what do you do with fabric scraps and old clothes
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Comments (11)Good suggestions everyone, thanks. I sure would love to see your purse too Dixiedog. I think I got burned on consignment a couple of years ago, so I didn't really want to do that unless you all gave it glowing reviews, saying it was terrific (and I was totally unlucky)!!! I overheard friends at work who have children 3 months-24 months old lamenting how they were trying to get by, so they got the clothes. As to the textbooks, I guess I can try craigslist or free cycle. I can't imagine someone wanting a chemistry book for a purse, just seems icky. Maybe I'll write one of those cute Craigslist entries: "They're a handy four-in-one tool. You can make some purses out of them!!! Use them for your homeschooled college student!!! Tired of all that constant burning from steam irons? Well no more! Iron your clothes the easy way, just set these tomes on top your shirt at night leaving the work to the books, and in the moring it'll be flat as can be! Missing a leg for your table? Use these to prop it up instead!" Only, I'm not witty enough for that. Well, off to find someone looking for outdated university textbooks. Here is a link that might be useful: some book purses, I may have to try one or two....See MoreDish cloths & towels - what do you do with them?
Comments (46)Oh he's so cute! He'll be a great towel critter. Congrats on the new countertop, post pics when it's all in! I probably should have picked a different animal so I didn't copy robin d's towel pig idea. But he just spoke to me because I have had a thing about pigs my whole life and collect them. I don't have them all out, don't like the clutter. But a few of my favorite ones grace bookshelves and mantles and tv consoles throughout the house. Towel pig just fit in so perfectly! But if I found a Towel Robin, I'd snatch it up in a heartbeat!...See MoreOld pillows and pillowcases, what do you do with yours?
Comments (23)prairiemoon, you thought of using an old pillow for a dog but you don't have a dog? LOL Adopt a dog! You won't be sorry :) I can see why you think he's a Corgi. My mother thought the same thing the first time she saw a picture of him. He landed on our back patio during a horrific storm one night 4 years ago. We like to say a tornado dumped him on us. No one around here claimed him and it was during a crazy tornado filled night. Actually we say God and Carly (our choc Lab that passed away 6 weeks earlier) sent him to us. As to what kind of dog he is, it's not 100% certain. Vets say Australian Cattle Dog but he really doesn't look like pictures of Aussie Cattle Dogs. He DOES look like photos of Dingoes tho (which Aussie Cattle Dogs come from) and share many of their traits. Smart and the most well behaved dog we've ever had! He has spoiled us to ever having another dog. I know we'll love another one just as much as we do him but I don't think we'll be lucky enough to get another dog with this level of intelligence and behavior. Our only problem with him is keeping him in the pasture with a 4ft chain link fence. He climbs over it! He has a curly tail that touches his back :) DINGOES......See MoreHow do you separate your clothes when you do laundry?
Comments (150)@Nancy in Mich - it's pretty hot here in Israel, and though the city I live in isn't humid (Jerusalem), other cities are pretty humid. I don't leave my washer door open, since our laundry room is so small that we'd have trouble opening up the door to the room if we did that. Sorry about your husband though - not sure I know how to convince him to ignore the tags :). @dadoes - I forgot about our washers heating up the water on their own. I will say that clothing gets a LOT cleaner with a European machine. When we first came here, I was astounded by how white my whites get. When my in-laws come they're always shocked by how clean my father-in-laws dress shirts get. They're all-cotton, fairly expensive shirts, and they come out looking brand-new. I'm not sure why there's a push for washing in cold water either. Our machines are very efficient - electricity costs more here, so they have to be. Honestly I can't even imagine washing towels and sheets in cold water. It feels so unsanitary. Maybe they're pushing it because washing in cold water doesn't get your clothes as clean... which means you have to buy new clothing/bedding earlier than you'd normally need to....See MoreFori
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