What Do I Do With These Clothes, Goodwill Doesn’t Want Them

All of us at some time or another end up with clothes we can’t use anymore. Maybe we grew up some or grew out some but whichever we did, the clothes don’t fit anymore. Maybe we just plain wore them out.

A new technique for recycling clothes has begun to hit the market. Now you can take these unwanted items and turn them into quilts or even floor runners. You don’t need to cut them into patches and stitch them up, you use them just as they are and work them together to create some really fun designs, then just run stitch-lines across the whole piece, about an inch apart. Obviously you will want to use clothing and materials that are similar in weight so that you don’t end up with a lumpy piece that you can’t use. Coordinate your colors and create something fun. When you’re through, you can use the item to warm your bed or protect your floor.

Maybe you can use it to create a bed for your pet. Make a big bag out of the recycled material and fill it full of all of those unwanted packing peanuts. If you put the peanuts in a bag and put a zipper along one side of the material bag, you can make the pet bed completely washable. It’s light weight, won’t harbor little biting beasties and won’t have cost you anything but your time.

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