So you’re cleaning out your wardrobe, and shuddering at the idea of donating your faithful old fave to St Vinnies…

Well here’s a little food for thought.

A young bloke who goes by the name of the Paint Junkie has written a nice li’l step by step guide about transforming your old tees into practical lounge-art.

After a brief wrestle with the sewing machine, you can give your old tees a new lease of life….as cushions in the lounge room! Click here to read how.

There is such a thing as the afterlife….here’s the proof

Recycle
Here’s an easy way to recycle an old t-shirt that just doesn’t fit or find a use for an awesome thrift store shirt that never fit in the first place.

First, take an old t-shirt, turn it inside out, and sew all but one opening shut. In my example I left the neck open, I would recommend choosing another opening to leave till last.

Then with the last opening left, turn it right-side-out and begin stuffing it. (Ideally, you would sew most of the last opening shut then turn it right-side-out and then hand sew the last bit at the end, but the neck was giving me trouble as it was so I took the easy way out).

For the padding I took two old pillows and fluffed the stuffing before putting it into the shirt.

Then I just sewed the neck shut. Again, this was somewhat difficult as the neck is curved and set in a bit, making it difficult to fit under the sewing machine but I got it to work.

When all is said and done you have an interesting pillow to throw on the couch that is made out of recycled materials.

This extract was kindly provided by the Paint Junkie.

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