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We have a rag stack...but the rag bag is certainly cuter!



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Growing up, my mom had a rag bag (not quite as pretty as this one pictured) and when then rags got dirty, they went in a little basket at the top of the stairs to the basement to be brought down in the laundry. It was a great system and while I dont have a rag bag, I do keep a large stack of rags in my home to use.

I grew up with multiple rag bags: the reusable rags in the kitchen, the keep-away-from-food rags in the garage/workroom, and then the rags that could be used once more and thrown away.

The latter would be for your paint or oil-change cleanup, that kind of thing. I don't use "rags" in my kitchen, but kitchen towels eventually graduate to the rag bag, where one might also find sheets and bathroom towels, ready to be torn in squares or perhaps used to cover outdoor plants on a freezing night.

I have a rag "basket" that sits on top of the refrigerator. Most of the rags are laundered, but some get tossed after an especially grubby job. I also have a shelf of "disaster linens." These are bath towels that are too worn to continue using, but too good to throw away. This is what I use when there's a lot of water where it shouldn't be! A disaster, in other words.

Simple trick for telling rags from other small towels; take your sewing machine and run a quick line of stitching diagonally on the rag in a contrasting color. It makes it really easy for people (like little kids) who have problems telling if something is a rag or not.

great idea stellato!

It's like my oven handle, only much better looking!