Mar 10
- Cotton, wool, linen, silk, ect can all be dumped into to a compost bin. It will rot, and can be returned to the soil.
- Child care centers, or Sunday School classes who use them in crafts. They generally use all kinds of fabrics, regardless of whether they are cotton, polyester, silk, etc
- Throw them in a local clothing recycling bin, if you can find one (Salvation Army, Goodwill, Amvets, planetaid, etc.). They take anything that isn’t usable as clothing and sell it to industry for use as rags or raw fiber for other products.
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Better yet; make it into something new or awesome. Read my blog for great tutorials and links on how to refashion fabric scraps and even clothing into new, fun clothing and accessories. If you don’t want to DIY, check out ETSY for shops who will turn your used fabric scraps into something great.
My Blog: http://www.etsy.com/shop/serendipit
My Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/serendipit
There are a ton of sites dedicated to using every last scrap of fabric; so if you don’t see anything inspirational above then just google “fabric scraps”. Planet Aid is a scam unfortunatley, so don’t contribute to them. I used to donate in those ubiquitous yellow boxes all of the time and then I learned this: http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/investigative/051209_fox_5_investigation_planet_aid. Learn more by googling “Planet Aid”.
Another possible home for your scraps: sewing groups at many churches make quilts for persons who are ill and for refugees. A group at my church recent shipped off about 15 quilts to Lutheran World Relief’s quilt project. Info at: http://www.lwr.org/beinvolved/quilts.asp If you don’t make to make a quilt yourself, the Lutherans would be glad to direct you to a church in your area where you could drop off fabric in your area.
If you’re in Seattle, the non-profit sewing school Sew Up Seattle would love your fabric scraps. http://sewupseattle.blogspot.com/ Every month my friend Dikka and her partners teach people how to sew, for free, using all donating sewing machines and materials. They re-use zippers, buttons, everything.