I do. I go yard sales and buy linen table cloths or curtains and make undergarments for my Renaissance costumes. I got one that is long rectangular for $.50 a few weeks ago. Off white, but no stains.... ready to be restyled. I buy sweaters to make pillow covers, chenille. Which I can also unweave for yarn if it's not cut side seams.
Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine > Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:42:42 -0700 > From: kay...@gmail.com > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Arty recycling of garments > > > I'm wondering: How many adults are doing arty recycling > > of garments and linens? By arty I mean more than just buying something > > second hand and altering it to size. > > Google on "Discarded To Divine". It's an example of "Altered > Couture", another thing to Google on. Discarded to Divine is a yearly > fashion show sponsored by the St. Vincent de Paul in San Francisco, > for recycling fabric things too trashed for them to be willing to > sell. They turn this stuff over to designers who do altered couture, > then hold a fashion show, the profits going to some charity they are > into. There should be photos from former shows on their site. I am > informed this year's show is coming up soon. > > -- > Carolyn Kayta Barrows > -- > “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” > -William Gibson > -- > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
