@greene you should post that one you wrote above Teri's as a 'Garden Idea'. Everyone on the site will then post their ideas as to how to use flour sack towels.
I really like the salad spinning idea. What a mental image you painted.
Btw, Teri when they get old and worn, you can tear them up and put pieces in the bottom of flower pots to keep the soil from running out the drain hole.