J&O Fabrics Top 10 Fabric Recycling Centers

Doing a bit of spring cleaning and finally ready to purge some of your unwanted fabric but don’t know where or how to start? No worries, we’ve searched out some organizations helping to play their part in saving Mother Earth from overcrowded textile landfills by providing fabric recycling centers in their communities and nationwide. Use them as a platform to get you out the starting block. While some places offer cash in exchange, others simply offer the satisfaction of knowing your undesirable textiles will stay out of landfills as they find a new home and purposeful work to fulfill.

 

Economical Ideas: Fabric Covered Thumbtacks

A potentially annoying part of working with fabric is having scraps left over and not knowing what to do with them. Often they are too small to seem of much use. Nevertheless, we found a great idea for really small fabric remnants at the blog howaboutorange; this blog suggests making fabric thumbtacks. Here’s what you’ll need:
  • 1/2″ buttons (wedding gown size)
  • pliers
  • fabric scraps
  • hot glue