Make Your Own Fleece Floor Cleaning Pads

Here's an easy, no-sew project for you. It was a great scrap-buster project for me.

We have a floor cleaning device that looks like a swiveling block of gripper plastic at the end of a handle.  It's convenient to use, as I don't like the idea of the throw-away replacement pads.

I made my own, for wet or dry use! They can be laundered and used again!

The device in question has a textured block of fabric about 5" x 16 3/4"

I had a piece of white fleece, from which I was able to cut 18 rectangles of 10" x 18"

Folded twice, 12 fit nicely in a 10" x 8" x 8" box.

To use, I place one on the floor and center the device over it:

...then I fold over the edges and push into the holders:

If you use this device, I hope you find this useful.

Skirtus Interruptus for Housecleaning

I have been working on my skirt project, although a "little" slowly.

I made fleece pads a few months ago as refills for a popular wet and dry mop device.  They seemed to work OK except that the long edges curled.  That was because I had made them as long pieces of fleece, turned under and stitched at the ends to form pockets to hold them in place:

Cleaning time on Saturday necessitated mopping pads that actually stayed on.  I bought fleece on sale at JA's a few weeks ago just so I could make new pads.  I cut the entire piece of fleece into 10"-wide strips across the grain, then cut each strip into 18"-long pieces.  There are a few smaller pieces of fleece that now live in the rag bag.

My new variation of these refills is as simple as the original.  In other words, 10" x 18" rectangles that are held in place by built-in plastic grippers:

To use this, we spray our cleaner on the floor, then mop it up:

I even have a place to store them.  A dozen of these are now housed in this box, which will live on the shelf in the closet where the device is stored:

This is our mix for general cleaning.  It contains about a teaspoon of Bronner's Sal Suds to a quart of water: