Handmade Dish Scrubby! Great Way to Use Old Plastic Produce Bags



I have been saving my old potato and orange bags for quite some time.  They are the sturdy plastic or nylon style and I figured they would be good for something. 
 I just hadn't figured out what that would be until I read a posting on Mooberry Farm Homesteading Journal blog.

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Mooberry Farmwife has a great tutorial on how to use recycled onion bags to make dish scrubbies! 

I decided to give it a try, but since I don't crochet, I used dental floss and a cross stitch needle to stitch around the edges.  This is how I put my dish scrubby together -


 


You will need at least 2 large bags per scrubby



Insert bag(s) inside other bag(s)
Roll firmly as pictured above



Fold the scrubby in half length wise (not folded yet in photo above)
Using a cross stitch needle threaded with dental floss beginning stitching around the edges.




Stitch as desired around the edges
I used what is called a "blanket stitch".  I think.....
If that isn't the correct term, feel free to let me know.

 

My 10 year old daughter, happily trying out the new scrubby!
The verdict is in and it works well!

We are happy with the results and think we could also use these materials to make awesome bath scrubbies!   Perhaps we'll give that a try soon.

Thank you so much Mooberry Farm Wife for the great idea!