New rags!

Since moving to Mexico we have done our dishes with linen rags salvaged from old bed sheets my mother in law cut up and distributed. They're white, and a little dull looking. They aren't the most effective size either.

It was a gradual thing getting rid of the sponge. At the time it wasn't political at all, just more cost effective. Sponges in Mexico are two times the price we were used to paying and it made me angry to buy them, and for the first few months Seb did all the grocery shopping while I languished like beach whale, babe in belly and later in arms. He always forgets to buy cleaning supplies so I got used to grabbing one of my linen rag scraps because the sponge was looking questionable. Since ditching the sponge though I've read a bit more and have been disgusted enough by the germ and toxin reports to give them up entirely, forever.

I've been having fun sewing and stocking my drawer with new rags, these little guys. It will take me a while to build up my stock of 30, but I'm already impressed with their texture and weight. Made from floor rag material and embellished to my heart's content with fabric scrap borders they are great sewing practice.

And yes I know sewing buttons on dishrags is terribly impractical but it's pretty and that's very important.