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01/26/08, 08:42 PM
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What to do with old T-shirts.
I'm having to retire one of my favorite colored t-shirts. I'm not much of a t-shirt wearer except in winter time I like to wear one when I sleep at nights. My wife has a bad habit of yanking the covers off to herself. So a good t-shirt helps keep me warm.
Anywho, this t-shirt is getting a little bit too tattered so I was getting ready to throw it away. I asked myself what can a person do with old t-shirts? Anyone here do anything special with old t-shirts?
One ideal I came up with was to sew the neck and sleeve closed and use it for a potatoe sack this next summer. Any other ideals out there?
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01/26/08, 08:58 PM
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rags for goat udder washing?
dog bedding?
rags for other stuff?
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01/26/08, 09:03 PM
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The first thing that everyone thinks of is rags, dust coths, polishing cloths, etc.
I think your idea of potato sacks is good if the material is strong enough.
Tie them into knots for play toys for your dogs.
Rip them into strips & tie them on your bird's cage so they can shred them.
They can be used for bandages. Super clean, of course.
Wrap your pistols in them if there's no lint.
Nite gowns for little ones.
Snot rags
Napkins
Put into a frame for a picture. Some have great grapics!
I have a few that I've saved and turned into pillows as they memorialize (sp?)things I've done or places I've been.
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01/26/08, 09:26 PM
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Saw a quilts made with "T's" from concerts, different themes, at a craft fair. Wanted a lot of money for them also.
Was gonna say, cut for T.P., but, don't wanna go there, after the last one...............
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01/26/08, 10:34 PM
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I cut mine up for rags for cleaning around the house like dusting or scrubbing. I also keep a few raggy tshirts for misc uses, painting shirts etc.
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01/26/08, 10:43 PM
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Can be turned into Char cloth, to be used as Tinder to start fires!!!
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01/26/08, 10:46 PM
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If it is a favorite of yours, you might want to make it into a pillow case....
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01/26/08, 10:56 PM
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If you can get the cut started, you can rip it into a long spiral strip - I use these for braiding rugs.
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01/26/08, 11:09 PM
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This is funny because I just went thru my drawer and cleaned out all of the stained dirty ones to make room for some fresh new ones a few days ago.
Have you priced clean cotton rags at the paint store lately, WOW$$$. I took all of mine and put them in a bag, they are in the front right corner of my work truck waiting for a mess to clean up! I use them for staining wood, cleaning hands, ect. The size of the bag I put in the truck would cost me at least $25.00 from Lowes or Sherwin Williams paint store!
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01/27/08, 12:39 AM
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I cut them up into small pieces and use them as gun cleaning patches for cleaning/lubing the bore.
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01/27/08, 02:37 AM
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Cut them into a long spiral and crochet them into rugs.
Use them as dishtowels.
Make sanitary pads out of them.
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01/27/08, 08:22 AM
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My first hunting game bag was an old long sleeved T from my grandfather. Sewed the bottom closed and sewed the sleeves together to form a over the shoulder sling and placed the game into the neck. Was a great way to take "grampa" with me whenever I went hunting/gathering.
Nowdays I just use them like some of the others, cut up into shop rags.
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01/27/08, 01:10 PM
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Well worn & loved T-shirts are so soft! They're perfect for polishing the car but be careful that the decal (if there is one) doesn't scratch.
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01/27/08, 02:11 PM
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I have a rug "loom" that Hubby made that looks like a giant potholder loom. I cut the bottom parts of the shirts off into "loops" and weave them just like you would a potholder. Makes nice sturdy rugs for outside the door, or bathmats.
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01/27/08, 02:56 PM
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Ripped in strips to tie tomatos and grape vines.
Grease rags and gun cleaning cloths. Eddie
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01/27/08, 03:01 PM
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Wow, I acutally liked that idea by Martha Stewart on making them into grocery bags. A very doable idea even for me who is not to talented with the sewing machine.
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01/27/08, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Nancy
Wow, I acutally liked that idea by Martha Stewart on making them into grocery bags. A very doable idea even for me who is not to talented with the sewing machine.
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I'm sure you could do this, but the pic of Martha's bag does not look like an old, worn out, faded T-shirt. Looks like a brand spankin' new one to me - which defeats the purpose of reduce, reuse & recycle.
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01/27/08, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Charleen
I'm sure you could do this, but the pic of Martha's bag does not look like an old, worn out, faded T-shirt. Looks like a brand spankin' new one to me - which defeats the purpose of reduce, reuse & recycle.
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Hers ARE new bags....but I use old shirts for them (for mkaing the Martha Stewart bags). You certainly can use an old shirt for them, as long as it's not so holey that all your stuff falls out 
Shawna
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