See links below to purchase the same fabrics: I used a regular tissue as a guide and cut these 8” x 8”. It might be useful here. We'll never post without your permission. Using mesh bags for your produce? Usually, on waste Wednesday, I check in with my weight of non recyclable rubbish for the week. Your confirmation will be sent to %email%. Knowing what I now know about knit fabric, I probably wouldn’t even bother to pink the edges, making the entire 5” x 5” square usable. I don’t think that these add much, if anything, to the amount of laundry I do. Every single one was double hemmed (as I didn’t have an overlocker). Before the revival of the magic spray into my life, I was churning through boxes of tissues. I couldn’t be any happier. As my bf said last night "you sniffed through eight months of mornings" (and then some) and now I'm normal again! I post sewing and crafting tutorials here at the Mermaid’s Den. I bought two baby wraps and a sheet from the thrift shop (for a huge sum of $5 I think), and cut them into smaller squares (or rectangles/oblongs/weirdly shaped squarish things). I figured that making fabric hankies was a good way to continue this trend. I like jersey material for hankies the best as they are so soft. (we never used to buy tissues. Etsy may send you communications; you may change your preferences in your account settings. These might work for someone who likes a thicker tissue, though. They’re small enough that they don’t add to the number of loads of laundry I need to do. While the cotton flannel was very soft, too, it was a little too thick for me, and the pinked edges unraveled in the wash, so they all have to be sewn.

I just folded up each side and sewed a simple hem. I bought a bakers dozen of organic cotton un-paper towels. It’s a quick, no-sew project (with a sewing option provided if you prefer to hem them). By clicking Register, you agree to Etsy's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. These Bloops shows the backsi And I don't think you need to hem it either which would be a bonus. Tips, Replacements, Infographics, and our "road landmarks". Etsy uses cookies and similar technologies to give you a better experience, enabling things like: Detailed information can be found in Etsy’s Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy and our Privacy Policy. Didn't want to an unsolicited drug rep, but it's called Avamys. Looks like you already have an account! Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account.
So the loss? You guessed it: white. By clicking above, you agree that we may process your information in accordance with these terms. Hahaha I do have planning time! They're not as soft as the un-paper towel but they're pretty and the make me think of grandma. However, I ended up buying new fabric, partly because I plan to reuse them a lot and partly because I had particular fabrics in mind that I wanted to use. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. We will treat your information with respect. I'll need to look into these 'un-paper' towels.

See my Pinterest board on Eco-Friendly Crafting: And here’s a good piece by the Creative Curator about the importance of zero waste fashion and sewing. I couldn’t be any happier. However, you can reuse the cotton tote bag many more times than plastic bags, and reusable items won’t take up as much space in landfills or in the ocean. No makeup on? Having these around sure did help in the waste department. I didn’t bother folding the pinked edge under—it should stop unraveling when it meets the line of stitches.

The most popular colour? You need to have cookies enabled to sign in. The hankie stash! Both samples below have been washed. Sorry – meant to be "visitors with kids"…ie all kinds of mop up disasters! I figured that making fabric hankies was a good way to continue this trend. Plus, I had the nasal spray in my medicine cupboard, which means the ‘new’ spray I bought, I took back to the pharmacy and got a refund on! Escape will close this window. I have some vintage handkerchiefs, which are mostly cotton and linen. All in all, I made more than 90 hankies! 0 Waste Life We are an ordinary working family trying to get greener and produce zero landfill waste because we care about our future. Posts about facial tissues written by GoingPlaces Can-Do Zero Waste Zero Waste McMinnville Our mission is to help McMinnville become the first city in Oregon to reduce the amount of its waste going to landfills and incinerators by 90% by 2024. But hankies, I am not so sure. The straight-cut hankies held up better than the pinked ones and didn’t fray at all, so I wouldn’t recommend pinking a knit fabric. No idea why, it was just a normal morning. Your confirmation will be sent to your email address. Check your inbox or spam folder now to confirm your subscription. Since the miracle nasal spray, what I thought was a cold was cured! Check your inbox or spam folder now to confirm your subscription. Remember a while back I was sickly but I had a miraculous recovery thanks to a nasal spray, which incidently has knocked my allergies for dead.
All rights reserved. Overall, I think using fabric handkerchiefs is environmentally friendly, as long as you reuse them consistently. Remember a while back I was sickly but I had a miraculous recovery thanks to a nasal spray, which incidently has knocked my allergies for dead. Ever since I started living zero waste, I have learned that people do NOT give a dang. I've actually liked them a lot more than paper towels. Take full advantage of our site features by enabling JavaScript. Seriously. Well you're in luck, because here they come. Apparently, I hadn’t pre-shrunk the fabric, so these turned out a little smaller when I washed them, but overall, the size was fine. There was a problem subscribing you to this newsletter. Super soft my hankies are not! We do this with marketing and advertising partners (who may have their own information they’ve collected). I wrap my sandwiches in them, clean up spills and use them as hankies. I ended up liking the cotton knit hankies better than the cotton flannel for a few reasons. Anyhow, I’ve used these hankies to wipe up spills too, so they really are replacing tissues, but they are washed and reused. You've already signed up for some newsletters, but you haven't confirmed your address. I even have these really pretty flowery hankies I got from grandma that I've been using. Wow! Thank you for signing up! Before making the hankies, I created some small cleaning pads out of an old t-shirt. (I have seen some people use hankies and store them away in a pocket for later use, but that seems a little gross.). Find out more in our Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy. I cut them all to the same size of 5” x 5” initially, so you can see how each finishing technique makes you lose a little bit of fabric real estate. I'm pretty quick to grab a rag if needed here but I'm not sure the bf is ready to! Saying no will not stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make them less relevant or more repetitive. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about zero waste tissues? There are 637 zero waste tissues for sale on Etsy, and they cost £10.60 on average. Both are very soft materials that will hold up to a lot of washing. Set where you live, what language you speak and the currency you use. You guessed it: white. Yes! The fashion and textile industries create a lot of waste, so you could try to find used fabric for these handkerchiefs, and I’ve posted some ways to find cheap fabric at thrift stores and other places.

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Great! Both registration and sign in support using Google and Facebook accounts. The last lingering box of tissues is on the kitchen table. I don’t have a zero waste household, but I’m trying to implement more environmentally-friendly habits, like using my own reusable shopping bags, using fabric produce bags, switching to glass straws instead of plastic, mending, and reducing waste wherever I can, as well as recycling and reusing things. When I made more, I used the smaller size of 8” x 6” because I preferred it to the larger size. To be honest, they aren’t yet as good as tissues. I was worried that the pretty trims would get snagged in the laundry and not hold up to repeated washes. They’re still usable, but they are a little frayed.   United Kingdom   |   English (UK)   |   £ (GBP), remembering account, browser, and regional preferences, remembering privacy and security settings, personalised search, content, and recommendations, helping sellers understand their audience, showing relevant, targeted ads on and off Etsy. It’s less work because you don’t have to finish the edges, and you don’t lose any of your yardage to hemming. Although I really enjoy using the hand crank pinker, it ended up being unnecessary for the knit fabric.

And they ‘stick’ together nicely, which my hankies don’t. Uh oh! Do you want to reduce your spending and make something environmentally friendly? I got all of my fabric at Joann Fabrics. I’ve been using mine for months, and they don’t show any signs of wear, so I think I’ll be able to reuse them for years to come. I like the the weight of the cotton knit fabric, the softness of it, and the fact that it doesn’t need to be sewn. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a percentage if you make a purchase using these links. Ordinary working family trying to get greener and produce zero landfill waste. The most popular colour? Learn more. [Bloops] items are either prototypes or slightly off-spec items that otherwise works just fine, and therefore sold at a discount. Plus, I had the nasal spray in my medicine cupboard, which means the ‘new’ spray I bought, I took back to the pharmacy and got a refund on! Latest updates 29/04/2019 - How Your Phone Can Help You Be More Eco 05/11/2018 - How to convince your partner … (TMI? The cashier won’t even bat an eye – they’re too busy to care! For incidental use, tissues are soft. In terms of environmental impact, you have to think about the resources used to produce your fabric as well as the water consumed in washing and rewashing your reusable tissues. But one of those things you only have to do once to make an ongoing change! You're right Dar, I'm not sure about a full blown cold, but with 90 or so, I should be able to offset at least some tissues. Comment document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a8498c733fa4c582f46fb23a71042ce8" );document.getElementById("df5d77f7dc").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. There were tissue boxes by the sofa, on the kitchen table and on my bedside. Zero Waste for Beginners Zero Waste Lifestyle Kathryn Kellogg February 24, 2017September 11, 2020 Last Updated on September 11, 2020 I thought it would be a lot of fun to compose over 100 easy tips for going zero waste that you could implement relatively quickly. They save me money long-term and are a zero-waste alternative to box after box of tissue. I love making things and sharing them with you, so you can make them, too. Now I have a (paper) bag of hankies at my bedside, and by the sofa. The most common zero waste tissues material is cotton. Then a box at work, and a box or two around the BF’s house.

To make it simpler I ironed the hems, to make my sewing that much easier. These hankies are so small, they just fill in the nooks and crannies in an otherwise normal load. Subscribe to our newsletter to get updates and new posts.