Irish Rose Creations

My art quilt “Bonnie Lass” will be displayed at “The Main Street Gallery” beginning Monday, June 7 in Groton, NY.

I am still working on the hand-pieced, hand quilted king size quilt, but in the meantime I finished a chocolate and silver throw and a small pink mohair throw.  I have a wall quilt in the construction stage as well.

I just purchased a Mr. Clean Magic Reach (registered brand name) bathroom floor and tub cleaner – it was at a great discount – only $5 and contained 4 cleaning pads.  I used it to clean the tub and the bathroom floor and did not have to bend over, my back fared MUCH better this way.  Then I decided to get my refill of pads.  I cannot find them anywhere.  I have had my grocery store try to order them, I have looked online.  Amazon does seem to have them….

But then I had a thought… why use DISPOSABLE pads?  Lets get more earth friendly and have RE-usable cleaning supplies!  My friend Susie has been using cloth napkins she makes for at least a couple of decades – I followed suit and have been using them for over ten years – imagine the reduction in landfill if everyone just used cloth napkins at home?!

Well, I got my last cleaning pad out and made a pattern.  I sewed the cleaning pads out of cotton cleaning cloth and terry cloth.  I used my own tub cleaner (I just cleaned the tub with Mr Clean’s pad yesterday) and voila!  I have picked up dirt with the cotton that the less-absorbent brand name pad missed!  In addition, I can wash my cleaning pad and use it over and over until it wears out (which will make it that much faster for the cotton to return to a biodegraded state).  I am very happy with my new invention – and I bet we could make them for other cleaning “handles” and eliminate much more waste in our landfills!

Cotton Terry Cloth Washable cleaning pad

Go Green to clean!