The Finished Towels

The project was definitely not for the impatient, perfectionistic, or those who give up easily. Trying to dye a group of differently-colored objects a single final color is tricky. A very close approximation of color for all items is possible with patience and multiple steps. However, I was able to get the batch close enough in color to satisfy me and my daughters.

In case you didn't know this about me, I have a bit of a perfectionistic streak in my disposition. So, when everything is not easy-peasy, or a project does not turn out exactly as I had planned, it takes a while for me to shake that "failure" feeling. It doesn't make any sense to me, as I can look at the towels and think they turned out beautifully, but my mind remembers the missteps along the road to get to the final outcome. Now, after a little time to relax, I can see that they turned out nicely. The bathmat is just a tad more intense in color than the towels, and the washcloths are slightly more peach than the rest of the batch. Despite this, the group looks great in the bathroom.

Old towels, new life. Final cost for a "new" set of bath linens -- $3.74, including sales tax (I forgot to add in tax in yesterday's post). I don't think that you can't buy a single bath towel at Target for that price.

Value Village Finds this Afternoon

I have great luck at Value Village this afternoon. I was searching for a bathmat to go with the towels that I am dyeing for my daughters' bathroom. My plan is to dye the whole lot a peachy-pink, using fabric dye that was leftover from previous projects. At Value Village I found a pale pink bathmat that almost exactly matches the pink towels that I already have, so the dye job should look pretty good. And get this, my cost was 99 cents!

My out of pocket cost for this revamped towel set will be the 99 cents for the bathmat, and $2.40 for the 4 washcloths that I bought last summer. The pink bath and hand towels were hand-me-downs from my in-laws 15 years ago, and as I mentioned, the dye is leftover from other projects. Therefore, my total cost for a "new" set of towels for this bathroom is $3.39! I've run the wash cloths and bathmat through the laundry to remove any sizing (new washcloths) or fabric softener (bathmat), as either of those substances could inhibit the dye job. I'll let you know how these look when they are dyed and dried.

One of my daughters came with me to Value Village, and she had a lot she wanted to look at, so I lingered for a bit while waiting for her. In the glassware section, I found 3 juice glasses that will go with the 4 we currently have. Super glad to have found these juice glasses. I prefer a small glass for juice, and as we only had 4 juice glasses, whenever the entire family was there for a family breakfast, we were short on these small glasses. I had been pricing replacements through Amazon, and the cost just didn't seem worth it.