Styling Laundry

The sun is shining and the birds are singing here in our little part of the world. Which brings to mind laundry hanging out on the line. This was how I was raised. As soon as the weather got nice out, temps above 50 and sunny, out came the laundry. Now Gramma B was a bit more into the outdoor hanging of the laundry then my fair weather mom. There were times when I would head to Gramma B's in the middle of January and if the sun was out so were some dish towels, dust clothes and maybe a couple of pairs of Grampas socks. She would tell me she didn't want to waste the sun. I am my mothers daughter in this case and much prefer the warmer weather.

So yesterday was one of those sunny nice days that made me realize those clothesline days were getting closer and closer. And where were my clothes pins? This is what I found...a sad old bucket of nasty looking pins.

Ohhhh....I need to fix this. So I spent awhile searching for freebie patterns, finding a site entirely dedicated to them. But none of them were what I was looking for. And I really wanted to use this old wooden hanger I found at the local thrift shop.

So what's a girl to do? Well out came the paper, pencil and ruler and I went to town. This was the final creation. Am very happy with the way it turned out and am looking forward to making my clothesline look extra pretty this year. If you would like to make one like it go to the tab at the top for a quick tutorial...this is my first but I think I nailed it.