Any good uses for old bed sheets or tablecloths?

That actually would have been a good idea if I could work my sewing machine without having to ask my mom how to thread it. I could had made pillowcases out of the bed sheets since it was only a certain spot where they were blood that got all over it. I have a ton of pillow cases anyway so cutting it up for hankies worked good anyway. Sounds like you have thought of a lot of uses for old sheets thats awesome.

Hand sew. I sure as heck don't know how to use a sewing machine and I've made all kinds of things :)

Wow that is hard to imagine for me that you have made all those things even lightweight tops for yourself but have never used a sewing machine. That is so much work and takes a lot of patience and time. Thats awesome that you are willing to do that. I am by far to lazy to sew much by hand. I will get a shirt that will have the seam split and I will set it in a sewing pile for about a year before I actually sit down and bother to sew the darn thing lol.

I don't think I would put a braided rug at a door since they take so much time and effort to make, I wouldn't want to wear them out by washing them. They make great bedside rugs, though, and for the bathroom and to put in front of the sink in the kitchen. I have knitted with strips cut from old cloth and that makes nice, springy rugs, too, that feel good to walk on.

Wow you came up with a lot of uses to. I remember when I worked with the elderly residents at a local hospital someone brought in strips of old shirts I think it was and the residents were supposed to braid the strips and make rugs out of them. I would imagine that doing this with old sheets would work as well to. Those rugs are really neat but I imagine they would be hard to wash and since the mats in front of our doors where we walk in and take our shoes off get so dirty so fast I have to wash them pretty often.

Back about 8 years ago when I worked at the hospital my boss was telling us how women always wore aprons and used them for everything. I only wear aprons once in a great while when I am cooking things like cookies and flour might get all over my clothes. I almost never use them so I have gotten rid of most of them and only have two aprons now I think.

I've kept old tablecloths to lay down for my outdoor cats to lay on the porch in the sunlight. I've used them in vehicles to cover seats that I knew were going to get really dirty that day. Speaking of shower curtains my parents had a thomas the tank engine shower curtain because my nephew is in love with thomas the tank engine. In school the kids have to cover their school books with something to keep the covers protected. My mom cut up the shower curtain and used that for his book cover. That was the sturdiest book cover ever lol. It was a plastic shower curtain so it was easy to clean as well. Now why she cut up the shower curtain to begin with I am not really sure lol.

My daughter used to wear bloomers under her dresses when she was little. I loved that her diaper or undies wouldnt show but they dont make them over a certain size and she is 6 now so they dont have ones big enough for her to wear. I thought they were adorable. The idea for making light weight shorts out of them is actually a great idea you could make a really comfortable light weight pair of shorts to lounge around the house or for bed in the summer time.

I have a drawer that I keep my handkerchiefs in. We got through them fast especially when we have colds. I've been using the new hankies that I made from the bed sheets and wow they work great. They are so soft and so much more absorbant then the cotton ones I've bought. They take up more room in your pocket though then the thin cotton ones I bought.

Hmm well if you take the comforter outside to lay on it.. it could get grass stains on it. If you had room to store it you could keep a seperate blanket somewhere just to use outside where it wont matter if it gets a little stain on it. I always try to think of ways to reuse things I hate throwing out things that might be able to be used again. I dont save garbage and reuse it but things like hankies I always use so having more is always good.