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17 Useful Things You Can Do With Old Bed Sheets

Jill Nystul  ·  July 29, 2021  ·  Updated: December 12, 2023
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Even though you've retired them from your bed, your old sheets can still be useful.

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I gave each of my kids a new set of soft, high-quality bed sheets for Christmas last year, despite the fact that they didn’t actually ask for them. I decided to do it anyway, because A) my kids aren’t the type to regularly treat themselves to nice new sheets, so I figured they could probably use some, and B) because it was a convenient excuse to get an extra set for myself. (This ain’t my first rodeo!)

But once you replace your bed sheets, what do you do with the old ones? We’ve been asking ourselves the same question lately, so I thought I’d put together a list of ideas of ways we (and by “we” I mean me, my family, and all of you reading this) can put those old bed sheets to good use.

If you have some old bed sheets that you’re just not sure what to do with, you’ve come to just the right place. :-)

17 Ways To Use Old Bed Sheets

Uses for Old Bed Sheets

1. Build A Fort

Keep a stash of old bed sheets in a closet for building forts! Challenge your kids to make the best blanket fort they can using a couple of those old sheets. Your little ones can also use those sheets as curtains for puppet shows.

2. Protect Your Garden

You can keep your garden growing longer in the fall by covering it up on nights that are supposed to be especially chilly. An old bed sheet would work perfectly to insulate your plants from the cold!

Uses for Old Bed Sheets

3. Keep One In Your Car

Keep a spare bed sheet in your car for emergencies! If you have to change a flat tire, you can spread it out on the ground to keep yourself clean while you work. You can also use it to absorb those unavoidable spills that only seem to happen when you don’t have any napkins handy. ;-)

4. Make A Crafting Smock

Use an old sheet to make a tunic that will keep you clean while you’re crafting! Just cut a hole for your head somewhere in the middle of the sheet, and wear it while you’re doing messier crafts to keep your clothes clean.

Uses for Old Bed Sheets

5. Cover A Table

Save your old bed sheets to use as picnic blankets, or just as a barrier between you and the ground for outdoor concerts and sporting events! You can also use them as tablecloths while camping or at the park to cover those picnic tables. Bonus if you have an old fitted sheet! The elastic keeps the sheet from blowing around.

6. Make A Reusable Bag

Turn your old sheets into DIY grocery tote bags. Learn how from Sew4Home.

Uses for Old Bed Sheets

7. Make Cleaning Rags

Cut an old bed sheet up into smaller squares and use them as cleaning rags. I love to keep a stash of bed-sheet rags in the house for those messes that you know will stain your kitchen towels. I just use my sheet rags to clean it up, and then I don’t have to feel bad if I have to throw them away afterwards.

8. Make A Bath Mat

Turn your old sheets into a braided bath mat. Learn how from A Beautiful Mess.

Uses for Old Bed Sheets

9. Give To A Pet

Give an old bed sheet to your pet! Your dog or cat will love having something to cuddle up on that smells like their favorite human. This can be especially helpful for anxious animals.

10. Use Them For Quilting

If your sheets are a cute color and are still in fairly good condition, you can give them a new life by using them as backing material for a quilt!

Uses for Old Bed Sheets

11. Make A Heating Pad

Use the fabric of your old bed sheet to make an easy heating pad. Just cut out a rectangle of cloth and sew it closed on two side. Fill the pouch with dry rice or dry beans, then stitch the open edge closed.

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Uses for Old Bed Sheets

13. Make A Sleeping Bag Liner

Use an old sheet to make a sleeping bag liner. Sleeping bag liners are thin fabric bags that are great take to hotels, hostels, or other places where you may want an extra layer between yourself and the bed. (They’re also good for keeping the inside of your sleeping bag clean, if you’re a camper.) To make your own sleeping bag liner, just fold your old bed sheet in half, sew the long edge shut, as well as one of the shorter edges.

14. Make Curtains

Turn your old sheets into inexpensive long curtains. Learn how from The Frugal Homemaker.

Uses for Old Bed Sheets

15. Use As A Drop Cloth

Use your old bed sheet as a drop cloth for a painting project! It’s easier to manipulate than a plastic sheet, and much less likely to tear accidentally.

16. Donate Them

If your bed sheets are still in pretty good shape, consider donating them to Goodwill or your local thrift store.

Uses for Old Bed Sheets

17. Turn Them Into Napkins

Turn your old sheets into cloth napkins. Learn how from Apple Green Cottage.

Do you know of any other ways to use old sheets?

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  1. My husband and I both sleep with lots of pillows. So when new sets of sheets only come with two pillowcases, I make pillowcases out of the old ones.
    Another thing I do with old sheets is to spread them out on the living room floor when I’m crafting a large project, like cutting out patterns or blocking my crochet items. It keeps your fabric free of dust and pet hair. Beware though, that pets love to lay on any new thing you spread out! LOL

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  2. As one reader stated, I also use an old flat sheet for yard work. I move loads of pine needles for mulch from place to place.

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  3. One day a friend dropped over and found me bending over in the closet. She asked me what I was doing and I told her I was changing the cat’s sheet. She asked why and I explained that the cat had just had kittens and needed a clean sheet.

    It is amazing how few people think of that!

    So save your sheets if you have a dog or cat who is allowed to breed.

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  4. they are also great balloon carriers. if you are taking a bunch of blown up balloons somewhere, bundle them up in a sheet for safe toting.

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    • This is awesome as I often get asked to “pick up the balloons”

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  5. You can donate them to a local animal shelter. (Using 2 of your great ideas!)

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    • I volunteer at a thrift store and we send all our bed linens that aren’t sellable to our animal shelter.

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  6. I save mine to use as the lining fabric for any sewing project I am doing, regular lining fabric has gotten very expensive. Mostly I sew grocery bags with
    cute material outside and the sheet (very washable) as the liner.

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  7. I had some old flannel sheets. Using a favorite pair of jammie pants for a pattern, I cut the flannel and made them into warm jammie pants.

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  8. You could make pillow cases out of the sheets that are still in decent condition

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  9. I have also used a flat bedsheet to spread out on the floor under haircuts. The clean up is simply a matter of gathering it up and taking it outside for a good shake. Beats finding hair all over the floor. :)

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  10. I used some cute sheets from my daughter’s twin bed to make a “Quillow” (quilt that folds into a pocket that holds together like a pillow). She had graduated to a double bed and I could not bear to toss the old sheets – it was perfect! She takes it for sleep-overs to her friend’s house and I see her wrapped up in it ON TOP of her regular sheets! Used Simplicity pattern 8208 – https://www.amazon.com/Simplicity-Craft-Sewing-Pattern-Pillow/dp/B00462SG0O.

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  11. I always search thrift shops for vintage muslin sheets to back my quilts with. Huge money saver and easy too cuz it’s one large piece. Plus so soft and they have a feel modern sheets just don’t have.

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  12. Great ideas. I like the idea of turning the sheets into grocery bags. Seriously, I always forget my bags at home and get charged for bags at the store. This would be a real money saver. Atowle|https://formationvacations.com/

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  13. They’re great for gardening…when cutting the hedges I lay a bed sheet down first to catch all the foliage and then I can just pick it up, normally a two person job, wrap it up by folding over the ends, transport it to the car and then the recycling centre. It’s easy to pick up and empty holding onto the sheet corners! Job done!

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  14. Ohhh but the dog!! How adorable!! Thanks for these awesome

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    • Ahhhhh thanks! That’s my grandpuppy, Milo. :-)

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  15. The link provided in #6 to Shareably doesn’t work. It just takes you to their home page, and they don’t have a search bar.

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  16. I donated a bunch of the sheets to a local rec center’s kids camp. They were great for fort-building, easy to clean, kept the summer sun off tender skin, and are still being used several years later. I printed up a bunch of fun ideas before I donated. They kids also used then for costumes, games, and more!

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  17. I have done alot too, I even made stuff out of bed sheets recently . I have used sheets for my precious dog ( God rest her soul) My kids have used them to make tents when they were little lol! Thank you for this wonderful ideas!

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  19. Good post….thanks for sharing. Very useful for me I will bookmark this for my future needed. Thanks for a great source.

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  20. Excellent post! Whoo hoo! I keep a bath towel that I bought for 25 cents at a yard sale in my trunk in case of a flat tire or other nasty happenings. A sheet would probably be better! The crafty side of me loves your sewing ideas! One problem; I’m a train wreck of a seamstress.

    When my husband and I were broke college students, I eyeballed a gorgeous king size flat sheet that a friend was going to throw away because it had a hole in it. She laughed when I asked her if I could have it because my bed was (barely) a double and the hole in the sheet was huge, almost the size of the box. I didn’t tell her why I wanted it and she didn’t ask. (…Probably because she didn’t want me to ask why there was such a ginormous hole in the sheet.)

    A few weeks before I hit the sheet jackpot, we were invited to her surprise birthday party. With us being church-mouse poor, we had come up with a low or no cost, but meaningful present. My husband made her a cross out of some scrap wood he found behind a piano shop. I cut a square and a few strips out of the sheet, starched and ironed them, gathered my square around her birthday cross box (another freebie request from a lighting store) and used the strips for a bow. For someone who couldn’t sew a button back on a shirt (still can’t even after taking a disastrous (for me) sewing class Lol!), I was amazed at how beautiful it turned out. It took a few minutes for my friend to realize that I had turned part of her dumpster-bound sheet into gift wrap. “Where did you get this awe…no way! My sheet!” She loved it and the scrap wood (totally gorgeous!) cross.

    This was, holy wow, 31 years ago, way before any .coms, HGTV, Pinterest, cool blogs like yours etc.; all of which are I look at now to learn more ways to reuse, repurpose and rewhatever things many people throw away.

    Thank you for sharing your terrific ideas and for the care and time you devote to One Good Thing! :)

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    • Very creative I sewed myself a 2 piece swimsuit when I was 14 ( back in the 1960’s) and lined it with an old white sheet.

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  21. To go along with your idea of using them as rags, old flannel sheets (or even PJs) work great as Swiffer cloths–they really pick up the dust!

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  22. You can crochet a rag rug . Cut top strip off cut along top 1 inch. And tear down with hands. Will tear perfect strips. Then you can crochet oval round and square rugs . Don’t dry. Make all the time nice gifts.. love the other ideas.

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    • Love the idea of the braided rug, but i don’t understand the “Don’t dry”. Does this mean don’t put the finished rug in the dryer? Or Don’t dryclean? Please explain.
      Thanks.

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      • Just don’t put it in the dryer – the heat could mess up the braids!

  23. I always give extra sheets and towels to the local animal shelter. They always need them. Some really creative ideas on here too. When I was moving I used the old towels to help wrap items for packing and the rest went to the shelter.

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  24. Donate to an animal rescue organization. They usually need sheets, blankets, towels etc.

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  25. I use my flat sheets two at a time to make duvets for our beds, protects the comforter, and makes bed making a breeze!

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  26. One on the living room carpet made a great picnic cloth when I had small kids and the power went out.

    I put one over the summer furniture when I stow away for the winter.

    I put a pretty one over the bed in the guest bedroom. And I use one over the bed when I am cleaning closets, etc. The bed makes a good work surface for sorting,, and I don’t have to worry about soiling the bedding.

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  27. Old sheets are also great for the beach. Put one down on the sand and place your beach towels on top of the sheet. The towels won’t get as sandy.

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  28. I never seem to have enough pillowcases, old sheets work great for that! I only use jersey sheets, cause I haven’t found anything more comfy :)

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  29. Some good ideas here. The first one I”m going to try is the rug. ;-) Thanks.

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  30. I often buy them in garage sales and make myself or the kids, pajama bottoms. Very comfortable.

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    • WOW…I love that idea! Gonna try it out – thanks!

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  31. Agree, old sheets make an excellent cloth resource!!

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  32. The sheet for a drop cloth is a good idea, but be careful. If you have more than a light smear or small splatter it may get on whatever is beneath it. I know someone whose teenager ruined her bedroom carpet doing this. It is still a very useful idea just don’t expect to be able to be too sloppy.

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  33. I make those rice bags bigger for hot/cold pads for sore muscles and aches. You can use clean feed corn or lentils. Also add a drop of essential oil if you want a nice soothing scent. I suggest the sheet for the inner cover with an outer cover that can be washed.

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  34. Your local animal shelter is always in need of old sheets, blankets , & towels
    Before tossing, please consider donating to the orphaned animals .They love something to snuggle up into, as much as you do!

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  35. I’ve also used old flannel sheets that are worn out as hankies for the winter sniffles! Lots softer than kleenex, and reusable. Just cut to the right size and serge or zigzag the edges.

    When making shopping nags, it’s helps to use an old grocery sack for a pattern.

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  36. I use old sheets and pillow cases to make kennel liners for rescue organizations. Dogs being rescued from a life in a puppy mill (Google puppy mills) have never had anything soft and this is their first experience with comfort. I actually snatch up pillowcases at garage sales to make liners for rescues.

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  37. Thanks for these ideas. I have been holding on to some old sheets for several months and now I have ideas to reuse them.

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  38. Already did this and gave my two little boys (both Chihauhau mixes) a comforting bed and they love it! Soft old flannel sheets. What else say’s love?

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  39. The curtain idea really works out nicely. I’ve used mine for some time now. The top hem fits right over a rod and gathers beautifully.

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  40. I was just going to donate. Now, I have 16 more options!

    Thank you, Jillee.

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  41. The width of sheets make them perfect for sewing clothing, especially plus sizes.
    Flannel sheets make fantastic p.j.’s.

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  43. Another good thing to do with old bed sheets-or blankets-is to donate them to your local animal shelter. They will be very much appreciated!

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    • True! Animal shelters love old sheets, blankets, and even bathmats for their shelter animals. Makes me feel good just thinking about it!

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      • Bathmats? I never thought about those. I imagine they would be great. Thanks for sharing that!

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  1. My husband and I both sleep with lots of pillows. So when new sets of sheets only come with two pillowcases, I make pillowcases out of the old ones.
    Another thing I do with old sheets is to spread them out on the living room floor when I’m crafting a large project, like cutting out patterns or blocking my crochet items. It keeps your fabric free of dust and pet hair. Beware though, that pets love to lay on any new thing you spread out! LOL

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  2. As one reader stated, I also use an old flat sheet for yard work. I move loads of pine needles for mulch from place to place.

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  3. One day a friend dropped over and found me bending over in the closet. She asked me what I was doing and I told her I was changing the cat’s sheet. She asked why and I explained that the cat had just had kittens and needed a clean sheet.

    It is amazing how few people think of that!

    So save your sheets if you have a dog or cat who is allowed to breed.

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  4. they are also great balloon carriers. if you are taking a bunch of blown up balloons somewhere, bundle them up in a sheet for safe toting.

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    • This is awesome as I often get asked to “pick up the balloons”

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  5. You can donate them to a local animal shelter. (Using 2 of your great ideas!)

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    • I volunteer at a thrift store and we send all our bed linens that aren’t sellable to our animal shelter.

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  6. I save mine to use as the lining fabric for any sewing project I am doing, regular lining fabric has gotten very expensive. Mostly I sew grocery bags with
    cute material outside and the sheet (very washable) as the liner.

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  7. I had some old flannel sheets. Using a favorite pair of jammie pants for a pattern, I cut the flannel and made them into warm jammie pants.

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  8. You could make pillow cases out of the sheets that are still in decent condition

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  9. I have also used a flat bedsheet to spread out on the floor under haircuts. The clean up is simply a matter of gathering it up and taking it outside for a good shake. Beats finding hair all over the floor. :)

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  10. I used some cute sheets from my daughter’s twin bed to make a “Quillow” (quilt that folds into a pocket that holds together like a pillow). She had graduated to a double bed and I could not bear to toss the old sheets – it was perfect! She takes it for sleep-overs to her friend’s house and I see her wrapped up in it ON TOP of her regular sheets! Used Simplicity pattern 8208 – https://www.amazon.com/Simplicity-Craft-Sewing-Pattern-Pillow/dp/B00462SG0O.

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  11. I always search thrift shops for vintage muslin sheets to back my quilts with. Huge money saver and easy too cuz it’s one large piece. Plus so soft and they have a feel modern sheets just don’t have.

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  12. Great ideas. I like the idea of turning the sheets into grocery bags. Seriously, I always forget my bags at home and get charged for bags at the store. This would be a real money saver. Atowle|https://formationvacations.com/

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  13. They’re great for gardening…when cutting the hedges I lay a bed sheet down first to catch all the foliage and then I can just pick it up, normally a two person job, wrap it up by folding over the ends, transport it to the car and then the recycling centre. It’s easy to pick up and empty holding onto the sheet corners! Job done!

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  14. Ohhh but the dog!! How adorable!! Thanks for these awesome

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    • Ahhhhh thanks! That’s my grandpuppy, Milo. :-)

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  15. The link provided in #6 to Shareably doesn’t work. It just takes you to their home page, and they don’t have a search bar.

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  16. I donated a bunch of the sheets to a local rec center’s kids camp. They were great for fort-building, easy to clean, kept the summer sun off tender skin, and are still being used several years later. I printed up a bunch of fun ideas before I donated. They kids also used then for costumes, games, and more!

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  17. I have done alot too, I even made stuff out of bed sheets recently . I have used sheets for my precious dog ( God rest her soul) My kids have used them to make tents when they were little lol! Thank you for this wonderful ideas!

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  19. Good post….thanks for sharing. Very useful for me I will bookmark this for my future needed. Thanks for a great source.

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  20. Excellent post! Whoo hoo! I keep a bath towel that I bought for 25 cents at a yard sale in my trunk in case of a flat tire or other nasty happenings. A sheet would probably be better! The crafty side of me loves your sewing ideas! One problem; I’m a train wreck of a seamstress.

    When my husband and I were broke college students, I eyeballed a gorgeous king size flat sheet that a friend was going to throw away because it had a hole in it. She laughed when I asked her if I could have it because my bed was (barely) a double and the hole in the sheet was huge, almost the size of the box. I didn’t tell her why I wanted it and she didn’t ask. (…Probably because she didn’t want me to ask why there was such a ginormous hole in the sheet.)

    A few weeks before I hit the sheet jackpot, we were invited to her surprise birthday party. With us being church-mouse poor, we had come up with a low or no cost, but meaningful present. My husband made her a cross out of some scrap wood he found behind a piano shop. I cut a square and a few strips out of the sheet, starched and ironed them, gathered my square around her birthday cross box (another freebie request from a lighting store) and used the strips for a bow. For someone who couldn’t sew a button back on a shirt (still can’t even after taking a disastrous (for me) sewing class Lol!), I was amazed at how beautiful it turned out. It took a few minutes for my friend to realize that I had turned part of her dumpster-bound sheet into gift wrap. “Where did you get this awe…no way! My sheet!” She loved it and the scrap wood (totally gorgeous!) cross.

    This was, holy wow, 31 years ago, way before any .coms, HGTV, Pinterest, cool blogs like yours etc.; all of which are I look at now to learn more ways to reuse, repurpose and rewhatever things many people throw away.

    Thank you for sharing your terrific ideas and for the care and time you devote to One Good Thing! :)

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    • Very creative I sewed myself a 2 piece swimsuit when I was 14 ( back in the 1960’s) and lined it with an old white sheet.

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  21. To go along with your idea of using them as rags, old flannel sheets (or even PJs) work great as Swiffer cloths–they really pick up the dust!

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  22. You can crochet a rag rug . Cut top strip off cut along top 1 inch. And tear down with hands. Will tear perfect strips. Then you can crochet oval round and square rugs . Don’t dry. Make all the time nice gifts.. love the other ideas.

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    • Love the idea of the braided rug, but i don’t understand the “Don’t dry”. Does this mean don’t put the finished rug in the dryer? Or Don’t dryclean? Please explain.
      Thanks.

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      • Just don’t put it in the dryer – the heat could mess up the braids!

  23. I always give extra sheets and towels to the local animal shelter. They always need them. Some really creative ideas on here too. When I was moving I used the old towels to help wrap items for packing and the rest went to the shelter.

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  24. Donate to an animal rescue organization. They usually need sheets, blankets, towels etc.

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  25. I use my flat sheets two at a time to make duvets for our beds, protects the comforter, and makes bed making a breeze!

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  26. One on the living room carpet made a great picnic cloth when I had small kids and the power went out.

    I put one over the summer furniture when I stow away for the winter.

    I put a pretty one over the bed in the guest bedroom. And I use one over the bed when I am cleaning closets, etc. The bed makes a good work surface for sorting,, and I don’t have to worry about soiling the bedding.

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  27. Old sheets are also great for the beach. Put one down on the sand and place your beach towels on top of the sheet. The towels won’t get as sandy.

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  28. I never seem to have enough pillowcases, old sheets work great for that! I only use jersey sheets, cause I haven’t found anything more comfy :)

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  29. Some good ideas here. The first one I”m going to try is the rug. ;-) Thanks.

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  30. I often buy them in garage sales and make myself or the kids, pajama bottoms. Very comfortable.

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    • WOW…I love that idea! Gonna try it out – thanks!

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  31. Agree, old sheets make an excellent cloth resource!!

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  32. The sheet for a drop cloth is a good idea, but be careful. If you have more than a light smear or small splatter it may get on whatever is beneath it. I know someone whose teenager ruined her bedroom carpet doing this. It is still a very useful idea just don’t expect to be able to be too sloppy.

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  33. I make those rice bags bigger for hot/cold pads for sore muscles and aches. You can use clean feed corn or lentils. Also add a drop of essential oil if you want a nice soothing scent. I suggest the sheet for the inner cover with an outer cover that can be washed.

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  34. Your local animal shelter is always in need of old sheets, blankets , & towels
    Before tossing, please consider donating to the orphaned animals .They love something to snuggle up into, as much as you do!

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  35. I’ve also used old flannel sheets that are worn out as hankies for the winter sniffles! Lots softer than kleenex, and reusable. Just cut to the right size and serge or zigzag the edges.

    When making shopping nags, it’s helps to use an old grocery sack for a pattern.

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  36. I use old sheets and pillow cases to make kennel liners for rescue organizations. Dogs being rescued from a life in a puppy mill (Google puppy mills) have never had anything soft and this is their first experience with comfort. I actually snatch up pillowcases at garage sales to make liners for rescues.

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  37. Thanks for these ideas. I have been holding on to some old sheets for several months and now I have ideas to reuse them.

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  38. Already did this and gave my two little boys (both Chihauhau mixes) a comforting bed and they love it! Soft old flannel sheets. What else say’s love?

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  39. The curtain idea really works out nicely. I’ve used mine for some time now. The top hem fits right over a rod and gathers beautifully.

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  40. I was just going to donate. Now, I have 16 more options!

    Thank you, Jillee.

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  41. The width of sheets make them perfect for sewing clothing, especially plus sizes.
    Flannel sheets make fantastic p.j.’s.

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  43. Another good thing to do with old bed sheets-or blankets-is to donate them to your local animal shelter. They will be very much appreciated!

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    • True! Animal shelters love old sheets, blankets, and even bathmats for their shelter animals. Makes me feel good just thinking about it!

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      • Bathmats? I never thought about those. I imagine they would be great. Thanks for sharing that!