Repair You can shave the pill/bumps of fabric off many items to refresh them. My son wanted us to throw this pillow cover away because it was scratchy from pill pumps but it just needed a good shaving. I’ve also used a fabric shaver on athletic pants, shoes and sweater material. A fabric shaver is…
I love repair/refresh/fix so we’ve got another one for you! It’s especially relevant for cold weather and sweaters! When I was little, my mom had a funny little machine in her sewing box. I thought it was a vacuum. It was actually a fabric shaver. A fabric shaver removes those little balls of fabric that…
Crafts, Hobbies and Stationary at great low prices! Austin Creative Reuse is a great place in Austin you may not know about! You can donate your old school supplies, office supplies, craft, and hobby materials and anything else you think might be good for creative purposes and they’ll collect them, sort them, and sell them…
This article appears in the April 2019 edition of the Front Porch Flyer. It has been expanded here to address apartments, condos, and specific donation types. Approximately 6.6 million pounds of textiles are going to the landfill each year from ARR’s curbside customers. That’s 18,000 pounds of clothes going in the trash every day rather…