Tue 19 Sep 2006
Continuing on from the tidying “rampage” mentioned earlier in the week, I’ve been sorting through our old clothes in the bedroom.
In addition to the clothes we wear regularly, we have a couple of boxes of old clothes on the top of the wardrobe. These are the clothes that we will wear again just as soon as we lose the required weight, height or fashion hindsight that caused them to be banished to the boxes in the first place. Periodically, these boxes get sorted through again and the “nah, I’m not going to be a size 10 again in a hurry” cast-offs get sent to the charity shop.
But there is some stuff that isn’t really suitable for charity shops - because they’re damaged or stained, or hideous travesties against everything that is good and/or pure — like these old ties of John’s.
Aside from sending them to be recycled for their fabric, any reuses?





louisa\\\'s mum
September 19th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
Would require abit of effort but you could cut them up and use the good parts to make a patch-work quilt.
You could have ‘remember when i wore that sessions’
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meika
September 26th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
I’ve seen a number of skirts and dresses made from ties by sewing them together as strips of cloth. If you have the al the same way up they will flare out like a traditional skirt and if you lay them head to tail they are straighter. I guess you could mix and match head-to-tail and all the same way for some effect.
Ties should be banned. They are never washed and so are vectors for diseases in hospitals, especially if your doctor wears them.
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rita
November 16th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
Would they make unusual handles for home made bags?
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Joan
December 12th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Local high school art departments often have a rummage bag of material scraps - you could consider donating them - if they are old enough they might give the students an insight into previous fashions.
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Amanda Kerik
December 30th, 2006 at 8:21 pm
The softer pieces could be used as stuffing in a body pillow / mini-me doll.
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Carolyn
February 7th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Soft silky fabric ties make great pillowcovers. Remove the lining from the ties and open the fabric, then sew the ties together wide end to narrow end to make a large enough piece of fabric to cover a pillow top.
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trish
February 14th, 2007 at 4:15 am
i’ve seen them made into dresses, skirts, purses, curtains, even a blanket.
use for a test fabric when sewing.
weave them into a cool design
put them in your first aid kit for use as a turneqet.
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Linda
February 24th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I saw cuff bracelets made from recycled ties. They were wrapped around a bracelet form. I’d love to know how it’s done. They were beautiful.
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Debbie
March 26th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Use double stick tape on an old bangle bracelet and cover by wrapping strips of tie material around the bracelet.
Saw this in a recent magazine.
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Vikki
March 17th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
I have seen and used old ties to create quilts. Great for crazy quilts and also strip pieced quilt tops.
Fashion doll clothing are another use.
Just a couple of suggestions.
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Debbie
March 26th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
I watched a TV craft show turn old ties into a beautiful tree skirt.
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caro
August 12th, 2007 at 3:00 am
weave them together for the top of a chair staple gunning below
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susan
January 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
donate them to a local school or nursery for their dressing up box
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Laura M
May 4th, 2008 at 9:11 am
I am doing a recycled project for my gcse textiles, i am going to be making a dress made from recycled ties. I am really excited as my idea is quite original, and i cant wait to get started. :)
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