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Every now and then when I am looking at Pinterest, I’ll hear my husband over my shoulder say, “Hey, that’s a good idea. Do that one.” Well this was one of those things. With a 2- year old and a dog that is always with us, having something readily available for trash in the car will be helpful.
The original idea was from Dawn Nicole, she made a pretty one using fabric scraps and even used a chevron print. But, that wouldn’t work for my hubby. He wanted a solid colored, plain-Jane mini trash bag holder. So I threw one together this morning and here is how I did it. (If this isn’t for your husband’s car here is Dawn Nicole’s tutorial, to see a much prettier version.)
Things you will need:
15″x 15″& 15″x 4″ piece of fabric
10 1/2″ & 7″ of 1/4″ wide elastic
basic sewing tools
To make the bag:
Serge or zig-zag edges of 15″ x 15″ piece.
Mark a line 3/4″ from the top and bottom edge on the right side of fabric. Using the line as your guide fold over at mark and iron. Sew 1/2″ from the folded edges.
Using a safety pin feed the 10 1/2″ piece of elastic through the top and the 7″ through the bottom casing
Pin each end of elastic to hold it in place while you tack it with your sewing machine.
With wrong side out fold it in half and sew down the long edge.
Turn right side out and this is what you have.
To make the strap:
Iron the long side of your 4″ piece in half wrong sides together.
Open the piece back up and fold each side to the fold mark previously created.
Now fold in half again. Your strap should now be 1″ wide.
Sew down both sides of the strap. At this point I also zig- zagged my edges. ( Yes, my son did color on my rotary mat, this is my life)
Pin strap inside the bag and sew in place. I tried to sew along the existing stitching, so it wasn’t as noticeable.
This finished product in use.
He can’t say I’ve never made anything for him.
He can’t say I’ve never made anything for him.
Heidi@OneCreativeMommy.com
Pinning! I have made these before, but I never thought to put one in my car. Brilliant!
Dawn
Very cool! Thanks for the link love. My step dad keeps asking for a manly one for his car…maybe it’s time to get on it with Christmas coming! 🙂 Mine sure gets used a lot in our van.
brenna
Thank you for stopping by Dawn! Yes, we use ours all the time. Thanks for sharing your great idea.
JoDee
I love this. They are so very handy! But I too never thought to put one in my car. I learned to make them out of hand towels.
brenna
Making them out of hand towels is such a great idea! That would be the a great size.