How to Sew a Washable Reusable Sponge
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- Reusable sponge supplies:
¼ yd Woven fabric
Cotton batting
¼ yd Net mesh fabric
Thread in coordinating colors
Sewing machine
Fabric scissors
Paper scissors
Straight pins or fabric clips
Clear beveled ruler
Fabric chalk or water erasable fabric marker
WASHABLE REUSABLE SEWING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cut Your Fabric. Here’s what you need to cut: (You can use a rotary cutter to cut super straight lines or wing it with scissors if you prefer.)
Woven fabric: cut 2 pieces of 3 ½: x 5 ½” rectangles for the sponge base.
Net mesh fabric: cut 2 pieces of 3 ½” x 5 ½” rectangles for the scrubby part of the sponge.
Cotton batting: cut 3-4 pieces of 3 ½” x 5 ½” rectangles for the inside of the sponge.
Lay all of your pieces together
2. Place one piece of woven fabric with the right side up (the side of the fabric you want to see is the right side), and then place two pieces of net mesh fabric on top.
3. Now place the second piece of woven fabric with the right side down on top of the mesh layers.
4. Then place 3-4 pieces of cotton batting on top.
Pin layers together and mark an opening
5. Pin the layers together nicely. 6. Mark a 2” opening on one side of the sponge in chalk or a washable fabric marker. This will mark the opening that you will use to turn the sponge right side out after sewing.
Sew layers together and remove pins
7. Sew the layers together using a ¼” seam allowance along the edges, starting from the opening mark and finishing the stitch at the other opening mark. Don’t forget to backstitch when you start and finish your seam. 8. Remove the pins.
Trim corners and turn sponge right side out
9. Trim the corners to lessen the bulk.
10. Turn the sponge right side out, so that the right side of the woven fabric is on one side of the sponge, and the mesh fabric is on the other side.
Fold in opening and topstitch
11. Now tuck the opening raw edges inside the sponge, and pin the opening closed.
12. Topstitch around the entire sponge carefully about ⅜” in from the edge. You can choose to add a second topstitch ¼” away from the first one if you would like. You are done!
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Well done and thank you. You are a good teacher and are appreciated as we have a lot of new sewers. Not everyone on U-Tube has your gift of teaching. ❤
I made my daughter washable "paper towels" for Christmas from diaper utility fabric. This will make a good companion gift. Great video! Your machine sewed beautifully and my Pfaff would too, but my Baby Lock would need the walking foot.
Thanks for the tutorial. What a beautiful purple stone ring you have!
Muy buena idea.
Gracias por compartir
As a newbie to sewing I love this idea. Thank you for sharing the video. I just bought my first sewing machine so am excited to try these x
Happy for you.
New here. What a great video! Thanks for sharing! Liked and subscribed.
For the mesh fabric, will tulle be durable enough?
is mesh the same a tulle?
What brand is your mesh fabric? Where can I find it? Thank you
Where did you get the mesh? Is it plastic mesh ?
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Would the mesh be non scratch?
I tried using tulle, and it did not last, started to tear after one week. What kind of mesh fabric is this?
Go to hobby lobbythey have packages of mesh
I’m currently experimenting with different materials and watching many tutorials. Someone mentioned doubling up on the tulle (as done in this video) They said the Tulle actually was “scrubbier” than mesh on dishes. I made one with tulle, I don’t do dishes by hand but use it scrape off food before loading into the dishwasher. It’s doing ok so far. I turn my knives blade out, away from mesh. I plan to make many to share with friends to experiment with before I give them as gifts or think about selling.
Did you use one or two layers of tulle? I've heard the mesh from fruit bags at the store work well
She used 2 layers of mesh. Otherwise, the mesh breaks down quickly.
Yes the mesh bags that fruit comes in does work well.