tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263840964304974785.post5795537714124457265..comments2024-03-26T08:45:01.171-07:00Comments on Homestead Happenings: EARTH DAY: RE-USING TEXTILESKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105445880440567911noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263840964304974785.post-49904172164549246892010-04-27T21:25:31.856-07:002010-04-27T21:25:31.856-07:00I was surprised that the article said the adage wa...I was surprised that the article said the adage was used to discourage inventiveness, Richard. I thought it was to discourage the use of poor quality ingredients. But, as they said -- it can be done but not practically. Thanks for sharing the link.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06105445880440567911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263840964304974785.post-3043417063441189072010-04-26T13:48:43.389-07:002010-04-26T13:48:43.389-07:00Grandmothers and mothers are usually right, but so...Grandmothers and mothers are usually right, but sometimes a saying is just a saying. When I was doing some research in Boston in the 80's, I was impressed to see the product shown in the link that follows:<br />http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/purse/<br />I suppose we could look at it as the ultimate recycling. BTW, they also made a lead balloon fly! Pretty successfully, too.Richard V. Shields IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245418187291460878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263840964304974785.post-61993435795712918372010-04-23T08:28:23.044-07:002010-04-23T08:28:23.044-07:00"Using our hands to make the world a better p..."Using our hands to make the world a better place" -- so important to our use of talent as well as time. <br /><br />Debbie Colgrove at Sewing.About.com shared lots of fabric and clothing re-use ideas this morning. I'm re-adjusting my thinking and reorganizing my stash. (I feel another post coming on.)Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06105445880440567911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263840964304974785.post-32532502251145102332010-04-22T20:12:15.078-07:002010-04-22T20:12:15.078-07:00Interesting post. We've recycled for forever....Interesting post. We've recycled for forever. Moscow has a great recycling program. We have a wood insert in the basement fireplace and use it to get "BTU's" from a lot of things that would end up in the landfill. We burn fairly hot, so there's very little smoke from our chimney. We rarely have our garbage can even half full, often just a bag on the bottom. What Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814824232124376605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263840964304974785.post-72916345518406943562010-04-22T13:26:38.011-07:002010-04-22T13:26:38.011-07:00Remember those rags that our contractor bought for...Remember those rags that our contractor bought for the farmhouse project? I think he pulled them off a roll or out of a box, but they were definitely cut up t-shirts. There was one that said -- well, never mind. <br /><br />Someone was quoted in today's Trib as saying that 4 million tons of clothing are disposed of in US landfills every year. And I know it's true that when I donate used Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06105445880440567911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263840964304974785.post-90501456269509293612010-04-22T12:15:50.754-07:002010-04-22T12:15:50.754-07:00Sometimes you see things that are made of recycled...Sometimes you see things that are made of recycled denim. I came across a Nike website the other day that showed how Nike collects old shoes and then re-process the various parts to be made into sport courts or tracks. <br /><br />Large retailers buy rags from Goodwill. You know those shirts that you can't bear to make into rags so you give them to Goodwill? Goodwill doesn't have any Halliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305271560327301083noreply@blogger.com