**UPDATE** Thanks for stopping by! I felt this project, first created in 2013, could benefit from an update so I’ve re-designed it and made the peg bag a little more polished. The updated version is still a very speedy sew so don’t fret!

Check out the updated peg bag tutorial here or read on for the original version…

I have no idea why I keep doing laundry-related tutorials seeings as I hate the task so much but it just keeps happening so I’ll roll with it. Inspired by Makower’s new fabric collection which goes by the name of “Wash Day” I’m a complete sucker for anything kitschy and retro so I decided I needed this fabric to cheer me on through the dull laundry days. And this really did only take 20 minutes to put together, hooray! 

You will need:

30 cm of the fabric of your choice.

30 cm of PUL which is here. (I suppose the PUL is optional but it gives the bags some structure and will also protect your pegs from rusting should you leave them on the line and they get rained on!) You could use regular fabric for the lining, just be sure to interface it to add some structure.

50cm of bias binding, I used a lace-edged bias binding

A child’s coat hanger (I stole this from my daughter’s wardrobe, it probably came from eBay)

Wonderclips or pins

Odif 505 temporary adhesive spray

Step 1

Lay your coat hanger onto your fabric and leave about a 1 inch allowance on either side of the hanger. Trim your fabric to size.

Step 2

Cut your PUL to the exact same size as the fabric. (I used a pinking blade on my rotary cutter as it gives a much nicer finish to the seams and is really easy to use) and then use some 505 spray to keep the 2 layers together

Step 3

Cut 2 strips of your bias trim to the same length as the short side of the  peg bag edge and sew along the 2 short ends

Step 4

Fold over the top of the fabric enough to cover the coat hanger and iron a crease line, and then fold in half down the length of the fabric and mark with a temporary fabric pen. You are marking where you are going to put the buttonhole to make the hole to put the hanger through.

Step 5

Make the buttonhole on your machine and carefully cut down the centre to make a hole

Step 6

With right sides together sew up the 2 sides of the bag. Clip the corners and turn out

Step 7

Turn the right way and place the hanger in place and voila! You are ready to peg, so hop to it!

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