Cheap butter muslin?

edinburgher

I thought about putting this on want to buy it or do it, but I thought I'd get a better response here

Can anyone suggest an economical shop or website to buy butter muslin for straining soups and sauces? My last stuff came from Lakeland, but cost a lot more than I am comfortable paying for something that basically works once and then needs chucked.

Callie22

Most sewing shops sell this pretty cheaply, and if you've got a local market stall that sells fabric you can pick this up for very little. Ebay might be worth a look too.

missbiggles1

You can wash butter muslin.

edinburgher

missbiggles1 wrote: »

You can wash butter muslin.

I tried, it didn't work very well, pretty much disintegrated when I washed them along with some tea towels and cloths.

SpikyHedgehog

edinburgher wrote: »

I tried, it didn't work very well, pretty much disintegrated when I washed them along with some tea towels and cloths.

Having looked at their website, I can see the muslin squares aren't hemmed, which I guess I why they disintegrated.

My mum is using the muslin squares she got when I was a baby, and they're over 40 years old and still washing up well.

I'd buy some aimed for babies such as http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60203764/ which we have in the preschool I work at (for the children to snuggle with or wrap dollies in or use as dollies' nappies, etc) and do wash well on a boil wash. Though for food, I'd prefer unpatterned ones

BookWorm

Lots of Bay of E - and this says machine washable

jackyann

http://www.fabricuk.com/fabrics/81-muslin-plain.html

WantToBeSE

Amazon? Thats where i got jelly bags, which are almost the same thing, i think?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0026WXMR8?keywords=jelly%20bags&qid=1442232255&ref_=sr_1_5&sr=8-5

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Craft-KCBMUSLIN-Butter-Muslin/dp/B0001IWYZK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442232291&sr=8-1&keywords=butter+muslin