Make a drawstring swimming bag from a shower curtain

Last summer I was prepared to make a drawstring swimming bag from a shower curtain for my children so they could pop it in their school bag when they did swimming lessons. Summer kind of finished before I even gave it a second thought. Lucky for a recent craft retreat I went on, I was able to catch up on all my unfinished projects. I’m now prepared for this coming summer.

As luck wouldn’t have it, I tried the thrift stores for ages looking for a fabric type shower curtain but none were available. I thought I’d ‘bite the bullet’ and try one of the dollar stores and it was my lucky day as the one I wanted was reduced to $6. I’m not sure the thrift stores would’ve sold them for much cheaper.

I picked up some vinyl lettering from the stationery store and the cord was salvaged from some venetian blinds. When I took the blinds down (they were faded from the sun and not working very well), I saved the cord as that sort of thing always comes in handy for a lot of things.

How to Make It

 

Choose how big you want it and cut 2 rectangular shaped pieces of fabric. I took advantage of the edges that already had been finished when I was cutting. It’s just straight sewing but the good part about using shower curtain fabric is that it is waterproof. Not only will it suffice for the children to take their swimming things to school, it will help when they bring them home wet.

Shower curtain fabric is very slippery so I was lucky at the craft retreat that one of the ladies had an overlocker that I could finish the raw edges otherwise it would’ve been fiddly trying to do a zigzag stitch on the seams. It frays, a lot, so it pays to do this.

This sort of fabric is also good for making peg bags, toy storage in the bath or shower and any time you need to store wet things.

Wynnum Wading Pool & Waterpark

Okay, so this happened like about 2 or 3 weeks ago (I can’t remember, it was that long ago) due to photo upload problems but I eventually got around to uploading the photos via Photobucket.  This is a morning we had at the Wynnum Wading Pool and Waterpark. We’re not far from here and I’d been taking the kids there since they could walk. They both had their introduction to sea water, face first in this pool and now, 5 years later, they love it. The time will come soon when this will be too ‘babyish’ for them and it’ll be on to bigger and better things so in the meantime, we’ll continue to come here while the sun is shining and the kids are enjoying it.

Wynnum is an eastern suburb of Brisbane. You can always

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catch a cool breeze and the facilities at Wynnum Wading Pool are fantastic. The ‘pool’ is a tidal pool and fresh water fills the pool at every high tide. The entire pool is only ‘my thigh deep’ so no ‘deep ends’. The pool is surrounded by shady trees, picnic tables, free barbecues, toilet amenities and a wonderful waterpark. The waterpark is full of interesting playground equipment for the young ones plus ‘squirting whales’ which my kids love. You can see in my banner above, the kids standing on the whales from a previous visit.

There’s a walking track right beside the complex that takes you right into the Manly Harbour and some beautiful scenery so bring your bikes or scooters.

Wynnum Wading Pool & Waterpark

Wynnum Esplanade

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