Make Rags From Old Clothes - PEP BB nest.sand.makerags

Apr 19, 2019 06:52:02

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Nest.

In this Badge Bit, you will make rags out of old clothes.

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Some articles on making rags out of old clothing
- Turn Old Clothes into Dust Rags
- Upcycle Old Clothing
- How to Recycle T-Shirts into Dish Cloths

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- Our Grandparents and Frugality
- Ergonomics of Life

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- upcycle old clothing into rags

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide:
- a before picture of the old clothing
- an after picture of the rags made from the old clothing
- OR a 2-minute video of you doing this

paul wheaton · Aug 25, 2019 15:53:38

I needed more rags, and my husband had a stained shirt perfect for rags!

Steve Thorn · Oct 19, 2019 07:48:55

I hope the rags don't need to be hemmed or sewn the way Nicole did so wonderfully... We always just cut the shirts into squares and call it good enough. We had three t-shirts with excessively large holes in them so it was time to make them into rags.

Mike Haasl · Apr 20, 2020 17:13:34

Submission for new rags out of old clothes bb

I had a wonderful thermal but its sweat stained and too tight to wear! Now I have some awesome textured rags!

Sure beats buying them at harbor freight!

The cuffs seem like they will make some good dish scrubbers!

Mike Haasl · Aug 03, 2020 03:09:51

Although I have 'rags' made out of old towels for many years, I made some new rags from a T-shirt to get this BB.

This old T-shirt I 'inherited' is too small. So I use it for making rags.

Rags cut out of T-shirt

Zigzagged the rags with the sewing machine. That's the pile of new rags in the foreground.

Mike Barkley · Sep 24, 2020 14:16:21

Here are my photos for your review for the Nest - Jeeves (1) - Sand BB: Make Rags from Old Clothes

Today, my sister decided it was closet cleaning day and I decided to use some of the old clothes to make rags and finish my fabric salvage projects.

I started with two pairs of old pajama pants then also cut up two t-shirts since they were stained.
I also started with a pair of scissors then decided to break out the rotary cutting mat and straight edge.
Most of the rags are 10" x 10" with a smaller stack that are 5" by miscellaneous widths.

Here are my photos:

Nicole Alderman · Sep 28, 2020 21:15:40

So I took an old shirt and cut it up into rags! Go me. I've used like half of it beyond reuse already. Almost time to recycle another ugly stained shirt.

Ashley Cottonwood · Oct 21, 2020 09:07:49

These have been languishing on the free shelf, so now they get to become rags

gir bot · Oct 24, 2020 21:05:01

Here is my BB submission:

Old Clothes:

New Rags:

gir bot · Oct 30, 2020 08:08:25

My sons school polo shirts are no good to pass on after a year so I harvest for buttons and rags. The scraps will go in the fabric recycling bin. Here are my pics:

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