Several of you emailed/commented and asked for the laundry recipe. I found this somewhere on the wonderful internet, and it’s is so easy to do! First, purchase three things I never knew existed until I tried to make this detergent: Fels-Naptha soap (about $1), Arm & Hammer Washing Soda (about $3), and Borax (about $2.50). ETA: All three are in the laundry aisle at my local Kroger, Walmart, and Publix.
1) Cut the soap into smaller pieces and run it through a food processor or mini chopper to grind it up. I suspect you could use a cheese grater, but I don’t own one. 
I can tell you I heard a rumor that a blender will not work. That’s the word on the street (not proof that I tried to use my blender and it was disastrous).
2) Measure out 1 cup of the soap powder you just made. Add 1/2 c Washing Soda and 1/2 cup Borax.
3) If you like, run all that through your processor again to make it finer and more like store-bought detergent.
4) 1 tbs for small/light loads, 2 tbs for more heavily soiled loads (I know that doesn’t sound like enough, but trust me). I sort of toss in 2 tbs whenever I feel like it because I like to try to wash waaaay too many clothes in a load. It does not have suds, so don’t be alarmed.
The recipe is just this (one batch fills one small Gladware container and lasts us about a month):
1 cup grated soap flakes
1/2 cup Washing Soda
1/2 cup Borax
That’s it. It smells like nothing (in a good way) and does a great job. I make up a few batches at a time because I always make a mess with the soap by trying to cram too much into my tiny food chopper. You will be smarter than that and will even put yours into a really cute container instead of my old Gladware.
Let me know if you try it.
Folks, if this stuff can get my cloth diapers clean, it can clean your clothes. We have pretty hard water here, in case that matters.
Note: I have not tried the online recipes for liquid detergent (that sounds like a pain to me, and I don’t have room for a large bucket). They are out there, though.
I have used this laundry detergent for about six months anAd see no difference between expensive brands and homemade. One improvement with homemade with skin allergies have resolved.