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Trash Bag – Car

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Do you have stashes of garbage in your car door compartment? How about in the center console?
 

Does it just bug you?

 

It drives me crazy. I hate the pieces of trash everywhere (especially the small pieces like gum wrappers, post-it notes, receipts, etc)………..so I genuinely needed a solution.

 

Here’s something worth a try.

 

A little bag to attach to the back of your head rest.
That is always propped open.
(Scroll down to see the secret.) ((wink))

 

And it’s fabric, so if you happen to get something sticky in there…..pop it in the washing machine.

 

You’ll need:

  • upholstery fabric (or cotton with interfacing fused to it, to bulk it up)
  • boning, (1/2 inch wide)
  • 7/8 inch wide ribbon (or close to that)
  • velcro
  • sewing machine
  • thread
 
Start by cutting a back piece of fabric measuring 10 x 13 inches and a front piece that is 12 x 13 inches.

 

Along the 12 inch side of the front piece (the bottom), find the center and pin it. Then measure out 1 inch on either side and place another pin at each spot. Then measure out another inch from that and place more pins. So you now have 5 pins, all an inch apart.

 

First, fold over your fabric from the 2nd pin from the left over to meet the first pin on the left.

 

Then do the same with the 2nd pin from the right, over to meet the first pin on the right. Now you’ve got 2 pleats that will be at the bottom of your bag.

 

Then, place your front piece together with the back piece, with right sides together. Pin along the bottom and sides.

 

Sew along the 2 sides and the bottom with a 1/2 inch seam allowance. Clip your 2 bottom corners. Then do a zig-zag stitch close to your seam. Trim the excess fabric away.

 

Turn right side out and poke your corners out with a pencil (or something similar) to make them sharp and crisp.

 

Then, fold your front top edge towards the inside, 3/4 inch. Then fold it down another 3/4 inch, creating a casing for your boning. Pin it into place and then sew along the bottom fold, securing the casing into place. Don’t sew the back side yet.

 

Then sew one end of your casing closed, right by the seam where the front piece and back piece meet.

 

Cut an 11 inch piece of boning and slide it in your casing, making sure you slide it in the right way, making the boning push outward. Then sew the other end of the casing closed, on the other side where the front and back pieces meet. If you need to trim your boning to fit better, go ahead and do so but the boning needs to fit in there pretty snug.

 

Then, fold down your back piece the same way (3/4 inch, and then 3/4 inch again) and sew it into place.

 

Then cut two pieces of ribbon (I used grosgrain)……you might need to measure your seat and headrest and see how long you’d like it to hang down. I cut each of my ribbons 8 inches long. I heat sealed the ends of the ribbons and then attached them towards the outer edge of the bag so that it would hang well in the car. (**Or you can just make strips of fabric.) Then I attached velcro to the other ends of the ribbon.

 

And now you’re set.

 

 

Go tidy up that car. :)

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  2. GET OUT! This idea rocks! I am definitely going to attempt it and show it to you in person when make my cross country trip to come see you! :)

  4. This is AWESOME. I am going to have to try this one!! THANKS!! You always have the greatest ideas.

  6. How are you soooo creative…Im seriously going to make one for every head rest in my car!!! Super cute!!!

  9. Wow, I need 2 of these in my van. One for the front seats, and one on the middle row for the kids in the back that always put their trash either behind their seat or in the cupholder- it’s fun to find gum in there… :)

  11. You’re amazing. I just cleaned my car out this week and meant to look up a how-to for one of these. This is PERFECT and I love where you placed it. Thanks bunches, you’re a rockstar! I’ll be linking.

  12. Super cute idea! But I have to ask… where did you get your fabric? I LOVE it and would love to get some for a special project. I’m way up here in Canada so hopefully the place delivers :)

  13. Great idea. I love that you don’t go to the store and buy things, you just make them yourself. Cool.

  17. I just found you!!!! I LOVE IT! You are amazing. Any tips on how to recover a couch?

  18. Seriously, are you reading my MIND?? My three year old handed me a gum wrapper the other day and I thought to myself how great it would be if he would just put it in his cup holder…but then I’d have to pick it out later. you just solved my problem! Thanks for another fantastic idea :)

  19. I just found your blog this morning and spent ages ooo-ing and ahh-ing at your projects. I love them all and can’t wait to get started on trying some. Looking forward to following your blog and reading more posts!

  20. Great tutorial! I wish I would have seen this last week! I just bought one on Etsy for close to twenty dollars!

  21. What a wonderful tutorial.
    Im always looking for gifts for my son and for fathers day(mothers day)This is just the ticket loved the tutorial.
    Thank you so much for showing us how.
    hugs ginger

  22. I really don’t want to buy the boning to keep the bag open, so I was thinking about using my OLD UNDERWIRES. I was just getting ready to throw a bunch of bras out when I noticed your project.

  23. Very cool! I so need this for my car. Might have to steal the boning I’d set aside for nursing covers, for this! Thank you for the idea!

  24. I really have to try this. I use a gift bag…the type from the stores. This would be perfect for my dd especially since she can reach it.

  25. the project is cute, but think about cleaning it everytime it gets full..

    i have three kids and the car gets downright messy evry time we go somewhere.that little cutie isnt going to hold the trash of even one trip..the juice boxes, the straws, the plastic that covers that,the “artwork” they do in the car, the snack wrappers, etc.

    my solution- bring a grocery plastic bag everytime you leave the house. put the trash in there, throw the bag in the bin when you get back home. i’ve given this “job” to my middle daughter, who is four.

    her big sister remembers to take the waterbottles. (because no matter how many juice boxes are emptied, they will want water.)

    thats so much less work for me.

    now if i want more cupholders in my car, i will use this tute(without the boning) to make a few. good idea!

    i have seen people use an empty tissue box as a small trash-can in the car. the trash does not get out, and you can just throw it away when it gets full.

  27. I just made two of these to give away as gifts; they are awesome! My husband saw one I made for a family with fabric of their fav football team, and now he wants me to make him one for his car. Thanks for the tut!

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  30. Thanks for this amazing design, I just made one for a belated Christmas present for my sister.

  33. Hey this is a cute way to reuse that Hooter Hider! LOL!! Seriously, you're too much. I love your site and am always blown away by your creative ways.

  34. Funny, I was just talking to my husband and saying I needed to have a little trash bag for my car. I just found your site and viola! Here's a bag. Thank you so much.

  35. i love your idea of using boning to keep it open….

    but i have a silly question- how did you 'heat' seal the ends of the ribbon???

    inquiring minds wanna know…

    thanks -shannon

  36. Hi Shannon, no, that's a great question. Sometimes I forget to add that. I heat seal my ribbon ends with a lighter. Just hold the end of the ribbon near the flame until it slightly melts the end. This will keep it from unraveling.

    Good luck!

  37. Thank you!!! LOVE it! I used elastic instead of ribbon only b/c I hate sewing velcro. Worked great. Thanks for the tut, it was very easy to follow

  38. Thanks alot for the tute.I'm going make this right now.I've been following ur super blog regularly.love ur work and site.Thanks again…

  40. My husband is always on me for the way my car looks… as I am the one who has the kids all the time… its a tad messy! Love this idea. Last year for christmas I recieved somthing that had a thick ribbon on it with velcro… guess what I kept for just the right project! And instead of boning I like to recycle my plastic butter tubs! Viola! Simple and recycled!

  41. Perfection! found you via- southern mammas!
    this is just what i need- now if i can just get the boys to use it…
    followin via google friends- will you take a min and do the same?
    thanks! kelli

  42. All roads lead back to make it and love it! Most of the time when I do a google search for something,your blog is one of the first places that pops up. I totally love it!

  43. I'm planning to make a car care kit for my sis and this would be perfect. thanks for all the really great sewing projects. ;)

  45. Maybe it is just me but allot of my back seat trash is sticky. If this is also you! Lining this darling bag with ripstop nylon fabric will prevent your supper cute fabric from get stained or having a wad of gum stuck to it. It would also make for a quick wipe down. Just a though! –emily siple

  46. Great idea! But what if the trash was wet? wouldn’t it leak through? What could we do to prevent it!??

  48. You could easily line this with a super cute laminated fabric that could easily take care of the wet trash problem and be easily wiped out! Or make the thing from laminated fabric as well. love Love your site!

  49. Instead of boning, I used plastic strapping from cardboard shipping boxes. Works great, and creates a use for something that otherwise has no use. It can also be creased to create squared corners. If you don’t have any, it should be available for the asking at stores.

  50. For the boning you could also use strips cut from empty milk jugs. I use the plastic for all kinds of things. I cut shapes for organizing tags, strips for plant markers, flat sides make great stencils, cut the top off with about 3-4 inches turn over and you have a funnel…. the list is endless!

  53. This is so adorable! I made one for trash in my car and made another one a little smaller than this to put my important papers in – then I used one of those little suction-thingys to hang in on my windshield. :)

  54. Im new to sewing and love this idea. I want to make one for myself and a friends birthday .. I can’t did this “boning” anywhere.. The girls at Joann’s and hobby lobby looked at me like I was stupid when I asked.!! A
    Where do you buy yours.?

    • Kayla, this is pretty much irrelevant at this point several months later, but if you went to hobby lobby and Joann’s and asked for boning and they didn’t know what you were talking about…this sounds ugly for me to say this but, let’s put it this way…’you’ shouldn’t feel stupid at all! I have come across people working at fabric stores at times who haven’t a clue about sewing, so sometimes they’re not the best people to necessarily get sewing advice from! (I’m not saying ‘always’ but sometimes-yeah. You ask them something fairly basic and you get a “deer in the headlights” look! But other times Ive talked to some very good, experienced ladies, so you kind of just have to use your judgement…)Sewing can be a lot of fun and creative, so keep at it, have confidence, and don’t get discouraged! One more thing: the best seamstresses have made mistakes -lots of them-you just have to learn from them and chalk it up as experience! Good luck :)

  55. This is it! I’ve been trying to decide what to make to organize my laundry room–presently using unlabeled plastic store bags. I’ll add an embroidered label one each of 3: “Trash”, “Baggies” (local thrift shop asks me to save baggies newspaper comes in), and “Dog Bomb Bags.” I’ll have to post before and afters.

  56. My Mom made something very similar to this but she lined them with vinyl which helps keep the bags cleaner and later could be washed on gentle. For one car she used a “hook” to attach to an air vent and for another car used elastic to place over a knob. After 5 years they are still in use!

  57. I just finished making one. It turned out really cute. I did go a little different on the strap. I used the same fabric as for the bag and put a patch of velcro on the inside back seam and put a longer strip of the soft side on one end of the strap. That way, there’s only one strap, which is adjustable. Also, I lost the piece of boning I bought just for this project, so I used an 11″ piece of 1/4 inch oxygen tubing. I used to care for someone who used portable oxygen and had some on-hand.

  58. Great! I’ve been looking online for a simple DIY clothespin bag, nothing that I’m really liking. Then I found this – I will change up the straps and this is perfect! Thanks!!