The Blind Stitcher

The Blind Stitcher

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Thinking GREEN during the cold season

Before they used tissues to wipe your nose, they used cloth handkerchiefs. The advantage is, you don’t kill trees or fill the garbage pit.

You don’t have to buy them. Look around for what you have. Those lightweight, cotton kitchen curtains, that you don’t us any more. Or, maybe, you have an old, cotton slip or maybe, even an old, cotton baby dress. I am sure you get the idea

Cut them into up to 12-inches squares; hem them – you could us the sewing machine, but that does make a stiff edge; turn the edge under twice, and hand stitch the hem.

Now, you could; crochet an edge and hand stitch it to your hem; and/or you could embroidery a pretty little flower of something on a corner – while this looks nice, it is a bit ruff on the nose.

I would suggest you make at least 7, but a dozen would be better. For health sake, use a clean hanky every day.

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