What do you do with worn out sheets?

[LAS14]

If a sheet gets a hole in it, it's going to get bigger. But there's a WHOLE LOT of good fabric there. It seems a shame to just send it to the dump. Any ideas?

[defacto7]

1. Pillows, pillow cases, pillow suffing...

I don’t know, the word pillow just came to mind.

[Frustratedlady]

3. I use some for paint cloths or to cover furniture when remodeling/painting. eom

[bitterross]

2. Rags. Car washing in summer comes to mind. /nt

[Laffy Kat]

4. Dust rags, dog bed covers. nt

[In_The_Wind]

5. If it's the bottom fitted sheet sew an old pillowcase over the hole.

[cyclonefence]

6. If it's not a big hole, I mend it.

Local pet shelters have been happy to have old sheets and towels for bedding.

[catrose]

7. Give it animal shelters, rescues, vets

[3catwoman3]

9. GMTA!

[catrose]

10. oh hell yeah!

[smirkymonkey]

21. That's what I would do.

They always need clean, comfy fabric for the little angels.

[3catwoman3]

8. I take all my old sheets and towels to our local...

...no-kill animal shelter, and they are always happy to have them.

[ret5hd]

11. If they're white I send them to my brother.

When he understood what I was implying he asked me to stop.

[smirkymonkey]

22. *snort*

You are bad, but in a good way.

[appleannie1943]

12. Rags for washing windows. Cover plants on a frosty spring night. I use old sheets to walk on when

I scrub the carpet until it is completely dry. I have also used them for backing when making crazy quilts. I sew the material to squares of old sheets. Sew the squares together, layer a large new sheet, an old blanket, the quilt top made with the squares and knot tie it all together. Pretty and colorful to look at, warmer than a plain blanket and a way to make use of an old sheet, scraps of material and an old blanket that has worn thin.

[Aristus]

13. Put it in a recycle bin.

Fabric can be recycled as a great number of things.

[Arkansas Granny]

14. FWIW, an old woman once told me that when sheets wore out in the middle

she would cut them in half lengthwise and then sew them back together with the worn parts on the outside edges and the former, unworn outside edges in the center. Pretty ingenious.

I tear worn sheets up and use them for rags.

[msongs]

15. togas. donate to repub party hq for use in the coming trump recession nt

[crazycatlady]

16. GIve them to the SPCA

They use them as pet bedding.

[Marie Marie]

17. I lay them down on the ground when I trim shrubs...

makes clean up a while lot easier. BUT, I really like the idea of donating to animal shelters.

[procon]

18. Use them for making lightweight summer quilts and throws.

I just cut old sheets into small squares and sew them together for the size I need, then add another sheet (a flannel sheet is nice, too) as the backing. A little tacking or topstitching will keep everything aligned. Cotton is easy to launder so they are also very handy as picnic blankets or to keep in the car when traveling. If you can sew a straight line, you can finish a simple quilt in just a few hours.

[doc03]

19. Gunbore cleaning patches nt

[doc03]

20. Put them around your landscaping plants such as boxwoods to catch the clippings when

you prune them.

[NanceGreggs]

23. In some circumstances ...

... you can keep them as happy reminders of how they got worn out in the first place.

[LAS14]

24. Thanks! This is great. One thing I'll do is drop some off at Pawsibilities...

..I don't have a pet, but I admire their energy and resourcefulness as a shelter.

[Coventina]

25. If you garden, they make great frost protectors.

Or, donate to shelters.

Those are the two things I do.

[Hoyt]

26. Old sheets are like old jeans, super comfortable. Of course, when your leg gets in hole . . . . . .

[pangaia]

27. Send it to any republicans you may know.

[bif]

28. I use them for painting tarps

[northoftheborder]

29. My mother, (from her depression era upbringing)---

would tear up old sheets into long narrow strips, and use them as twine or rope for tying up stuff. (We used to snicker at her extremely sturdy, overly-tied-together-in-tight-knots items, or packages!!!) After she died at age 95 I found many of the strips neatly rolled up into balls and I have them in a bowl to remember her frugality and practicality!

I used some old white sheets to make a curtain in my closet; also I've saved some to use as backing in certain quilting projects.