Shopping Bag Holder (small)

Lately I've been looking for something to put my plastic shopping bags in to keep in different rooms in my house. Especially for my son's bedroom. We use cloth diapers and have a diaper pail for those, but when we have a babysitter or the grandparents are watching him, we put him in disposable. So I keep some shopping bags in his room to make throwing away easy.

I wanted something to hang from the changing table to hold shopping bags. This is what I came up with. It has a snap for easy removal from the changing table, and it holds up to NUMBER bags so Grandma will never run out!

Supplies
(2) 12 x 6.5 inch pieces of material
(1) 8.5 x 1 inch piece of material
(2) 7 inch pieces of 1/4 inch elastic

First, fold over & iron the top of the 12 x 6.5 inch material 1/4 inch. Then fold over again 1 1/2 inches to make a cuff. Sew along the very top of the material. Sew again 1/2 inch below the previous line. Do this on both large pieces of material.

Feed the elastic through the 1/2 inch between the sewn lines. Sew down the elastic on one side. Do this on both large pieces of material.

Pull the elastic until the material measures 4 inches. Sew down the second side to hold it in place. Do this to both large pieces of material.

Round off the remaining two corners of the large pieces of material. I used a 4 inch circle to round off my corners.

Take the small piece of material, fold the sides into the center. Also fold one of the short ends down zigzag across the center to hold it in place.

Pin the unfinished side of the small piece of material between the two rounded edges. Then pin the two large pieces of material together with like sides facing each other (bad sides out). Sew along these lines.

Flip the bag right sides out. Take the seams and fold them apart and zigzag them down. This will help prevent fraying when removing baggies from the sack.

Attach a snap to the loop, and you're ready to use this bad boy! Hang it where you know you need bags.