UNPAPER TOWELS: HOW TO MAKE REUSABLE PAPER TOWELS WITH FABRIC SCRAPS  (TWO WAYS)

Thinking of making the swap to unpaper towels? Honestly, it’s easier than you think, and you can make your own reusable paper towels in 15 minutes!

– fabric scraps – thread – pins  – sewing machine – scissors – iron ruler

Supplies to Make a Reusable Paper Towels

Measure two pieces of 10” x 15” fabric (this can be an absorbent piece and a linen, two absorbent fabrics, etc – again, just use whatever you have on hand). Then cut.

Measure and cut

Put your sides face-to-face and pin along the edge. Sew all sides 1/4" from the edge, but be sure to leave a small gap to turn the towel inside out!

Pin the two fabric pieces together and sew

Cut the corners so that when you flip the towel inside out, the corners lay nice and flat. Flip the towel inside out and iron along the edges. Now, you can sew the hole closed.

FLIP INSIDE OUT AND SEW THE HOLE CLOSED

Measure and cut fabric scraps. Just like the sewed option, measure two pieces of 10" x 15" fabric, then cut.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR NO-SEW REUSABLE PAPER TOWELS

Cut 3 pieces of hemming tape long enough for each side. Put your pieces face-to-face with the hemming tape just on the edge.

CUT HEMMING TAPE TO SIZE

Iron the pieces together on only 3 of the sides, leaving a smaller side open. Check the instructions that come with your hemming tape.

Iron and apply hemming tape

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