Does a shirt still have life after it’s been stained? Here are a few options you have if you have an item of clothing with a stain that won’t come off.
1. Make a rag out of it. Cut it up so you’ll know it’s a rag. Keep it in a drawer with other rags and you’ll save on paper towels.
2. Donate it to Goodwill. If you have enough rags in your house, you can donate stained clothing to Goodwill. They won’t sell it in store, but there are auto shops, etc. that buy stained clothing, etc. from Goodwill to use as oil rags, etc.
3. Keep it to wear when you’re painting. If you put it in a designated spot, you’ll be able to find it when you need it.
4. Make sewing or craft projects out of the usable parts of the item of clothing.
For me, socks with holes are a different story. You don’t want them to get back into sock circulation, so I use them to clean up spilled milk, etc. and throw them away after that.
Since each t-shirt takes about 650 gallons of water to produce (according to the book Your Water Footprint), we can all feel good when we don’t throw old clothes in the trash.
Do you try to give old clothing a second life?
~ Carrie
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Great ideas; we often turn old shirts, towels and even socks into cleaning rags. Thanks for linking up with us at Love to Learn. Pinned.
Thank you, Mother of 3!
Carrie
These are great ideas. So often we are tempted to just throw things away, but it really is better to find other uses for them. Thanks for sharing with us at the #LMMLinkup. Blessings to you!
Thanks for hosting LMM, Gayl!
Carrie
Thank you for the great ideas. That is interesting about using socks and then throwing them away because I have used them as a rag, washed them, and had them end up back in my sock drawer. It is a good idea to cut them. Thank you for sharing at Organized31.
Thanks for hosting, Amy!
Carrie