Not just old fleeces - my cat preferred woolly jumpers (so do I)... And I'm sure dogs would love them, too!possum wrote:old fleeces - the obligatory cat bed
101 uses for old and worn out clothes
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Finlay has fleeces, wooly jumpers, an old quilt cover, and an old sleeping bag to sleep on! he still prefers my bed thoughina wrote:Not just old fleeces - my cat preferred woolly jumpers (so do I)... And I'm sure dogs would love them, too!possum wrote:old fleeces - the obligatory cat bed
oooh...along the same lines - use old clothes for small animal bedding - i had a female rat that loved an old school shirt. She used to sulk when i put it in the washing machine!! I had two male rats who used to fight over a pair of my dad's old pants - i'd only chucked them in teh cage to stop my dad wearing them again and the boys were on them like a shot arguing over who got to sleep in them...
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Or you could make them into these:
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I'm sure i read somewhere about people in ancient times making quilts and bedding out of old clothes - they'd stuff rags inside a sack to make a quilt type thing (well, not a sack, but a quilt cover type affair thingy).
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If they are cotton, such as shirt cotton, they can be cut into squares, edged and used as handkerchiefs or headscaves (if you have a big enough square or a tiny head ). Cotton hankies are great and are not unhygenic as long as you change them every day. I do resort to loo roll if I've got a cold but otherwise its cotton hankies.
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Unpick trouser seams up to the crotch. Insert panels of material and hey-presto, you have a skirt.
I also save all sorts of cotton material to make patchwork squares for quilts and I have been known to make baby clothes from old mum & dad clothes.
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I also save all sorts of cotton material to make patchwork squares for quilts and I have been known to make baby clothes from old mum & dad clothes.
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Re: 101 uses for old and worn out clothes
When my daughters were small and I was always hard-up (back in the 70s/80s) I used to get dresses for fat ladies to turn into pretty clothes for them, it saved me a small fortune. I'm still upcycling 'cause of hating waste.
Here's the latest idea from last week
http://theroundhouse.freeforums.org/rec ... t2065.html
Sometimes being a bit top heavy has it's advantages ;)
Here's the latest idea from last week
http://theroundhouse.freeforums.org/rec ... t2065.html
Sometimes being a bit top heavy has it's advantages ;)
Re: 101 uses for old and worn out clothes
now I like that idea
I always use old bra strap to make straps for new vest tops
made a great hand bag out of my old leather motor cycle trousers
and the rest of the leather I use to finish padded foot rest witch start as a wooden wine box,
phone cases, re cover palm of bike gloves to
I always use old bra strap to make straps for new vest tops
made a great hand bag out of my old leather motor cycle trousers
and the rest of the leather I use to finish padded foot rest witch start as a wooden wine box,
phone cases, re cover palm of bike gloves to
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Re: 101 uses for old and worn out clothes
Aprons.
Body bands for doggies that have problems with urination.
Body bands for doggies that have problems with urination.