DIY Un-Paper Towels. Reusable Cloth Towels
This tutorial will should you how to make DIY unpaper towels- reusable paper towels made with cotton cloth or old towels. This is a simple sewing project for beginners and will allow you to cut down or eliminate your paper towel usage. You can also use these with my disinfecting wipe recipe
Check out the video tutorial and then see the photos and more instructions below.
I wanted to try making DIY un paper towels as an alternative to the regular paper towels I use. These re-usable rags made from cotton fleece can replace some of the following uses of paper towels:
- Drying hands
- Wiping up spills
- Napkins
- Cleaning
Lay out one yard of fleece fabric and use a role of paper towels you already have as a template to determine the size of the towels.
Wash and dry the fabric before you begin.
Cut the fabric into rectangles. Each yard should get you about 20 towels.
Using a sewing machine sew a simple edge around each of the cloth squares. You can use any stitch you like. Try to get as close to the edge as you can without going over.
Keep them folded in a basket or wrap them around an empty cardboard paper towel tube for easy access. Wash and dry like normal.
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Dish cloths and dish towels. Wash, dry and reuse!
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Yes. It is a very good idea! Saves money and trees.
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