DIY Pillow Form (A Recycling Project)

To recycle cotton cut old pillow casing away from cotton.

  

 (Or you may purchase cotton.)

Use light weight cotton for cover.

 Iron if needed.

Create a straight edge the size of pillow you desire.

Create a square or rectangle.

With right sides of fabric together pin around all edges.

Mark two “Xs” for starting and ending place.

Starting a “X” stitch a 5/8 allowance.

At corners raise pressure foot and lower needle and pivot.

Stop at “X

Clip all four corners.

Turn pillow casing right side out and stuff.

Stitch up opening.

You have recycled an old pillow into a new pillow form. To cover pillow form see: Decorative Pillow Form Cover Tutorial

Cleanups Around the Ktichen

Appliances:

• To rid yellowing from white appliances:  1/2 cup bleach, 1/4 cup baking soda and 4 cups warm water.  Apply with a sponge and let set for 10 minutes.  Rinse and dry.
• Use WD-40 to shine stainless steel appliances.  Follow the grain of the stainless steel.

Dishwasher:

• Run a cycle with white vinegar to help clean filters.
• Fill dishwasher with dirty dishes.  Put a bowl in the bottom of the dishwasher.  Pour 1 cup of white vinegar into the bowl and let the dishwasher go through the entire cycle.  This will remove all film not only from glasses but from your dishwasher too.  (Never put silver, aluminum or brass in the washer when doing this method.)

Clogged Drains:

• Pour a cup of salt and a cup of baking soda into the drain followed by boiling water. 

Garbage Disposal:

• Grind a half lemon or orange rinds in the disposal to remove any unpleasant odor.
• Grind ice cubes to loosen debris.

Refrigerator:

• An open box of baking soda will absorb food odors for at least a month or two.
• A little vanilla poured on a piece of cotton and placed in the refrigerator will eliminate odors.
• To prevent mildew from forming, wipe with vinegar.  The acid effectively kills the mildew fungus.

Sinks:

• For a white sink, place paper towels across the bottom of your sink and saturate with household bleach.  Let set for 1/2 hour.
• Rub stainless steel sinks with lighter fluid if rust marks appear.  After the rust is gone, wipe with your regurlar kitchen cleaner.
• Use a cloth dampened with rubbing alcohol to remove water spots from stainless steel.
• Spots on stainless steel can be removed with white vinegar.
• Club soda will also shine stainless steel.

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Don't trash your treasures!  Instead put them to a different use.  An old vintage window shutter might become a unique way to display Christmas cards.  Old glass canisters will take on a new look in the bathroom.  A glass door knob could be just the perfect touch to tie back your curtains.  Display your family photos on a vintage wooden ladder.  Ideas are limitless.  So move it around, paint it, repurpose it, transform it, but definitely "Don't trash your treasures"!