I go to Goodwill and get 2X & 3X or larger clothes, fabrics, sheets, etc just for a good variety of fabric. Always good to have extra material on hand.
Hi Mrs Heidi I hope your day is much better thought about you this morning sent more love and a prayerful hug. Love to see your smiling face on the videos in the morning God bless you all.
I use flannel for reusable tissues, napkins/paper towels. Funny story: My sister came for a visit and I usually keep real tissues for visitors, but I had none. I urged her to use a flannel one and she liked it and wanted to take it home!! I said no, toss it in the washing machine!
😆 it is amazing what some think of as "off" until they use it. I am grateful my girls did not think it weird when I started making cloth pads for them. They wanted as many as I would make for them.
I really, really loved Patrick's comment in another video, "The only way to save money is not to spend it." I would love to see a video on the many things you don't buy. I know lots of them from watching your videos for close to a year now but it would be fun to have lots of ideas in one video.
My two cents worth on re-using flannel. I have two guitars that I put an old cut out from jacket sleeve inside flannel liner that is longer than the fretboard and after playing for an hour or two, I place the liner between strings and fingerboard and then lay the other width over the top of strings and gently wipe up and down to remove any thing that shouldn't remain on surfaces. The guitars look almost new even though they are 15 y/o. I always learn so much from your videos. Much respect for your intelligence and creativity.
I'm glad to see someone else who is as frugal as I am. From the time I got married I've purchased flat sheets instead of fabric sold on bolts, to make clothing, curtains, table cloths etc. I made most of my daughter's dresses from sheets. The color and prints are more consistent and have wider selection of patterns and colors. They're also more durable in wear and hold up better with washing. I had started buying sheets to make curtains because the place we lived had huge windows,buying readymade curtains were astronomical, whereas flat sheets only cost me about 5$ per panel
Great video! Grew up with parents who were born and raised in West Virginia during the Great Depression. I have done many of these things in my almost 50 years as an adult! Your videos are like a visit with a friend... both the ideas and your companionship. ❤
Thanks so much for this video! When I go to yard sales/estate sales I always look at the towels and table cloths, but I never look at the sheets. Goodness... what was I thinking!
The how to video is in the description box, simply change up the stitching and you can consider putting the PUL inside the pad just above the bottom layer of flannel. The flannel will help hold the pad in place better than the PUL layer on the outside will
The incontinent purpose was why I started making them, then shared them with our girls to use for their monthly needs. We got this ladies!! Keep the chemicals away from our tender bits.
I just finished making a big stack of flannel wipes for a friend who has a cloth diaper service. She offers wipes with her washing service for people who are interested and was starting to run low as her business is growing. She adds a serged edge so they take a little longer to make than just cutting the squares, but that serged edge helps them hold up to their commercial washing.
I like to make aprons from sheets. I take the fitted corner and fashion the apron pocket out of it if the elastic is still good. That apron particularity handy when harvesting.
Heidi, I watched your flannel and denim quilt video several times and finally got the nerve to make one and I did! I was given a large flannel sheet in light blue and so I made a denim and flannel quilt with red gingham hearts and patches for my husband for a Christmas present. He loves it! It is the warmest blanket in the house now. In fact, between my afghans and my up-and-coming quilts that I'm making, I'm giving away most of my store-bought blankets that I never liked. (They aren't made of any fabrics I can use inside outside of anything. I try to recycle all fabric but these are not so great.) One day, I was laying down for a rest and I was very cold. I grabbed the denim quilt off his bed to cover me and it was WONDERFUL! I have to confess, it was a lot of hard work making that quilt. I did all the clippings of the edges and all of that. It took a lot of time to make it but it was a wonderful way to repurpose that old flannel blanket and all those old denim jeans I had been storing. I'm sure I will make another one in future. You wouldn't think it gets that cold in south Mississippi winter but it does! By the way, I don't know if you left it out on purpose but I love your bathroom wipes. I made them and use them and they are so much softer than toilet paper. It's now very, very hot down here and it's our time to hibernate indoors for a few months. Some love the 90 degree temps with 70% humidity plus but not us! I'm already dreaming about autumn! P.S. I just enlarged my food forest herb gardens. I now have a HUGE herb garden back there (well actually the herbs are everywhere in the food forest) but over all, I have about 50 plus herbs growing now. Your wooly lamb's ear is doing GREAT!!!!!! I planted your seeds and just about all of them came up and I have 2 inch plants in abundance. I also have your scarlet runner beans growing EVERYWHERE in the food forest. I don't think they're liking this intense heat but I'm hoping they will come back in the fall.
Hi Heidi! After watching your video on castille soap, I bought some and made a solution (water,vinegar and castille soap).I washed my windows with it. No Streak!It used to take me forever to get those windows cleaned. Thanks again Heidi!
Good morning Heidi, I see a trip to Goodwill for flannel in my near future! 🥰 Our chihuahua Izzy really doesn't play with plush toys much, but she has a small "Lambie" that she will growl at, shake and flip up in the air when she is upset with us. Then she will give us the "evil eye". This is usually when we tell her no for something. She's our little diva.
Our favorite set of sheets just sprung a big rip. Hubby said "I'll put it in the trash." I said "Oh, no, I've got plans for it." LOL Love finding kindred spirits!
What a great idea to use pieces of fabric for stuffing! I have a ton of small pieces of fabric that I just can't bear to throw away. I'll start using it for stuffing. I also let my children and now my grandchildren take scraps and buttons (yes, I cut the buttons off things and save them), and give them blank paper and glue and let them have at it. It is so much better than electronics and they absolutely love it. Thanks for all the great ideas. My sewing machines are in the shop for a cleaning, but I'm excited to get back to sewing and use some of your great ideas.
I made a computer case with flannel 10 years ago - we still use them today to slip inside a larger case to minimize scratching and to be able to pull them in and out easier.
Awe my cute little Cody! thank you Heidi, for adding pictures of him, It always puts a smile on my face. I think he love those toys so he can shake it and kill it. Like my Jack Russel like to do the same thing. Heidi, you always have great ideas of how you use all your fabric, I have made toilet wipes out of my flannel and very soft.
I ended up, somehow, with some furry brown material. I made a fuzzy blanket for our Doberman, Mal. He destroyed it one night and my youngest son came downstairs and said, 'Mom, why does it look like Mal killed a Wookie?' 😂 After that, the blankets I made were referred to as Wookies. Thank you for this wonderful video. So helpful!
You can go get fabrics at Salvation Army. When I went there they took me in the back and told me to get all of the blankets, quilts, sheets, and curtains I wanted for free! I made a donation and used the quilts to move with lol
We do not have a Good Will or Salvation Army in our small remote town. We do have a second hand store but it is only open for a few hours at a time three days a week and I just cannot make the time to get down there. I prefer shopping garage sales anyway
Hi. You have a store? I have a suggestion..i bought a patchwork bingo bag and I use it for my garden stuff ..the pockets inside and out are perfect for seeds and tools😁
Yes, I have a store but have been cutting back on the items I sell because I just cannot keep up. My store is a full time job and youtube is a full time job, then I still have to take care of my grandbaby, my garden, and my home
Use your waterproof materials it harder for them too tire them apart. My shorty has a star toy with a seeking inside. It's 3-4 years old and he hasn't been able too tire it apart. But he sure has destroyed his duck toy apart just half the body and toes left.
Good morning Heidi! 🌻 Today's gonna be hotter than - well, you know.☺️ Hope it's cooler where you are. I've been meaning to ask about the wipes. Do you use a bucket with water in the bathroom or ... what do you do with them after use? I've just been using an old washcloth at the sink but I've heard several people who do differently.🤷 ✝️🤗💜
Does anyone know the difference between flannel and brushed cotton? They are both woven sorta fuzzy cotton. It’s not so important , I’m use the fabric either way, but I feel like I should know the names of the fabrics I use . I’ve found a few white sheets and I want to make some winter undershirts.
Could you do one of these for denim. I do not have much flannel, but have a lot of old jeans that I cut up. Nevermind :-) I see that you already did one. I have old sheets in really good shape - but they are all white - any ideas???
If the sheets are cotton, they can be dyed different colors. I have done that with old cotton sheets before and talk about that in the next video in this series
I will have to see if I still have the pattern I have drawn out and I will try to shoot a video on how to make them but even a pattern will need to be adjust for each dog as all dogs are very different in shape and size
If you mean for the skirt, no, I so not have a written pattern but I have a full playlist on the skirt. I recommend watching all the videos as it was something that evolved the more I made them such as changing how I laid out the squares to the addition of pockets: czcams.com/play/PLzVtTPDzFPKFkI2Er-6JV72MabwMxIurH.html
I go to Goodwill and get 2X & 3X or larger clothes, fabrics, sheets, etc just for a good variety of fabric. Always good to have extra material on hand.
Hi Mrs Heidi I hope your day is much better thought about you this morning sent more love and a prayerful hug. Love to see your smiling face on the videos in the morning God bless you all.
Thanks so much 🥰
I use flannel for reusable tissues, napkins/paper towels. Funny story: My sister came for a visit and I usually keep real tissues for visitors, but I had none. I urged her to use a flannel one and she liked it and wanted to take it home!! I said no, toss it in the washing machine!
Christmas is coming! * LOL *
😆 it is amazing what some think of as "off" until they use it. I am grateful my girls did not think it weird when I started making cloth pads for them. They wanted as many as I would make for them.
I really, really loved Patrick's comment in another video, "The only way to save money is not to spend it." I would love to see a video on the many things you don't buy. I know lots of them from watching your videos for close to a year now but it would be fun to have lots of ideas in one video.
I went back East when my son was a baby and didn’t pack the cloth diapers.So my Nana cut flannel sheets up for diapers. They worked great.
My two cents worth on re-using flannel. I have two guitars that I put an old cut out from jacket sleeve inside flannel liner that is longer than the fretboard and after playing for an hour or two, I place the liner between strings and fingerboard and then lay the other width over the top of strings and gently wipe up and down to remove any thing that shouldn't remain on surfaces. The guitars look almost new even though they are 15 y/o. I always learn so much from your videos. Much respect for your intelligence and creativity.
😟 Oh, no...you have broadcasted my sewing secret of using flannel sheets for no seam backing on quilts. Lol
Oh my goodness...a Thriftway!
Now I'm looking forward to watching the video link you shared in comment!
Love flannel, your ideas to recycle never ceases to amaze me, such wonderful ideas, thanks for sharing, blessings
I'm glad to see someone else who is as frugal as I am.
From the time I got married I've purchased flat sheets instead of fabric sold on bolts, to make clothing, curtains, table cloths etc.
I made most of my daughter's dresses from sheets. The color and prints are more consistent and have wider selection of patterns and colors.
They're also more durable in wear and hold up better with washing.
I had started buying sheets to make curtains because the place we lived had huge windows,buying readymade curtains were astronomical, whereas flat sheets only cost me about 5$ per panel
I bought a flannel sheet set at rummage sale for $1. Happy dance! Made toilet wipes.
Great video! Grew up with parents who were born and raised in West Virginia during the Great Depression. I have done many of these things in my almost 50 years as an adult! Your videos are like a visit with a friend... both the ideas and your companionship. ❤
Thanks so much for this video! When I go to yard sales/estate sales I always look at the towels and table cloths, but I never look at the sheets. Goodness... what was I thinking!
Rewatching after recently being gifted some old flannel sheets :)
I would love to see the updated feminine pads! Great for incontinence as one ages! I have bought a few but would love to make my own
The how to video is in the description box, simply change up the stitching and you can consider putting the PUL inside the pad just above the bottom layer of flannel. The flannel will help hold the pad in place better than the PUL layer on the outside will
The incontinent purpose was why I started making them, then shared them with our girls to use for their monthly needs.
We got this ladies!! Keep the chemicals away from our tender bits.
This was really refreshing video! I love to up-and recycle things and you sure have good ideas 👍😃
I just finished making a big stack of flannel wipes for a friend who has a cloth diaper service. She offers wipes with her washing service for people who are interested and was starting to run low as her business is growing. She adds a serged edge so they take a little longer to make than just cutting the squares, but that serged edge helps them hold up to their commercial washing.
I like to make aprons from sheets. I take the fitted corner and fashion the apron pocket out of it if the elastic is still good. That apron particularity handy when harvesting.
If it has good elastic, I pull it out and repurpose for other sewing projects where that size elastic is needed.
Heidi, I watched your flannel and denim quilt video several times and finally got the nerve to make one and I did! I was given a large flannel sheet in light blue and so I made a denim and flannel quilt with red gingham hearts and patches for my husband for a Christmas present. He loves it! It is the warmest blanket in the house now. In fact, between my afghans and my up-and-coming quilts that I'm making, I'm giving away most of my store-bought blankets that I never liked. (They aren't made of any fabrics I can use inside outside of anything. I try to recycle all fabric but these are not so great.) One day, I was laying down for a rest and I was very cold. I grabbed the denim quilt off his bed to cover me and it was WONDERFUL! I have to confess, it was a lot of hard work making that quilt. I did all the clippings of the edges and all of that. It took a lot of time to make it but it was a wonderful way to repurpose that old flannel blanket and all those old denim jeans I had been storing. I'm sure I will make another one in future. You wouldn't think it gets that cold in south Mississippi winter but it does! By the way, I don't know if you left it out on purpose but I love your bathroom wipes. I made them and use them and they are so much softer than toilet paper. It's now very, very hot down here and it's our time to hibernate indoors for a few months. Some love the 90 degree temps with 70% humidity plus but not us! I'm already dreaming about autumn! P.S. I just enlarged my food forest herb gardens. I now have a HUGE herb garden back there (well actually the herbs are everywhere in the food forest) but over all, I have about 50 plus herbs growing now. Your wooly lamb's ear is doing GREAT!!!!!! I planted your seeds and just about all of them came up and I have 2 inch plants in abundance. I also have your scarlet runner beans growing EVERYWHERE in the food forest. I don't think they're liking this intense heat but I'm hoping they will come back in the fall.
Hi Heidi!
After watching your video on castille soap, I bought some and made a solution (water,vinegar and castille soap).I washed my windows with it. No Streak!It used to take me forever to get those windows cleaned. Thanks again Heidi!
Good morning Heidi, I see a trip to Goodwill for flannel in my near future! 🥰 Our chihuahua Izzy really doesn't play with plush toys much, but she has a small "Lambie" that she will growl at, shake and flip up in the air when she is upset with us. Then she will give us the "evil eye". This is usually when we tell her no for something. She's our little diva.
Beautiful work!
I like the flannel aprons that you made me the best too! You are so resourceful!
So inspiring! Thank you. I hate waste. Even if I was rich I like re using and now I am even more in love with with flannel.👍❤
I agree. If we had the money we would also still repurpose. It's work, but economical.
Love up cycling sheets. Can’t wait to get our stuff out of storage and dig into it again.
Our favorite set of sheets just sprung a big rip. Hubby said "I'll put it in the trash." I said "Oh, no, I've got plans for it." LOL Love finding kindred spirits!
What a great idea to use pieces of fabric for stuffing!
I have a ton of small pieces of fabric that I just can't bear to throw away.
I'll start using it for stuffing.
I also let my children and now my grandchildren take scraps and buttons (yes, I cut the buttons off things and save them), and give them blank paper and glue and let them have at it.
It is so much better than electronics and they absolutely love it.
Thanks for all the great ideas.
My sewing machines are in the shop for a cleaning, but I'm excited to get back to sewing and use some of your great ideas.
I made a computer case with flannel 10 years ago - we still use them today to slip inside a larger case to minimize scratching and to be able to pull them in and out easier.
Awe my cute little Cody! thank you Heidi, for adding pictures of him, It always puts a smile on my face. I think he love those toys so he can shake it and kill it. Like my Jack Russel like to do the same thing. Heidi, you always have great ideas of how you use all your fabric, I have made toilet wipes out of my flannel and very soft.
Heidi, I love your creativity & enthusiasm for sharing 😍. So many great ideas from viewers also 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I've been collecting fabric to make me one of those skirts. Thank you for the ideas.
I am amazed. I sew a lot but never thought about flannel for an apron. I’m going to try it.
I just love your video's on recycled material
I've thought for a long time of focusing on sewing with flannel. Thanks for the ideas!
Love love this video
So many Great ideas Mrs Heidi... Thank You ❤️. Everyone stay safe and God Bless you and your family from middle GA 🙏 Kendra
Heidi hi 😊 your extensive talents and resourcefulness astound me... you got a Double Portion 💕✨💕
So many wonderful ideas 💚🌞
I ended up, somehow, with some furry brown material. I made a fuzzy blanket for our Doberman, Mal. He destroyed it one night and my youngest son came downstairs and said, 'Mom, why does it look like Mal killed a Wookie?' 😂 After that, the blankets I made were referred to as Wookies.
Thank you for this wonderful video. So helpful!
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Love it! Great ideas! I will be hunting for flannel sheets.
I always enjoy your videos.
I used flannel for toilet paper, paper towels, quilts, napkins and baby burp cloths. I will try make pad cloths.
Always interesting and informative! 👍 Thanks! 🙏
Great!👏👏👏
Great tips, thanks Heidi!
Awesome Ideas! 💡
👏👏👏🥰
You can go get fabrics at Salvation Army. When I went there they took me in the back and told me to get all of the blankets, quilts, sheets, and curtains I wanted for free! I made a donation and used the quilts to move with lol
We do not have a Good Will or Salvation Army in our small remote town. We do have a second hand store but it is only open for a few hours at a time three days a week and I just cannot make the time to get down there. I prefer shopping garage sales anyway
@@RainCountryHomestead the goodwill stores are waaaaaaaaaay too expensive here
And all the rime, God is good!
Hi. You have a store? I have a suggestion..i bought a patchwork bingo bag and I use it for my garden stuff ..the pockets inside and out are perfect for seeds and tools😁
Yes, I have a store but have been cutting back on the items I sell because I just cannot keep up. My store is a full time job and youtube is a full time job, then I still have to take care of my grandbaby, my garden, and my home
@@RainCountryHomestead ok I just thought it would be a good sellable item lol maybe I should learn to sew😁thanks for responding
Use your waterproof materials it harder for them too tire them apart. My shorty has a star toy with a seeking inside. It's 3-4 years old and he hasn't been able too tire it apart. But he sure has destroyed his duck toy apart just half the body and toes left.
Good morning Heidi! 🌻
Today's gonna be hotter than - well, you know.☺️ Hope it's cooler where you are.
I've been meaning to ask about the wipes. Do you use a bucket with water in the bathroom or ... what do you do with them after use? I've just been using an old washcloth at the sink but I've heard several people who do differently.🤷
✝️🤗💜
Here is the video I did on that: czcams.com/video/9xR6Y4xk7m0/video.html
@@RainCountryHomestead I thought I saw that but I may have the brain of 67 y.o. 😉 I'll watch again. Thank you!💜
Wish I had your talent for sewing. Can you do a video on making the rag quilt?
I have a video where I do talk and show the basics: czcams.com/video/4-A6b4OLJV4/video.html
Does anyone know the difference between flannel and brushed cotton? They are both woven sorta fuzzy cotton. It’s not so important , I’m use the fabric either way, but I feel like I should know the names of the fabrics I use . I’ve found a few white sheets and I want to make some winter undershirts.
It seems to be the weave is a bit different and brushed cotton is not has fuzzy as flannel.
@@RainCountryHomestead thanks i think it is a flannel Sheet then
Could you do one of these for denim. I do not have much flannel, but have a lot of old jeans that I cut up. Nevermind :-) I see that you already did one. I have old sheets in really good shape - but they are all white - any ideas???
If the sheets are cotton, they can be dyed different colors. I have done that with old cotton sheets before and talk about that in the next video in this series
No Kidding about the sheets. Flannel is expensive!
Dear Sister Heidi, do you sell or share the pattern for dog diaper? We rescue and this would come in handy.
I will have to see if I still have the pattern I have drawn out and I will try to shoot a video on how to make them but even a pattern will need to be adjust for each dog as all dogs are very different in shape and size
I’ve been slacking on my video watching/commenting! I’m so sorry!!!
It's not like life is not crazy busy for you or anything! ha
@@RainCountryHomestead Haha. I know, but still... I feel guilty if I’ve missed one of your videos!❤️
Can I purchase the Pattern ?
If you mean for the skirt, no, I so not have a written pattern but I have a full playlist on the skirt. I recommend watching all the videos as it was something that evolved the more I made them such as changing how I laid out the squares to the addition of pockets:
czcams.com/play/PLzVtTPDzFPKFkI2Er-6JV72MabwMxIurH.html
@@RainCountryHomestead thank you! The play list will do.💗