While I was traveling, I was introduced to Treasure Phillips in Tennessee. She’s an amazing entrepreneur and has started a micro bakery in her garage. Her story is very inspiring!
Mindy Fore (also an incredible entrepreneur – she owns a gourmet popcorn business and her popcorn is delicious!!) and I went to visit Treasure. While we were getting a tour of her bakery, I notice a roll of fabric on the wall. I asked about it and they are her “paper towels”! I took a closer look and realized they were made from flannel. I asked about absorbency and she said they worked great. Before we left her place, she gift Mindy and me a couple of “paper towels.” After I arrived home, I pulled the towels out of my luggage. My current paper towels had run out and I thought I’d give these a try. Admittedly, I was a little skeptical. I’d seen these “reusable” kitchen towels at homestead conferences but they all had snaps to keep them together. I put the pieces of flannel around the cardboard tube and put them back on my holder.
Well, I have been incredibly pleased with my new fabric towels! They are absorbent and they wash and dry so quickly. The flannel causes them to stay together without the need for snaps. I went out and bought more fabric. I love this fabric with the mushrooms. Reminds me of my mushroom friends every day! Anne-Marie Bilella Forager Chick, Leslee Patrick and Julie Ibarra of The Misty Mushroom. And of course, bees are always welcome in my home!
Had some leftover fabric so I made napkins too 🙂
Urban Homesteading:
cutting down on waste and saving money – check!
