Clothing

Making clothing is something I want to do, for fun but also to gain independence from gross retailers.

Reuse

Don't throw away your old clothes! There are many options before they end up in the garbage.

• If they're still wearable, take them to a thrift store.
• If they have holes or tears, you can mend them.
• If they have too many so they can't be repaired, save the intact bits for making patches. Particularly things like denim are great for patches.
• If all else fails, you can use them for rags.

References

1. Plans for medieval tunics, and more tunics plans as well
2. Made a jacket out of coffee bean sacks
3. Zero waste patterns

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