Originally Posted by
Quiltbeagle
I know just what you mean, thin and not very absorbent unless you want to spend a fortune at the high end stores. I needed a new ones but the budget didn't allow for them at the time, so went to the dollar store and got a bath towel, cut it into even sized pieces and did an overlock stitch around the raw edges (I don't have a serger). They may not be the prettiest but I made six nice, thick and thirsty dish towels for $3.50.
This is what I do. Look in your thrift shop for some old bath towels if you don't have any at home. Also, you can cut them down further to make dish cloths.
I use the terry ones for drying hands, and have a cotton flour sack type for drying dishes (which I rarely do). DH is under strict orders NOT to use it for anything else! If I am going to wipe dishes I want to know it is clean.