Frugal Household Rags

Posted on Wednesday 23 August 2006 at 10:42 PM in Household Projects - Post Comment

I had a old set of lovely, soft flannel twin sheets that I've had since I moved out on my own and recently when they were pulled out of the dryer I found a big hole in the fitted sheet.   I was bummed.  So I looked at it seeing if there was some way I could just patch the hole and keep using them, but I couldn't.  Being the pack rat...I mean frugal recycler that I am, I set them in my sewing corner until I could figure out what to do with them.  I thought, "Well, maybe I can make flannel pillow cases out of them, or a flannel night gown..." etc.  Well, I didn't do anything with them for quite a while.  One day hubby came home with a package of rags that he bought for the garage, (me: "You paid money for rags??)  That got me to thinking that I could use some rags for the kitchen instead of using paper towels all the time.  So I decided to use that old flannel sheet set to make some rags for my kitchen.  I cut out generouse sized squares and I had a nice pile of rags.  I didn't even bother to sew up the edges.  I took a couple of them and sewed them together to use as dish cloths.   They worked well for use around the kitchen...actually all around the house especially for dusting.  Now I'm keeping an eye out for other old fabric items or clothes that I can recycle...like the blue jeans that I'm going to one day turn into a quilt for Boo.