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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat do you do with worn out sheets?
If a sheet gets a hole in it, it's going to get bigger. But there's a WHOLE LOT of good fabric there. It seems a shame to just send it to the dump. Any ideas?
defacto7
(13,485 posts)I dont know, the word pillow just came to mind.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)bitterross
(4,066 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,377 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)Local pet shelters have been happy to have old sheets and towels for bedding.
catrose
(5,065 posts)catrose
(5,065 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)They always need clean, comfy fabric for the little angels.
3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)...no-kill animal shelter, and they are always happy to have them.
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)When he understood what I was implying he asked me to stop.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)You are bad, but in a good way.
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)I scrub the carpet until it is completely dry. I have also used them for backing when making crazy quilts. I sew the material to squares of old sheets. Sew the squares together, layer a large new sheet, an old blanket, the quilt top made with the squares and knot tie it all together. Pretty and colorful to look at, warmer than a plain blanket and a way to make use of an old sheet, scraps of material and an old blanket that has worn thin.
Aristus
(66,327 posts)Fabric can be recycled as a great number of things.
Arkansas Granny
(31,515 posts)she would cut them in half lengthwise and then sew them back together with the worn parts on the outside edges and the former, unworn outside edges in the center. Pretty ingenious.
I tear worn sheets up and use them for rags.
msongs
(67,400 posts)crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)They use them as pet bedding.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)makes clean up a while lot easier. BUT, I really like the idea of donating to animal shelters.
procon
(15,805 posts)I just cut old sheets into small squares and sew them together for the size I need, then add another sheet (a flannel sheet is nice, too) as the backing. A little tacking or topstitching will keep everything aligned. Cotton is easy to launder so they are also very handy as picnic blankets or to keep in the car when traveling. If you can sew a straight line, you can finish a simple quilt in just a few hours.
doc03
(35,328 posts)doc03
(35,328 posts)you prune them.
NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)... you can keep them as happy reminders of how they got worn out in the first place.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)..I don't have a pet, but I admire their energy and resourcefulness as a shelter.
Coventina
(27,115 posts)Or, donate to shelters.
Those are the two things I do.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)bif
(22,697 posts)northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)would tear up old sheets into long narrow strips, and use them as twine or rope for tying up stuff. (We used to snicker at her extremely sturdy, overly-tied-together-in-tight-knots items, or packages!!!) After she died at age 95 I found many of the strips neatly rolled up into balls and I have them in a bowl to remember her frugality and practicality!
I used some old white sheets to make a curtain in my closet; also I've saved some to use as backing in certain quilting projects.