Sunday, February 17, 2013

5 Uses for Flour Sack Cloth Towels

Sometimes when I really stop to think, I can't believe the things that I get excited about these days. Getting married, having kids, owning a home. All these things definitely change a girl.

 Like the hardwood floor vacuum we found on Amazon.

Or finishing folding all the laundry and getting to put the empty baskets back into each room.

Or actually getting dressed and ready for the day before 11 am.

Life has really changed my perspective on what I consider to be pretty awesome. And one silly little thing that I continually enjoy very thoroughly are these flour sack cloth towels.


So much so that I am indeed going to write a post about them. Maybe you will get just as excited and then I won't feel so strange.

The best news about these little lovelies is that they cost about $1 a piece (WalMart), and they have so many uses. Some are pretty duh, but some I have found to be quite fantastic. So here are five things you can do with flour sack cloth towels.

1) You can use them as towels. Obviously. But they are perfect for covering rising bread. Maybe I just think this because my mom always used tea towels to cover rolls, etc. But they are so lightweight and sometimes I think a heavy towel will actually stifle my rising bread. Is that crazy?

2) They are great for cleaning. They are so soft and wipe mirrors so nicely. Another silly thing I love. Really clean mirrors with no streaks and no cleaning rag fuzz.

3) Cloth diapering. They make perfect flat diapers that can be folded into any size. And they are so easy to wash and dry, so they take less energy than bulkier prefold diapers. And I keep a couple in the car as diaper emergency back up. Which will be nice when I have two babies because then I don't need to keep multiple sizes in the car.

4) I cut them into smaller pieces and use them for staining furniture. They are the perfect texture for wiping stain and they're so cheap that I don't mind just throwing away a chunk of a towel after I use it. Then I don't have to worry about washing oily, stain coated rags. I'm not very crafty but I'd imagine they'd have a lot of other "craft" related uses as well.

5) I use them as a "cutting board". I hate when I have to chop nuts or chocolate chips or something and they fly off the board while I'm cutting. But I also hate using my giant cutting board because it's so hard to clean in my sink. So I cut things on the towel. It's also amazing for cutting bread. It contains all the crumbs and then you just shake it out. And when you keep it folded several times it's thick enough to protect your counter.


I hope you've been as inspired as I am by these simple towels. They just might change your life the way they have mine! It's all about the little things, right?


1 comment:

Jessica said...

Hey Shanna! This is so funny that you posted this because I just bought a couple packs of flour sack towels, cut each into 4 pieces and folded them to use as napkins/paper towels. We love it! I hate wasting money on paper towels and it actually feels a little luxurious. I'll have to try some of your ideas. ;)