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Budget Tip of the Day: Bag Opener

I have been collecting embroidery hoops over the past couple months to make my embroidery hoop mobile that I featured last week. I didn’t need as many as I thought I would, and now I have a lot left over. I thought this would be the perfect challenge for this weeks tips to see what I could make out of them. I found all of mine at the thrift store for fifty cents to one dollar a piece. If you can’t find any there, they are still very inexpensive to buy at any fabric or craft store. I can’t wait to show you the many uses of these hoops this week.

Here is a very practical way to put an embroidery hoop to good use. Simply use it to keep a bag that you frequently use open. Just place the bag around the outer hoop and secure it in place with the inner hoop. I used this one here for our sports ball bag that we keep in our garage. I’m constantly in and out of it, and it gets old having to use the drawstring so many times. Now I can easily grab something out and toss it back in. My boys also think this is a fun way to play basketball. Another great use would be to use the embroidery hoop on a laundry bag. If you don’t have much floor space for a hamper, a laundry bag might be the perfect thing to hang on the back of a bedroom or laundry room door. Use the hoop to keep it open for easy access when you need to toss your clothes in.