baby steps

i am always looking for ways to reduce the amount of stuff i use and throw away. that said, i am a product of the american marketing machine so i have a lot of garbage. to help me make those small steps to better ecology my friend larissa came over yesterday to make baby wipes. she took t-shirt scraps from a quilt i am making and cut 4x6 pieces. with two pieces together i serged the edges. then i placed them in a plastic baby wipes container half full of water with a little baby soap. this morning was my first trial with the new wipes so of course the baby filled her pants for me. they did better than expected. i was going to be happy with as good as the throw away kind but the cloth is thicker and easier to handle. i am sold. thanks larissa.