Transform Strips of Fabric into Beautiful Baskets and Bowls! It’s a simple process to wrap strips of fabric around cotton clothesline. Then, coil and stitch the resulting cord into handy and decorative containers. Each one will be unique in color and shape, limited only by your imagination.
How to make a fabric wrapped clothesline basket?
A sewing machine capable of zig-zag stitch
An assortment of fabrics for a scrappy look- avoid fabrics that fray a lot,like linen,satin,rayon,looser weave cottons,etc
Lots of thread,and a couple (at least!) of bobbins wound
Glue stick
A package of cotton clothesline rope- see note at bottom about what kind to look for and where to find it
How to make the perfect pulley clothesline?
Choose a spot near windows and HVAC intake/output vents if you’re installing your clothesline indoors.
Check home’s wiring diagram before you proceed to avoid electrical lines.
Locate joists to be drilled into since the your clothesline pulley system can’t just be attached to any part of the ceiling,imperative that joists are properly located.
How to hang clothes on a clothesline?
When hanging a clothesline consider wind direction.
If you have two or more clotheslines,hang sheets,towels,and other non-embarrassing items up first on the outermost line,then underwear on the inner line,to prevent neighbors from
Don’t fold any articles in half,unless they are very thin.
How to build a retractable clothesline?
Attach tighteners. Connect two clothesline tighteners to outside eye hooks on one post.
Attach clothesline. Buy a 100 feet (30.5 m).
Stretch the clothesline between the poles. Pull the rope to the opposite post,and loop it through the matching inside eye hook.
