It's Earth Day 2026 and to celebrate I'm re-purposing some scrap fabric and terry cloth towels and making some dish cloths. Kitchen duties and cleaning can feel so domestic and sometimes boring. I like to embrace the feral side of domesticity every chance I get. A little wild and free to be creative and repurposed old things or scraps feels a bit feral over just buying some cheapies at the store. I think we should add in a little color and personality to the monotonous routines we sometimes find ourselves in. I also want to make a matching dish towel drying mat for my clean dishes. *For the dish cloths, I cut out 5 inch squares from the fabrics and used 1 terry and one cotton print fabric, I put the right sides together and sewed around the perimeter. I left a 2 inch area on the last side, to turn the square right side out. After turning the square, taking care to be sure and push out the points on the corners, I top stitched around the square and turned fabric in to close 2 inch gap. I also sewed diagonally across the square so it stays laying flat and doesn't pucker in the center. This is an easy and fun beginner friendly sewing craft that is both useful and cute! These little dish cloths are so unique and makes cleaning up a little more fun. They can also be used under a hot coffee mug or at the espresso machine for quick clean up. The cloths are sturdy and of course washable/re-usable and will last years! I hope you give them a try! Happy Earth Day!!
xo ~tina
