem 1.25” from the edge forming a casing for the drawcord or cording ties.

Finishing

  • Cut a piece of cotton cording longer than the full opening. Insert cotton cording into the casing all the way through and out on the other side.
  • Once all the way through, cinch to close the opening.

Personalizing the Laundry Bags

  • Using fabric paint and an alphabet stencil, add the words “darks” and “whites” to the fronts of the bags.
  • Place a piece of cardboard behind the material to avoid seeping through and then use the stencil with a stencil brush to dab on the fabric paint.
  • Touch up any jagged parts with a fine tip paintbrush.
  • Let the paint dry fully, needs about 72 hours and the bags are ready for use!
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