Clothespin Cuteness

I do not have a clothes dryer. I sold it a few months ago, after not using it for a few years: My clothes air-dried on drying racks. It worked fine, and the savings on electricity have been nice.

Recently, my wonderful husband put up a clothesline in the yard. Now I actually have the drying space to do more than one load a day, if I so choose. I can still employ the racks if I run out of room on the line.

A clothesline meant that I needed to get clothespins, though--and clothespins just must have a pretty holder.


I have seen some very functional clothespin holders that were not pretty, but I wanted something that I would enjoy looking at while I am hanging out the clothes. I think mine fills that purpose amply, in addition to serving as a place to keep my clothespins.

The body of the holder was once the bottom of a dress. Since it was a straight-skirted dress, I just cut the skirt off straight across and folded part of it up to make the pocket. I left the fabric doubled to increase the durability of it. The contrasting trim was made from scraps left from another project. There are little tortoiseshell-colored buttons at the base of the straps to hold the bag on the line.



My clothespin holder makes me smile every time I use it.