I don`t know about you but with kids, a daycare, and pets my house gets dirty, A LOT. So I clean a lot which is why I started making my own cleaning supplies to save money. One of my most favorite and easy homemade cleaning supplies are homemade scrubbing mitts. I use these baby's for everything. Cleaning the counters, the tub, pots pans, and best of all once you use them just rinse out and use again or throw them in the washer. Buying scrubbers may be cheap but those things add up and they add to landfills. These are so easy to make and SO much better than bought ones.
You will need:
*Terry cloth big enough for your hand front and back with extra for seams. The ones I used here are dish towels but you can use old towels you have laying around.
* Microfiber scrubbing cloth, I got mine at the dollar store. They are awesome sheets of scrubbing goodness. You can cut them and sew them to anything. I also use them on my reusable swiffer mop cloths.
* A sewing machine (You could do this by hand though)
* Thread and scissors.
Take your terry cloth and place the two pieces on top of each other.
Place your hand on the doubled up terry cloth to see how big your mitt should be. If you are making them for a friend make sure to add extra room for bigger hands.
Cut around your hand a square, keep in mind seam allowance for sewing and turning inside out.
Separate the two pieces and pick which side you want your scrub material. Lay the other side of the mitt to the side for now. Cut a strip of your scrubbing cloth to the size you want, I recommend at least an inch wide and make sure it`s the full length of your mitt fabric across the top. I always add the scrub material to the top of the mitt that way you can use your finger tips to scrub.
Now just sew your scrub to the top of the fabric. No fancy stitching needed. By the way look at my sewing machine lol it`s ancient but does the job :)
Now place your scrubber attached material facing up in front of you. Lay your other fabric facing down on top of it. You want the right sides facing each other. I did not have to finish any sides because I will be sewing together the cut ends of the fabric and using the finished ends (I cut my fabric leaving the bottom finished end of the dish towel) as the opening to the mitt. If you have all cut ends you can sew a finishing seam around the opening to the mitt but really that`s up to you terry cloth will not frey too much and it is a scrubbing mitt not a dress :)
Your mitt should look like this with your scrub material on the inside. Turn it inside out and poke the corners on the inside to have a clean square mitt. That`s it! All together this might take you 15-20 minutes to make and you have an awesome so-much-better-than-store-bought multipurpose reusable scrubbing mitt. Scrub on one side and wipe on the other.
For all you busy bees that just don`t have time to make one for yourself I also sell them in my etsy store located under links at the top right hand side of the page (Sewn Sweet Designs).
You can have fun with these and make coordinating mitts to match your kitchen.
Now you have one less excuse to clean :) (No need to thank me for that)
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