Can't believe I'm so cheap sometimes!
06-15-2013, 03:54 AM
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I love it when someone re-uses what others would throw out. My DH's favorite thing to do was to stop at someone's trash pile and take home a piece of furniture or a machine and fix it or make it into something useful. I think it is great.
06-15-2013, 04:19 AM
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Check out Martha Stewart's idea of making home décor pillows out of shirts. You could make one and still keep the front of the blouse intact. The plan is you cut out a square from the front and back of the shirt, leaving the buttons on the front and the placket intact. Sew all around the outside turn right side out, unbutton the buttons and insert pillow form or stuffing. Button back up and there you have it!!!
06-15-2013, 04:35 AM
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You go, girl! I love your ideas. We, too, are a green family and we go to a green church. Everyone needs to wake up and stop throwing away such good stuff. In my DD's hometown, there is a building where you can take good stuff you don't need and donate; you can choose something to take home with you if you wish. That way, very little goes into the land fill.
06-15-2013, 04:53 AM
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My husband puts shirts and pants he can no longer wear or have seen better days into a laundry basket I keep in my sewing room. he takes photos of uniforms from the office that are no longer presentable to wear and asks if we can have them to make quilts for donations. I have a large laundry basket full of clothes to be reused. I have grocery bags I have reinforced.
06-15-2013, 04:54 AM
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