One of the things you'll acquire en masse with the birth of a little one is baby blankets. We received a bag of them early on from Freecycle. The majority of these ones were thin, stained and older patterns. We were satisfied with them, until we started receiving beautiful brand new baby blankets as gifts. These ones were soft, warm, thick and beautiful. Suddenly our bag of respectable discards didn't seem so appealing.
I considered reFreecycling them, but changed my mind when I realized their potantial. Instead, I grabbed my scissors and went to town.
Now I have 24 baby wipes made from a vintage duck pattern cotton; 8 hand-sized wipes for our bathroom counters (I wipe them down every morning with some Windex) made from thin white flannel; and a stack of adorable teddy bear towels made from worn and pilled flannel. After cutting up 4 blankets, I have now eliminated my need for paper towels, baby wipes and disinfectant wipes. And there are still LOTS to go through.
Now if I could just get inspired enough to hem them...
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