Tutorial: Travel laundry bag made to fit your suitcase

Vacation begin with suitcases full of clean clothes just waiting to be worn. But by the time the trip is over, most of those clothes will be dirty. Rather than trying to rummage around for a plastic bag to pack those dirty clothes in, Danielle from Do-It-Yourself Danielle solved that problem with a laundry bag that fits perfectly inside her suitcase. It’s the same size as the inside of the suitcase, so it can turn the entire inside of your suitcase to a laundry bag if you need. But being made from fabric it folds up small until you need it, or squash down so you can pack clean clothes on top. It’s lined with PUL to keep any dampness inside the bag. How smart is that! She shares a tutorial showing how she did it.

Click below for her tutorial:

Sew a Laundry Bag for Traveling That Fits Perfectly In Your Suitcase, by Do-It-Yourself Danielle

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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