DIY Floor Foot Mop for Cleaning Quick Spills

Learn how to make a floor foot mop with a free sewing pattern. This kitchen sewing project helps to clean quick spills while you’re cooking or baking.

Do you ever spill just a little bit? Or your kids drip a little as they walk with food? You could use a hand towel or a paper towel to clean it up, or you could have a dedicated floor foot mop for those little spills.

I’ve seen a “turtle mop” and I loved the idea, but I wanted to make it simpler and easier to sew. This is a floor foot mop that hangs in a cabinet until you have a little spill, and then you can drop it on the floor and wipe up the mess with your foot. Learn how to make one to make cleaning spills quick and easy!

What is a floor foot mop?

A floor foot mop is a small finished towel that hangs in a cabinet. Anytime there is a little spill or mess, you drop it on the floor and use your foot to wipe it up. One side is cotton fabric and one side is a cotton towel to make it very absorbent. It’s washable so you can use it over and over again.

What fabric should I use to make a floor foot mop?

You want to make the floor foot mop really absorbent and durable. The best options are quilting cotton with added interfacing and an old towel.

Quilting cotton is durable and washable, and it’s easy to sew. An old towel is absorbent while also being durable and washable. These two fabrics are a great combination for a floor foot mop.

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How to Make a DIY Floor Foot Mop

Supplies

• Old towel that can be cut up
• Quilting cotton
• Fusible interfacing
• Sewing tools
• Sewing machine

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Instructions

Cut out a rectangle of fabric that is 12 inches wide and 6.5 inches tall. Cut out a rectangle that is 4 inches wide and 2 inches tall. (The curved corners are optional.)

Cut out a rectangle of fusible interfacing that is 12 inches wide and 6.5 inches tall.

Cut out a rectangle from a towel that is 12 inches wide and 6.5 inches tall.

Use an iron to apply the interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric.

Take the small rectangle. Press it with wrong sides together matching up the long sides. Press. Fold each long edge into the middle fold with wrong sides together and press. Fold all three folds with the long raw edges enclosed inside. Press.

With all the folds folded, sew along each long side of the loop to secure.

Fold the loop in half matching the short edges. Line up the short edges with the center of one short end of the large rectangle. Baste the loop in place.

Pin the fabric and the towel right sides together matching up all the corners.

When you sew have the towel on the bottom with the feed dogs since towel fabric stretches so easily. The feed dogs will help keep the towel fabric from stretching out.

Sew around the edge with a 3/8 inch seam allowance. Leave a 2.5 inch hole for turning. Backstitch when you start and when you stop.

Trim the corners to reduce the bulk.

Turn the floor foot mop right side out through the hole.

Roll the edges and press the floor foot mop to make the edges nice and crisp. Make sure the seam allowances are tucked into the hole when you press to create the way the seam will be when it’s done.

Edgestitch around the edges to make them stronger and to close the hole.

You finished! Hang it up so that it’s ready to wipe the floor when you need it!

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