80 yards of Cheese Cloth

[Frances]

Yikes - I may have gone off my rocker today - while shopping in Tuesday Morning (USA Store that sells closeouts) I checked the craft aisle and there were a couple of boxes Cheese Cloth - 36 iches wide by 80 yards for $29.99. I could not resist and purchased one box. But what am I going to do with 80 yards?

The box looks the same as they sell it out of at Joann's Fabrics for $2.99 a yard so it was definately a deal. I will have plenty to practice dying.

If you know of any uses for Cheese cloth other than felting and Bouquet garni bags let me know.

[Pandagirl]

Let's see, making yogurt, cleaning like a scrub cloth, straining gravy, but I really think the best use is in felting. :-). I love the texture. You may be surprised how quickly you end up using it. :-). It does sound like a good deal!

[halay]

Frances, tha was a good deal indeed. As marilyn says, youare going to use it quickly for felting. Once you start dyeing it you will get ideas. If you make handbags you can use it as a lining as well as for embellishments on the top, then garments, etc.

[koffipot]

Oh Frances, I bought a bolt of cotton scrim a couple of years ago at a good price. It's very useful stuff, but despite my using it and sharing some with others, the roll doesn't seem to get any smaller!!

[zed]

That's a good price! I've considered getting a bolt like Judith, I think the more you have, the more you're likely to experiment. You could always sell it on etsy too.

[Deleted]

Good Deal Frances.. I reckon you could dye it in many colors or leave it white and use it in making many nuno felting projects..

[MTRuth]

Zed has a good point. If you dyed it different colors, you could easily sell it to people who don't dye. It's really cool for making textures on felt and other fiber projects. I like to use it for ruching on hand embroidery projects. You stitch one end down a bit, scrunch up the cheesecloth, stitch it down a bit more, scrunch it up some more, stitch it down etc. Or you can stitch rows of cheesecloth down with the machine and then shred the edges - photo on the grey page.

[Teri Berry]

Well done Frances, you got a bargain there. I used cheesecloth as the base for this nuno dress, I think I used about 5 yards for it... 80 yards, that would be about 16 dresses!

[luvswool and dyestuff]

One more idea for you, Frances. Make a yurt out of felt and line it with your cheesecloth. ;-}}

[MTRuth]

Or just send it to me and I'll line my yurt with it

[Shepherdess]

A great find. Self lining bags are a good one but just about anything is good.

 

[halay]

Frances, with all the suggestions on how to use cheese cloth you will soon run out of it.

[Deleted]

Wow, some very lovely creation using cheese cloth..  I reckon you are going to have heaps of fun dying and using it in many projects.

Another Idea...

Here is a photo of a wee bag using cheesecloth I made to put my scented soaps in some time ago....it looks rather plain but I was going to stitch some sprigs of Lavender flowers on the front of it but never have gotten around to it..
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[Frances]

Wow with all the ideas perhaps I should go back and buy the other box - there were two. But I will definately not be making a yurt :-)!

[zed]

Frances, at that price, I would. Have a quick look on etsy to see the average prices for it. You could offer large amounts for nuno garments, custom dye jobs etc.