No one wants your old clothes

[calinewarkwc69]

Textile waste is piling up at catastrophic levels thanks to the fast-fashion industry.

Comments

[honorh]

*Sigh* Yeah, and I've got old, unwearable clothing I can't let go of for just this reason. I don't believe in giving clothing with stains and holes to charity, and I'd love to recycle, but it's just not practical, as this article points out.

[calinewarkwc69]

So, I'm thinking about asking my friends for all their old clothes so that I can quilt them together and give them to homeless. We have a really bad homeless problem regionally and they ALWAYS ask for blankets or pillows, so I feel like quilting old clothes into blankets for them is about the best thing that can be done at this point.

[sugartitty]

I think that's an awesome idea

[moonshaz]

That sounds like a great idea to me!

[un_fantasma]

This is a great idea. I should do this too. My friends and family are firm believers in not wasting old clothes, so...

[kuiskata]

I've been keeping all of my old pyjamas for years... One day, I'll finally have enough old pyjamas to make myself a pyjama quilt!

[ioplokon]

for denim, i save it to use as patches since the colors usually match. or as rags, liners & c. I've been trying to pick up more uses for old fabric but it's hard, since it's kind of a dead habit. :/