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 by Susan, October 2009 Newsletter



Come Poke In & Out Through the Headings Links 

I'm working on the how's & do's of  D esign IT C reate's  Buy Back Your Clothing . (E-MAIL me to see how you can help make this a reality!!
 

In Today's economic climate, we All have to make our dollars go farther. I was a new mother in the 1970's and learned saving ideas that my mother learned in the 30's. Fat years of thinking the Earth will get by. I'm back to ReCycling and ReUsing to save $$$$ and the environment.

My monthly newsletter will be my style of searching, I poke at a subject and go in & out of the web links in different areas of interest. Come with me to poke and Look 'round. Our Newsletter will promote Clothing and Ideas That Have a Full Lifecycle. ReUsing the fabric and ReFashion items into new and perhaps a completely different product.
I would like for You to know my New Company. How your clothing can be reborn, coming full circle, storing your clothes and evenually adding them to your local landfil.  I'll Show You How To Get a Little Extra Money in Your Pocket. ALL of Us Can be a Little Bit GREEN!


    A Little Green Research 


  Shop With A Plan!!

This is one main thing you can do to SAVE Time and Money.

 

Join Green Groups in Your Local Area

  1. http://www.freecycle.org
    Don't throw away--"Freecycle" it. Trade with other people in your area, giving and getting stuff for FREE!
  2.  http://www.treehugger.com  News, articles, blogs, green basics.
  3. http://www.planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/wardrobe
     "How to Green Your Wardrobe" & "Top 10 Green Tips" 

  

  Green Newsletters  

http://www.liveearth.org

http://www.lotusorganics.com

http://www.repoweramerica.org

http://www.ivillage.com

 


 Technical & Government

Home Energy Saver ** http://www.hes.libl.gov  1st webbased do-it-yourself energy aduit tool. Resourses to make your home more energy efficient.

 

How Much Textile Waste is There?

http://www.textilerecycle.org

 

 

Halloween's Coming

Make Costumes OUT of your Closets

OR

www.ivillage.com  enter search for costumes

 


   How To ReFashion  

ReFashion any Medium and Larger Men's or Women's shirt (back panel of shirt) into an 18"X22" Recycled Fat Flat Quilt Square. Measure and Mark out a rectangle 18" centered across the hemline. Measure and Mark out 22" from the hem to the back yoke or collar.

1. Dismantal shirt; Cut sleeves off at seamline. Keep for smaller squares or use for rags. Save buttons on front and sleeves to use later.

2. Cut open at side seams

3. Cut at shoulders across the back around the collar seam. OR across a back yoke.

4. Cut out square 18"X22" on the back panel of the shirt. Reuse for crafts or quilts.

 

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