Wetbag

Mike and I, well more me, have been trying to be more "green" lately. We have bought extra cloth napkins vs. paper towels but I hate when our dirty wash cloths, towels, and napkins laying around before laundry day. I read up on some solutions and I found a pattern online and alerted it a bit. Here is the web page http://www.make-baby-stuff.com/wet-bag.html This is what the website says a wetbag is

"A wet bag has a thousand uses! Okay, I'm not going to list all of them but I do use my DIY waterproof bags for dirty diapers, dirty clothes with spills on them and wet beach clothes. I keep one tucked in my diaper bag when I go out and it comes in handy. Often.

Even if you don't use cloth diapers you will still use one! You can keep a clean change of clothes inside of one, ready to be swapped out if your baby spills, spits up or has a poop explosion down to her toes. Take out the clean clothes and put the dirty ones inside...all zipped up nicely, protecting all the other stuff in your bag. Wet bags are also fantastic when it comes to beach and pool trips! Toss in the wet swimsuit and all the other stuff in your bag stays dry. These are much prettier than a plastic bag, re-usable and washable too."

So I added a couple of buttons and some straps so that I can attach it to my oven door. During the week we can throw the dirty dish rags, napkins and towels in the bag. Then on laundry day all I need to do is grab the bag and throw it along with my rags in the washer along with the bath towels and we are good to go.

I pretty proud that it looks ok. I have never a) sewed a zipper on, b) I have never sewed with PUL (http://www.celticclothswholesale.com/pages/PULFabric.htm), the water proof fabric on the inside, and c) I taught myself how to make button holes with my sewing machine.