Small Wash Bag - Perfect for Make up Pads And/or Facemasks
There's nothing more satisfying than a making project with materials to hand. For this mini laundry bag you will need a zip, old net curtain and some bias binding. The net material allows water and soap in easily, but keeps all delicate items safely inside, preventing any tangles of bra hooks etc… If you don’t have any old net curtains to hand you could use mesh fabric. The use of a nylon zip means no rust marks on your delicates !!
Cut one rectangle of net or mesh 1/2" wider and two times plus 1" longer than your desired finished wash bag.
Cut two strips of bias binding the width of your net fabric.
Place one short edge of the net along the side of the zipper teeth.
Place one piece of bias binding parallel to the zipper teeth, over the top of your raw edge of net. Pin in place.
Topstitch the bias binding in place. I recommend using a zipper foot.
Fold the net fabric, under, up and over to the top edge of the zipper.
Place the second strip of bias binding over the top, encasing the raw edge of net fabric.
Topstitch the second strip of bias binding in place, ensuring you do not catch any of the back of the bag by accident. It may help to unzip partway.
To finish the wash bag we are going to encase the two side edges in bias binding. Unzip the zipper a little and pin the net bag.
Cut two strips of bias binding slightly longer than the side of your net bag (you will be turning the raw edges in).
Fold the bias binding in half encasing the raw edge of your net and pin in place
Stitch to secure.
Repeat for the second side
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