Use What You Have

I love flannel sheets in the winter time! Unfortunately, one of my sheets developed a very large hole, it just plain wore out. I also love my Swiffer Sweeper. What I don't like about my Sweeper is the fact that the fiber cloths are disposable and pricey.

So I cut up the usable portions of the flannel sheet into 9x12" rectangles. I layered two and serged the edges and then big stitched them together.

That is one big honkin' needle. But you need a big needle to pull the doubled crochet cotton through the two layers of flannel. I stitched from corner to corner diagonally in both directions and then stitched straight across both horizontally and vertically.

I ended up with a stack of these cleaning pads that not only fit on my Sweeper, but can also be used as plain ole dust rags.  Best of all, they are totally green and I used what I have on hand.