adios papel (bye bye paper)

most of you will think i am crazy, but most of you also know that i already am crazy.

you all know (and if you don't, then you obviously don't know me at all) that i am a little on the green side, okay, okay, my blood runs green.

i was randomly blogstalking people, when i came upon this new idea:

reusable toilet paper.

yes, at first my very first thought was "GROSS".

but then i started to think about how not gross it was, and how amazing it would be for: my body, the environment, for when we have kids (reusable wipes) and a million more reasons.

it was kinda crazy, but here is one website

i got from this website (jake and christy)

but you can also google: cloth toilet paper.

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yes everyone that i talk to (besides sus) is totally grossed out beyond belief, and almost every person has som story to try and deter me from doing it... little do they know, wipe by wipe i am saving their earth too.

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so here i how i made some cute napkins and toilet paper.

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1. buy cute 100% cotton cloth for napkins

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100% cloth (i used flannel) for toilet paper

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2. iron said fabric

3. cut said fabric into whatever size you want for napkins

-i just got 1/3yard for each print of fabric, then

cut that into 3 pieces... big enough for us.

-for the tp, i ct them into 6x6in squares (that's what google said)

CRAZY CUTE!

tp
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4. sew a border around the tp, or it will really ravel away... i tried my hand at all the different stitches my machine can do, and it was fun to see them :) i used brown thread.
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you can sew 2 tp's together inside out then flip them and sew around the edges again to make a border and have no raveling at all, but i was too anxious to get them done.



see the borders below

with the napkins, i actually hemmed them,

they are too cute to look ravely.

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we use cloth napkins all the time, but i had a giftcard to the fancy tiger

and it has such cute fabric, i couldnt resist making napkins!!!

FINISHED!

i love the napkins so much!

i will take pics of the other fabric later!

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care of the toilet paper:

a site

1. wipe

2. place in an aluminum trash bin labeled

"cloth toilet paper only"

3. once that fills up,

wash in washer on medium heat with regular detergent

(i use all clear)

4. dry (in dryer or on line) too cold out now :)

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another site

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another site again

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at some point soon i will make some wet wipes with

Dr Bronners soap

essential oils

but i dont have a container/wipe warmer...

so until then, just dry ones.

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i love them so much so far.

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*note: since i didn't hem them, i have to FOR SURE wash them separately, b/c strings get everywhere, even though i did sew around the edges.