Make doll-size laundry accessories . . .

18" doll-size version of the dress laundry bag including
tiny clothes pins too! Sometimes this novelty bag is called
and Amish clothespin bag.

       The laundry basket for your dolls may be acquired from any place like: thrift stores, dollar stores, garage sales etc... For the clothesline simply tie a strong cord between two chopsticks to hang your dollies laundry on the line in the sunshine outside.

       You can make an old-time laundry bag similar to one my grandmother once had. It looks like a little dress hanging on the line to dry but it is actually a bag for holding clothespins. You will need fabric scraps, a needle and thread and a large paper clip for this craft.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. The pattern must be drafted from a perfect square of any size to suit your dolls. 
2. Cut the back and front, and stitch the shoulder seams.
3. Cut the binding for the neck, sleeves, and lapel, and then stitch them in place. Do this by sewing them to the under side and bringing them forward. 
4. Turn the edge under and stitch.
5. Turn the bag outside in.
6. Cut a strip of alternate patterned fabric for the skirt. 
7. Gather the top and baste it to the front of the bag to look like a skirt. 
8. Add a narrow hem to the ruffled skirt at the bottom.
9. Turn in the edges of the skirt and stitch these to the side seams using a whip stitch.
10. Cut the belt and stitch it to cover the gathered, basted seams and then to the back of the bag leaving enough of the belt to tie into a bow.
11. Unbend a large paper clip and then reshape it into a miniature hanger.
12. Insert the hanger into the clothespin bag at the top to hang from the clothesline. Keep tiny clothespins inside of it.

Left, finished clothespin bag made to look like a dress. Center, ruffled skirt attached to the 
outside of the dress/bag. Right, see the clothespins tucked inside of the bag. Now the clothespins
may be stored away and hung directly on the clothes line by the hanger.

Picture illustrations of steps for the ''dress-like'' clothespin bag
for a life-size version.