Being in the “business” of repurposing things means that I get a lot of bags of things destined for the landfill or Goodwill. My friends, family and acquaintances will drop stuff off here before they donate or pitch it. I love this. I rummage through the goods and take what I want and then drive the rest off to a Goodwill donation center.
In my most recent bag-of-stuff acquisition I found, among other things, these cool vintage flour sack tea towels with calendars printed on them. There’s no wondering what year they were made, as it is stamped right on there. I kept them even though they don’t match my decor at all. They just seemed so unique and quaint. Now I am wondering what to do with them. I don’t want to put them into my regular rags, since they get used for things like wiping up grape juice, but I can’t think of a good place to display them.
Should I just let them make their way to the thrift store, or should I keep them around for some project later on?
I think they would make great bread bags, or produce bags, or bags for buying bulk items (like beans). Like if you just folded it in half, side seamed and drawstringed it.
I would save them, and turn them into patch pockets for an apron for someone who has decor that matches.
I think they’re awesome and would make a tote out of them. Or, as someone said, bread bags or even gift bags. They’re just so unique!
I would have kept them too. I don’t have a dishwasher and my first thought was turning them into a drying “pad” for under the dish drainer, backed with an old towel or some such thing. Love the patch pocket idea above!
Save them and make birthday gift bags out of them for someone who was born in the year that’s on the calendar