Prairie Pin Pouch Handmade Clothespin Bag – Made for Heavy Use
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The Prairie Pin Pouch is a modern rendition of a classic clothespin bag. I found these handmade laundry helpers in a somewhat unusual fashion. Some friends were visiting from out of town one afternoon when the phone rang. On the line was Julie Pruett, creator of the Prairie Pin Pouch.
As it turns out, Julie read a review I wrote several years ago on Amazon.com about a clothespin bag that didn’t stand up well to our high winds. The flimsy thing kept blowing off the clothesline, which dumped my pins 12 feet below. (Our clothesline is on our raised deck.) It was very frustrating.
Julie saved that review, contacted me about her handmade clothespin bags, and sent me a sample.
Prairie Pin Pouch Handmade Clothespin Bag Basics
These clothespin bags are made of durable duck cloth to help them stand up to years of wear. They measure 13 by 11 inches, so they have plenty of room for clothespins. If you compare my old bag side by side with the Prairie Pin Pouch (old bag is on the right), you can see how much larger the new bag is.
Stay Open Top
The Prairie Pin Pouch is also hard wired to stay open for easy pin access. If you look at where the hanger connects to the bag, you’ll see the Prairie Pin Pouch has closed wire loops, as opposed to the original pin bag which has the hooks stuck through grommets.
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Deep Grip Hanger
When you examine the hanger itself, you can see how much more substantial the Prairie Pin Pouch hanger is compared to the other bag. It grips the clothesline with over an inch of metal, so it’s much tougher to blow this clothespin bag off.
Thank You Gifts
Julie packs each bag with a little something extra – a bar of Fels-Naptha soap for laundry stain removal (or making your own homemade laundry soap) and 15 clothespins to help get your started. These are the peg styled pins, which work better on a narrow/wire laundry line. I have a thicker cloth line, but I thought it was still a nice touch. If you have the right line for them, they don’t have any springs to get unsprung in high winds. (I killed many clothespins over the years via sprung springs, until I found Kevin’s Quality Clothespins.)
The only thing I might suggest would be to tweak the design a little to place the hook towards the back like the Original Champion Bag from 1950s. I remember my mom having one of those bags, and it wore like iron. That laundry bag lasted through six kids and roughly half a century. I suspect the Prairie Pin Pouches will hold up as well. Julie has seven different fabric options shown on the site, so you can brighten up your laundry line while you hang up your clothes.
I got my Prairie Pin Pouch in 2013. Four years later and it’s still holding up well.
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Originally posted in 2013, updated in 2017.
I save all of my orange peels and soak them in vinegar for a couple of weeks (or more sometimes ) strain out the peels and pour vinegar into a spray bottle my go to cleaning spray all around the house 🙂
Oh, I would love to win one of these! Thanks for the chance! 🙂 I love to add lavender essential oil to filtered water in a spray bottle and then use it to freshen up the drapes, rugs, pillows, etc., by misting them. Makes the whole house smell good. 🙂
Hanging diapers out in the sun to dry is the best way to naturally bleach them and keep them looking fresh!
I would love to win one of these cute clothes pin bags. I would also like to know how to get smells out of jeans that have been left in a front load washing machine too long. I can get the smell out of other garments, but not jeans. Every once in a while I start a load in the afternoon and forget it until the next day. I have tried vinegar, essential oils, hydrogen peroxide, lemon juice, and still my favorite jean skirt stinks. Does anybody else have this happen with their front loader?
Yes. :/ Once this front-load washer dies, I will go back to a top load. The only way I have gotten the smell out of jeans after letting them set is by hanging them to dry, then re-washing them. So it hasn’t happened often.
We replaced our old front loader with an LG this year – much better. It has an easy access drain on the front with a clean out that I drain once a month to make sure no funk builds up, and an automatic drum clean cycle. The capacity on the new unit is huge, too, compared to the old one, although not the biggest available because of the space restrictions in the laundry room.
What is the best kind of line to use to hang clothes?
Around here (East Texas) it is humid, so we use a wire line. One of my kids tried using a cloth/rope line, and it mildewed really quick.
I love the clothea pin bag…need. Iam usung a fabric bagged tied in a knott.
Oooh, we are (hopefully) about to put a clothesline in. This would be perfect. It’s so cool that the bags come with goodies 😀 I use Fels-Naptha to make my laundry detergent.
Love this!! Want one!!!
I love hanging clothes on the line…..especially sheets….I love to sleep on freshly dried in the sun sheets!!!
We hang all of our clothing outside in the warmer months and on racks by the woodstove in the winter. It seems like our clothes do not wear as fast and it saves a lot of money not to use the dryer.
I use baking soda to clean virtually anything e.g. burnt pans, the bath
Add vinegar to washer to get any smells out. Thanks for the giveaway!
I was just thinking of making a clothespin bag the other day so I could get rid of the crappy plastic tub I’ve been using 🙂
I love my “solar clothes dryer” and definitely need something to put clothespins in. Hope I win!
I will be stringing a new laundry line this summer. This would make it perfect!
I always hang my laundry to dry. During the winter months, I attached a small PVC pipe to the ceiling in my laundry and hang my clothes on hangers from the pipe. Works great and only cost about $2.50.
These bags are so cute!
I have been hanging my laundry out whenever weather allows… But, the clothespin bag is always a struggle as it’s on the ground (in the basket) and I always have to stop what I’m doing to get more clothespins.
We love hanging our clothes out to dry! Fresh sheets smell so good! Thanks for the entry!
Nothing smells better than laundry hung outside in the sunshine.