"Non Paper" Flannel Towels

Today I'm going to show you how I turned flannel into towels that make a great swap for paper towels and napkins. Let's reduce our consumables, save money, and help the planet!
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[@xXCourtneyLee13Xx]

I love how you mention you can make panty liners out of the left over material. I’ve been using cloth pads for over a year and I would never go back to disposable. I can’t wait to make my own non paper towels!

[@ChefRondaE]

I've made my own non paper towels, TP, my scraps i use for.make up rounds. I made cloth/flannel diapers for my son when he was a baby (he's 26yo now) But my mom, sister, son & best friend will get 4 dozen non paper towels for Christmas. It saved me LOTS of money & super fun & MUCH more absorbent. I hate using 1 time.items (napkins/paper towels, tp, etc) its saved me over $150 a year PLUS when everyone was scrambling for toilet paper & other paper projects.... i was not worried . (My homemade kleenex ones are lighter in color (besides no chaffed noses when i have a sinus problem) & have rounded edges vs my TP that are darker on one side & white on the other and are squared for easy distinction.I do have Tp, kleenex & napkins for anyone who comes over.

[@AnnRicci]

We are on the same wave length..... I recently came across a set of flannel sheets that belonged to my daughter when she was little. I had a pillow case//top sheet and bottom sheet and made reusable towels for the kitchen. I am looking forward to Katharine coming for a visit so she can enjoy a flashback moment like I do every time I use them !!!!

[@return2basics242]

That is a FABULOUS idea! I was looking around my house at what I already have available to use to make some of these and was struggling on what I was willing to repurpose. Well now.... I have a TON of extra flannel king size pillow cases that no longer are part of a full set as well as we just don't like to use such large pillow cases. Perfect solution! Thanks for mentioning this! That's absolutely what I'm about to use!

[@sunriderksy]

I've had this on my "Make it!" list for awhile now, and just got a variety of snuggle flannel in our kitchen colors from JoAnns (early Black Friday sale the week before Thanksgiving). I was thinking of getting a short section of PVC pipe to roll the unpaper towels onto and then slide that onto the holder I have mounted under a cabinet. Planning to use that leftover material to glue onto the PVC pipe to make it "grip" the pipe for the first towel rolled on.

[@mreadable]

i just say the "commercially availalble" product at a high end "green clean" store and took one look and said, "i can do better than that!" I love how straightforward your instructions are. too many people on line have taken this incredibly simple idea and made it way more complex than it needs to be. i just happened to get a serger machine (i have wanted one for years) and now i have a great project to create using it. thanks for keeping it simple!

[@thedrunkengardenernb]

It should say on the side of the fabric

[@tessag5699]

I did this a year ago. I had 3 rolls of paper towels and I still have 2 rolls left. I use microfiber cloths for cleaning and these for everything else. Best thing I did to reduce what goes to the landfill.

[@wildchild2351]

Yes yours look so much better!!!

[@jadebethj4807]

i bought some nice fabric today at Joanns and I'm excited.

[@cathi3228]

It's good to see you! I love this idea. Anything to keep crap out of the landfills is good idea. Thanks for sharing.

[@rosinyberg8747]

GREAT TUTORIAL!!!! I have a Serger, in a bin, in a closet… needs some counseling… she is grumpy! BUT… your lesson is fabulous!!! And they are only one layer!

[@Scott_Alex]

Hello 👋 How are you doing today?

[@patcyzauskas7216]

Haven’t seen you in ages!!! Was hoping you were ok. Thanks for visiting us!! I like the go green idea but admit I’d still be using paper towels as well for greasy stuff. I do use cloth towels in my craft room. They r really ink stained but I don’t care.

[@gathercreatelivewithleslie8340]

I've been holding onto flannel for a year and wanting to do this. I think I'm just going to try the pinking shears. My sewing machine sometimes eats the edges of fabric on me.

[@robinpesek3657]

Wow! Good work!

[@janinerosenke5463]

This is awesome.

[@CraftsByKelso]

Love these!

[@debbielee93]

I love these for all sorts of uses. I went for shirt flannel and this of course had to be the year everyone wanted bleached flannel. Oh well

[@Scott_Alex]

Hello 👋 How are you doing today?

[@rosinyberg8747]

Agree!!! Yours look much nicer

[@Scott_Alex]

Hello 👋 How are you doing today?

[@stella4411]

This is great!!! Thank you!

[@sarikasharma6024]

Amazing

[@5minutecraftdecorations16]

Excellent work 🙂

[@hellokittielover10]

Thank you !

[@SBereft]

This was a great tutorial. What do I do if my machine doesn't have a serger? My machine is kind of a simple one.

[@lorettatayor5840]

Use a zig zag stitch.

[@kathrynscarry5456]

What setting did you set your serger to? I’ve been playing around with tension and spacing but haven’t gotten it quite right

[@rachellaframboise4325]

If using a serger, why would you need to precut the round edges? Won’t the serger cut the edges for you?

[@cw4608]

Interesting, only this morning I was thinking of turning old cotton t-shirts into clothes to replace paper.

[@mariahdoyle2904]

Love it! I'm working on some as well. I'm new to the serger. Can you really just trim the ends like this? Any recommendations to secure the ends without glue?

[@Scott_Alex]

Hello 👋 How are you doing today?

[@bitsnbytes10]

I was hoping to use these to clean up spill messes, doesnt work they really arent absorbant like paper towels.

[@susanbyers7523]

Cool. Idea

[@Scott_Alex]

Hello 👋 How are you doing today?

[@availblekw]

What stitch do you use?

[@robinpesek3657]

Yes yours look better.

[@lauriet5987]

Thanks!

[@CraftsByKelso]

Did you cut the 3" off?

[@Tacotuesday09]

How do you know if the flannel you are buying is non-sleepwear flannel?

[@thedrunkengardenernb]

It usually says on the salvage end "not for sleepware"

[@crafttestdummies]

Check the selvedge or the bolt spool. (Or it should be on the website if online.) If you are using recycled clothing, don’t worry about it.

[@dixiefox8463]

The video was good but you didn’t explain what numbers on your tension you have to use. This is the problem I’m having.