uses for old towels

Drinda

If you are dodgy on your feet as I am, cut an old bath towel [the rougher the better]in half lengthways then double one half over and sew together to make a long strip, when you bathe/ wash your feet put soap in the centre hold one end in each hand put you foot in the middle and pull the towel from side to side, this removes the hard skin, then smother your feet in any old cheap hand cream and put your feet up until it has all soaked in, after a few treatments you will have really soft skin on your feet.

janb5

How about giving them to your mobile hairdresser if you have one(!) for her to use for her clients. Mine also uses them for her horse! On another thread someone suggested giving them to any hostels near you who would be grateful for them.

fluffalo

There is a lady on Ebay who sells cleaning cloths made from old towels on one side, and fleece on the other. Not sure if it is ethical to steal her idea, but it seemed like a good one!

Miss_Cinnabon

How about making wash bags with them? cut them and use them as face cloths, if you are any good at sewing could make a dolls bathroom set out of them ie bathmat, dressing gown etc great fun:D

Kyle

Zed42

When DD was "ickle", I cut up old towels and made them into "boosters" for her cloth nappies. They worked exceptionally well

I've just re-cycled "her" (ok, so they were hand-me-downs to her, from 2 others babies) baby towels in to flannels.

On both the above I sewed the edges to stop the fraying.

Skint_Catt

If you can't use them at all, please put them on freecycle - someone would love them!

Catt xx

MeanManc

I had some white towels that went grey and tired looking. I dyed them blue with a packet of washing machine dye. They look a lot better now. That won't help if they are raggy or have holes in them tho

poodlehorse

I have an old craft magazine somewhere that used old towels to make rugs. From memory you cut them in strips and plait them attaching each plait together until you get one long one and then you roll them up, stitching them to keep them together on each roll I would assume. They had circular ones and oblong and looked cool if you mixed the colours a bit - HTH

I can't remember if they sewed them first to stop them fraying though

grimelda

Try to borrow an overlocker for a day. You would be able to finish the edges super fast and you wouldn't have to even cut them up first as the machine would do it for you.

Otherwise, I've had people tell me that they cut out squares, sandwich them together, quilt through all the layers and then finish the edges to make handy pot holders. Seems to be more effort than you're interested in, though. )

anniewoo

I have recently bought a load of new towels because my old ones had gone really hard and some were getting a bit threadbare too.

When I had a dog,I used to use old towels to dry him after giving him a bath or when he had been out in the rain.

Since I have become more OS,I am loathe to throw anything away if I can find a use for it,so I would welcome suggestions for what to do with my towels.