DEBT FREEDOM...how many see it as the first step to SS?

[PamsPride]

Yes, I do feel that this little step...using homemade tp...adds to my SS and becoming debt free because every $5, $10, $20 ect I save on tp I get to put that toward something else that helps me to become more SS which frees up more $$ in the long run to get rid of debt therefore becoming more SS!!

There, I tied it back to the OT!!

 

[annmarie]

Good, now go back off topic and answer my question that I asked just before your last posting please!

 

[DrakeMaiden]

There, I tied it back to the OT!!

So you can sew more than just cloth!

annmarie -- maybe consider how many squares you typically use per visit to the restroom and go from there.

 

[PamsPride]

I really need to learn how to use that sewing machine! Thanks for all the info Pam. Not that it really matters too much, but just curious, what size to you make your tp squares?

That would require getting out of bed to check....and I not allowed to do that!!!!
Since I use my serger machine which automatically cuts the material as I go....I fold the receiving blanket in half...iron it...run it through the serger following my iron fold line (which cuts it in half and leaves a seem on the one side). Then I fold the halves into half...iron...cut/serger again then fold the 4 pieces into thirds and run through the machine. So, 12 squares and they are plenty big enough for me!
With that size I have enough to fold in half, wipe once, fold it in half wipe again. They are folded up sitting on the sink so I grab them already folded up once but, I probably would not need them folded in order to wipe.

 

[annmarie]

Right, you stay in bed! No biggie, I need to learn how to sew first anyway so I'm in no rush!

 

[PamsPride]

Right, you stay in bed! No biggie, I need to learn how to sew first anyway so I'm in no rush!

If you have a sewing machine or could borrow one for a while you could easily make these! Just cut a receiving blanket into 12 squares and then zig zag stitch around the edge. It is all straight stitching...nothing fancy. I used a zig zag stitch on the first napkins I made because I did not have a serger at the time and they have held up nicely. They are the blue plaid napkins on my blog....several pages back.

 

[annmarie]

This sounds like the perfect beginners project, something that no one else will ever see! Thank you. My husband will get a kick out of this!

 

[PamsPride]

This sounds like the perfect beginners project, something that no one else will ever see! Thank you. My husband will get a kick out of this!

Wait!! We want to see your first completed project!!! You must post a pic when you get them done!!!!!

 

[annmarie]

I'll see if I can get to it this weekend. First I have to go locate the sewing machine up in the attic (Still in the box, shame on me!).

 

[Zenbirder]

So unless one is a really good manager or unusually well off, is there ever a time when life doesn't have some scrambling? I think, like Hamlet, that the fault in not in our stars but in our selves.

Boy was that a pompous remark but I believe it.

Not pompous at all! We are getting ready to scramble very hard this summer at farming. We just don't trust the economic situation at all right now... does anybody? We feel strongly that it is a time to be proactive financially so that we don't get driven into debt by anything, the stars or our selves.

I doubt anyone will be asking me for a loan, I am the one who takes pride in telling my friends that my clothes are second hand, and that we grow our own food. I do make it a point to give care packages of my home grown food to my friends who have less than I.

And... I am seriously thinking I could use the cloth TP for as many times as I go a day. The thing that is holding me back is the thought of hanging dozens and dozens on the clothes line