It pays to be a pack-rat! More frugal money saving ideas.

I once washed a teeshirt with some green sheets the t turned green. I decided just to keep it because the shirt is a nature scene with a moose and forest on it. The green blends in because it is fully colored.

Wow, pergammano sounds just like me. I always try to repair or camouflage a stain or rip if I can't fix it. One thing I've discovered is that if you scrub a stain with plain bar soap, it will more often than not, come out.

I embroider small flowers, etc., when a hole is in the appropriate place, or appliqué something over it if it's too large. I made a storage/seat from a packing box my husband brought home from work long ago, by using old clothes as padding, then covering the top with old jean material, sewn together in a crazy patchwork pattern.

I've turned collars on shirts, made short sleeve from long when the elbows give out and so on. I don't give up easily!

shirts I usually cut up for rags. there is always something huh? My frugal tip is this, instead of sending out dry cleaning, I hand wash or put in washer on gentle then air dry and iron. This saves on drycleaning bills. I have a second frugal tip. I have a 14 year old daughter. She goes through a lot of jeans. Now we save them when she outgrows and use them for patches for jeans that fit but have a hole. She loves the different denim patches!

I never throw away stained clothing. I will wear it regardless of stains, usually as a night shirt or an around the house shirt. After so many washes, stains do tend to disappear.

Clothing that has been damaged can always be used for something else, a cleaning rag, craft fabric, stuffing for crafts. Possiblities are endless.

Oh neat. I never clean my out to make it look nice again. Maybe because I have no bleach materials to clean it. I should. I thought this story was going to say something about selling all your junk and getting money off of it even if it's something ruin. Haha.. but good discussion. I shouldn't throw anything away and clean it if it helps.