Stacey H asked the question a few days ago on her blog, "What to do with hand-me-down tees, jeans, shirts, etc...". I was inspired after reading her post to find more ways to recycle/reuse my kids old clothes and other scrap fabric leftover from various sewing projects. While I do love the t-shirt rug in my last post, I don't have 60 plus hours to devote to any one project. So here are a few less time consuming ideas for you from my BFF Martha:
1. Using old sweaters to make baby rattles or stuffed animals. I've done this and it's so easy and super cute.
2. Cutting up baby and little clothes to make a keepsake quilt. Good for boys and girls!
3. Scrap fabric heating pads. I made one for my mom and stuffed it with rice. If you put it in the microwave for 2 minutes or so, it retains heat and soothes sore muscles. A great gift for a new mom, someone in the hospital or a crabby Korean mom with arthritis.
4. Quilted coasters are brilliant! Who doesn't have a bunch of scrap fabric from a sewing project or old clothes even. I love this.
All of the above patterns/instructions can be found on http://www.marthastewart.com/
3 comments:
I really love all of these! I just found this repurposing project... monogrammed men's handkerchiefs made from their old shirts... http://growinghomeonline.blogspot.com/2010/06/recycled-shirt-hankies.html
Very cute ideas! I just loaded up a bunch of clothes to take to goodwill...now I am thinking of digging back through the bags.
We try and get the kids a touristy t-shirt when we go places. I want to make them a quilt when they have outgrown enough t-shirts (which will probably take another 15 years...)
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