Monday, March 15, 2010

Don't Throw out your old Clothes!

It takes a lot of natural resources to make that sweater, dont just throw it away!

Uses for old clothes:

-Some clothes make good rags, just cut them to the desired size.
-Old pants can become shorts, just cut to the correct length.
-You can use the fabric for crafts, such as purses, rice warmers, quilts.
-You always need a few old sets of clothes to wear while you work in the garden or while painting.
-You can make paper out of some clothing like denim and cotton.

If you don't want to re-use your old clothing you can still donate them to people in need. You can usually drop them off at local churches or a goodwill store.

There is hidden value in your old clothing, I am talking cash here!
Every 6 months I go through my closet and take out everything that doesnt fit or I dont want. I separate them into 2 piles. Good and Rags. The items that go into the rags pile are of course turned into rags, I also cut any buttons off them and store in a jar, when a jar gets full I can usually sell it on ebay for about $10-$15 bucks! The good pile goes to a local church resale store, they take my old clothes, price them, and sell them. Half of the money comes to me, Half to the church, after 3 months any clothes that did not sell are donated to the church. Sometimes I make an extra $100-$120

So there, dont just throw out those clothes, they can be used again!