Dish Mat

Our dish drain is scummy. Nice lead-in, right? Sometimes I don't know how to start these things;) Anyway...for some reason, we have a hard time keeping our drain-mat-thingy clean. I'm not sure why or how-- those are clean dishes that drain on it. I'm sure it's due to neglect of some sort on my part. Regardless of why or how it gets nasty...our dish-draining system needs revamped. So, we tossed the sink mat, and I took advantage of the opportunity addressed the need with a sewing project.

I've had this dish mat project bookmarked for over a year! Well, last night I cut a few strips of fabric, sewed them together with a towel backing, and voila! A new dish mat that I actually like! I had everything lying around {quite literally, I'm afraid--when I get in project mode, my fabric often occupies the living room chair}, so it didn't cost me anything. The fabric matches my new kitchen valances. {I will show you when I get them to stop mocking me. It was a simple project that took multiple nights last week, and it's still fighting me...so I took a break.} The great thing about this complex drying system is that I can hang it to dry and toss it in the washer when it needs washed.

I used the tutorial found here, but I had to trim down the size a bit to fit the towel I had. Just work with what you've got;)