http://video.about.com/frugalliving/5-Uses-For-Foil.htm
You might find this interesting and helpful.

Great info! BTW - your avatar is absolutely beautiful!

Very interesting. I'm going to try some of those things. Thanks for sharing.

Who would have thought? Think I'll make a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch while I am sewing. That way I don't have to stop and go to the kitchen. Very inventive.

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Thanks. I'm going to do some of these :)

My main use for foil is to cover celery and other veggies with it. Makes them last and last. Don't know why, it just does.

Cool! I wonder if you need to use a new sheet of foil in every load. If not, that sure would cut down on the expense of fabric sheets.

I want to see if it really does sharpen scissors!

I'm gonna try it on scissors & maybe some of the others too

No way I am touching my fabric scissors to test this, but the kitchen ones are getting dull....

What I want to try is the fabric softener,
Using the stuff you spray in the dryer not only makes me itch, the scent gives me a headache.

It does work on scissors. I've used foil to shapren scissors and punches for years. That and wax paper to unstick them.

Here is another thought...if it will sharpen scissors, what would it do for our rotary blades???

What innovative ideas! I'm going to try some of these out!

That was great.....I'm especially going to try it on some scissors. I'll leave the grilled cheese to someone else. lol

Thanks! My mom is allergic to the dryer sheets. I'll try the aluminum foil ball on her clothes.

I thought the same thing

:P

I think I will give this a try on my next dull blade :D:D:D Good Thinking :thumbup:

thanks for sharing this link :D:D:D

Good thought, Deb!

My DH is sceptical about the scissor sharpening. My son has done the cheese toastie thing, made me laugh loads when he showed me.

I have used it for scissors. Not my quilting ones, and it seemed to work great!

I Loved this! Thanks

My mother showed me how to make grilled cheese sandwiches with a iron many (many) years ago so I could make a quick meal my college dorm room. Unlike kids dorm rooms today we didn't have microwaves and refrigerators.

I love the idea of replacing dryer sheets. I will definitely give that a try.

Some great ideas. I am going to try sharpening some scissors

I have used it when my rotary blade needs a new edge when trying to finish a project, it really works, just make sure you are on your cutting mat when running it through the foil. I fold the foil approx. in 4ths and just run it thru until the foil is all sliced.

Suzy

I have used the foil thingy on my old pinking shears. Works on them too! Love the idea.

And how about foil sharpening our sewing needles.

Grilled cheese! How cool is that?!

very cool

Wow. Great to know. I like the sandwich idea. Make lunch while we sew.

try using Vinegar in your rinse cycle, it takes the extra soap out and so that makes the clothes softered [sp] and theres no smell,

I had heard of the ironing board thing and the toasted sandwiches. It works on any type of sandwich you want to grill or make into a "melt". Heard about it on a travel channel. Never heard of the scissor thing but I am going to try it. I have to use liquid fabric softener in my combo RV washer/dryer but someday I might have a regular one so will keep that in mind. I do not like the smell of some of the sheets.

some I have heard before, but the other 3 was very interesting, will try on my dull sissors today... thanks for the info.

hmmm gotta try the rotary blades too.

I have learned something new today for sure.

I've done the Brown sugar, and the sharpening scissors with it... heard of ppl putting it under the ironing board cover ,,, never heard of the dryer thing.. and Now I"m hungry for a grilled cheese.... !

that is so cool ty

Now that you've mentioned it Deb, I think I remember reading awhile back on another forum that you can sharpen your rotary cutter by cutting through several layers of aluminum foil. It can't hurt to try once the blade is dull, so I think I'll give it a try next time. :D

It sure couldn't hurt to try it on rotary blades. If anyone experiments let us know if it works. And thanks for the reminder that I'm out of aluminum foil and need to add it to my shopping list :-)