And now for my next hair brain scheme......

[sashurlow]

Did you consider disposable hospital gowns/lab coats. I had an opportunity to acquire a couple, but my conscience prevailed. Ever since then, I have worked at labs that actually use real lab coats. They are light weight and fairly durable. They would be more of a continuous sheet than the pillow covers. http://www.nursinghomeapparel.com/shop/product593.html http://www.nursinghomeapparel.com/shop/product67.html

[riverkeeper]

Finn-
The landscape cloth is outta the box ... great.

Just used it to line the edges of my raised garden beds.

I've been thinking about something very light to cut cool breezes but didn't want to go to a full under quilt.

[Ramblinrev]

I have found digging the weights out of neat sheets is a simplistic task at worst. a couple of pulls with a tailors awl or seamripper and the weights slide right out. I have never found them attached other than by the thread in the seam. Trying to salvage the disks for other uses is a PITA but not the removal from the sheet itself. YNNV.

[fin]

Did you consider disposable hospital gowns/lab coats. I had an opportunity to acquire a couple, but my conscience prevailed. Ever since then, I have worked at labs that actually use real lab coats. They are light weight and fairly durable. They would be more of a continuous sheet than the pillow covers. http://www.nursinghomeapparel.com/shop/product593.html http://www.nursinghomeapparel.com/shop/product67.html

Yep, used them in my no-sew quilt here. They worked fairly well, except they also snag up on everything. Nice and light, though.

[fin]

Finn-
The landscape cloth is outta the box ... great.

Just used it to line the edges of my raised garden beds.

I've been thinking about something very light to cut cool breezes but didn't want to go to a full under quilt.

It snags up if used as an outer layer, but works great as the "meat" in my "sandwich" quilt. You have to face it with something if you want it to last, but it would work well as a "throw-away" quilt - just put some ties on the ends using string and a small pebble or even a penny. Easy test to see how it works on it's own.

I have to go to the PO today, so I'll get a weight on it.

[fin]

I have found digging the weights out of neat sheets is a simplistic task at worst. a couple of pulls with a tailors awl or seamripper and the weights slide right out. I have never found them attached other than by the thread in the seam. Trying to salvage the disks for other uses is a PITA but not the removal from the sheet itself. YNNV.

I know it is simple - I just don't have the energy. And I'm already dealing with blood poisoning from an accident with a sharp metal object this weekend, which is why I'm home in the first place. But I have to pull those disks out sooner or later - I have 4 neat sheets waiting for projects.