Problem Solved

Thursday, March 11, 2010

We've tried to turn our kitchen into a "green" zone- added composting and have gotten rid of paper towels and napkins.  So we've been using dish towels and washcloths a lot more.  We have been keeping a towel on the oven handle:

but it usually end up like this:

Darrell had sent me an idea from a blog about putting velcro on the towel to create a loop so they don't fall off.  But, velcro always sticks to everything in the wash and pulls the fibers out.  And since I don't have the special foot for sewing velcro, it can be a little difficult (as in I've broken several needles on other velcro attempts).  So I thought buttons might be good, and it would be great to learn how to do buttons and buttonholes.  Because all of my dishtowels are alternately stained, have bleach marks, or both, I found some cute flannel on sale and experimented with it.  Here's the results. 

We're pretty pleased with it so far (it's only been 2 days).  Next I think I'd like to do it with some real dishtowels, once I can afford a couple of nice ones and matching buttons!