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If you’re like me, you probably have several old bed sheets that are a bit worn, or they don’t match any of your bedroom décor. You don’t want to throw your sheets out, but they’re not really doing much of anything either. What’s a frugalist to do?
Behold: 20 Things to Do With Old Bedsheets
- Use them for drop clothes for painting projects
- Make a laundry bag
- Use it to make gift wrap
- Cut them into thin strips and use them to knit or crochet
- Cut them up and use them to make and stuff throw pillows
- Take them to the beach and use for picnics
- Crochet them into rag rugs
- Turn them into linen napkins and table cloths
- Cut them up and use them for dusting
- Use them for quilt backing
- Donate them to homeless shelters
- Cover fruit trees to protect from frost
- Tear into strips and use to tie your tomato plants to stakes
- Cover old furniture and other items collecting dust in attics, garages and basements
- Make drawstring gift bags
- Make kitchen curtains
- Let children drape over chairs to make tents and forts
- Use for picnic or camping table cloth
- Use to slip cover chairs
- Freecycle
1245 days ago
[...] and sew old sheets into gift bags. BlogHer published all the details, plus a great tip to avoid the irritating process [...]
1264 days ago
[...] As for napkins, check out discount stores for cloth napkins if you haven’t got any. We received napkins years ago for Christmas, and we’ve updated our stash, each year or two demoting the fanciest to “daily” because we aren’t fanatical about getting out stains. I saw this article, too, where comments mentioned stitching worn-out sheets (the nice parts, obviously) in…. [...]
Depending on the thread count of the sheet, can be cut and sewn to make nice formal napkins.
i cut up a twin size flannel sheet and made 36-2 layered cloth baby wipes .
1652 days ago
[...] the full story here Author Tristian Pratt Comments [...]
I love the letting children make tents and forts! I did this as a child and the whole living room was covered with bed sheets. Great memory.
I carry many messy items in the front of my truck in inclement weather. The old sheets make good seat covers for those times!
If they are 100% cotton or other natural fiber, they would make great paper!
I donate them to the Humane Society along with old quilts and blankets for the rescue dogs.
I never use my flat sheets when they come in a set so I take two, sew them together and make a duvet cover for my down comforter…!
Keep a set in your car trunk 1) to protect the trunk floor from messy cargo like bags of mulch or potting soil from the hardware store or nursery and 2) to protect items (for example, furniture) being dinged, scratched, or bumped around during transport.
Ghost costumes for the kids at Haloween.
1774 days ago
[...] 20 Things to Do with Old Bed Sheets [...]
They can be cut and edge-finished to create Furoshiki. These are Japanese ‘wrapping cloths’
Treehugger had a writeup on the Japanese Ministry of the Environment’s effort to re-popularize the Furoshiki.
The Ministry of the Environment offers a PDF that contains instructions for how to tie them.
What a lot of great ideas. I’m going to have to grab them before darling husband gets to them. He must have three garbage bags full of rags that he uses for who knows what?? And he will never get around to using them all. I especially like the one about gift bags. I hate wrapping gifts at Christmas!!