Old Flannel Sheets to Upcycled Unpaper Towels

Nearly 9 years ago, I ran off and married my husband in Antiqua. When we returned, we were blessed with many wedding gifts, including two flannel sheet sets.

The two sets have been rotated for 9 years and both have bit the dust this month.

We have fantastic new LLBean flannel sheets on the bed now, but I just couldn't throw away the sets with holes. Sure it had holes, but the rest was usable.

So, I made unpaper towels with just the fitted sheet of one of the sets. 

All I did was take two 12 1/2 inch squares, sew them right sides together, leaving a 2 inch gap. I then turned them right side out, pressed the seams and edge stitched the whole square (which happened to seal the 2 inch gap). Lastly, I zig zag stitched from one corner to the next to seal the layers. Easy, although repetitive and a bit time consuming.

Even with the holes, I was able to piece and make 20 different flannel squares that fit perfectly on a paper towel roll.
 This nice papertowel holder my dad made has been empty for years (I cannot even tell you how many years it has been since I bought paper towels). Now, it's filled. 

So, there you have it. An old sheet that I couldn't throw away, turned into something much more useful. 
 Zoom approved. One down, three to go. What can you make with an old sheet? Ideas? I still have 3 to use up. Oh, the possibilities...

4 comments:

  1. You are SO clever! Love how you repurpose things!

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  2. Flanel is nice to make wascloths (the closed ones where you can put your hand in?) we call them washand (Dutch for Wash-hands).
    You can also make washcloths for the beloved but dirty apple-cheeks.
    You can make some extra pillowcases.
    And last but not least you can make cloth diapers or menstrual-pads!

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