http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/27/fabric-recycling/ Website of Joshua McGee Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:53:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/27/fabric-recycling/#comment-48079 Joshua (Site Owner) Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:04:22 +0000 http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/27/fabric-recycling/#comment-48079 Not sure. Get a big pile, then rent one of those Tomahawk Chipper/Shredders from Home Depot for half a day? Can't imagine that it wouldn't shred fabric, if it shreds brush. Not sure.  Get a big pile, then rent one of those Tomahawk Chipper/Shredders from Home Depot for half a day?  Can’t imagine that it wouldn’t shred fabric, if it shreds brush.

]]> http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/27/fabric-recycling/#comment-48077 Tina Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:40:25 +0000 http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/27/fabric-recycling/#comment-48077 I still have a school bag from the 6th grade that my mom made for me out of denim 29 yrs ago. It's still quite useable. It's in my closet holding papers I probably should have recycled 10 yrs ago. Lately I've been thinking about the same thing and often thought that because most of the clothes my family wear has been previously enjoyed, they will become worn out or stained to the point that it's embarrassing to wear it outside the house. And yet, I'd still like to get some use out of them. I have a good stack of cleaning rags to last me until I'm 80. But I was thinking if there was a way to get them shredded (after having removed the buttons to add to my collection and unbroken zippers for reuse and favorite cartoon characters have been cut off for possible application to a new tshirt etc...) and then use the shredded fabric for sewing projects. For example, I could use the shredded fabric for stuffing pillows or soft toys for the kids or the "draft dodgers" I make for the bottoms of the doors to keep drafts out in the winter or any number of projects. I just don't know where I could find a fabric shredder for home use - they all seem to be industrial units and totally out of reach for consumers. I still have a school bag from the 6th grade that my mom made for me out of denim 29 yrs ago. It’s still quite useable. It’s in my closet holding papers I probably should have recycled 10 yrs ago. Lately I’ve been thinking about the same thing and often thought that because most of the clothes my family wear has been previously enjoyed, they will become worn out or stained to the point that it’s embarrassing to wear it outside the house. And yet, I’d still like to get some use out of them.  I have a good stack of cleaning rags to last me until I’m 80. But I was thinking if there was a way to get them shredded (after having removed the buttons to add to my collection and unbroken zippers for reuse and favorite cartoon characters have been cut off for possible application to a new tshirt etc…) and then use the shredded fabric for sewing projects. For example, I could use the shredded fabric for stuffing pillows or soft toys for the kids or the “draft dodgers” I make for the bottoms of the doors to keep drafts out in the winter or any number of projects.  I just don’t know where I could find a fabric shredder for home use - they all seem to be industrial units and totally out of reach for consumers.

]]> http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/27/fabric-recycling/#comment-44017 Petra Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:07:48 +0000 http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/27/fabric-recycling/#comment-44017 I sewed my old jeans into a backpack in high school. But I was too poor to buy a backpack, so it was more out of necessity than social conscience. I sewed my old jeans into a backpack in high school.  But I was too poor to buy a backpack, so it was more out of necessity than social conscience.

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