This box contains 15-20 pairs of jeans I've worn and ripped through in the last 8ish years. The really unfortunate thing is that these jeans ripped along the inner thigh; they wore thin from constant wear and then just tore through. If the holes were in the knees, like they were when I was a kid, I could patch them or leave them ripped. Alas, these are really not appropriate for public wear. I didn't want to throw them away, so I've been piling them up thinking "someday" I'll do something with them. Well, they managed to take up a drawer and a half of space without me ever doing anything.
I need that drawer space. I'm proud of myself for crafting a wine-bottle tote out of one leg and a waistband, but I'm not going to make 30-40 of them. That leads back to the "someday" problem, and even if I started a business I'd still have scrap.
Enter Cotton from Blue to Green's mail-in program*. They take old denim clothing and turn it into insulation. Then some of the insulation is granted to projects like Habitat for Humanity, for use in insulating homes for those in need.
Green Guilt assuaged? Potentially helping those in need? Totally worth the shipping cost.
*Cotton from Blue to Green also takes denim through volunteer-organized drives; none appear to be scheduled on their website, hence I'm mailing my jeans in.
A different option is to try something like Miser Mom's braided jean rug...
ReplyDeleteI thought about that at first, but considering I still have an unfinished t-shirt quilt project I started 4 years ago, I didn't think having another "someday" project taking up space was a good plan.
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