How to Use Old Clothes in a New Way

Taken from WikiHow:

Make a quilt.

Make a dog bed. Cut up flannel shirts and stitch pieces together to form two squares (size determined by the size of the dog). Fill with cotton batting.

Take old silk or rayon shirts and cut a square of fabric approximately twelve inches by twelve inches. Place a [bottle of sparkling cider, etc.] in the center. Fold the bottom corner up. Roll the bottle in the fabric, tie the top with ribbon to secure, and insert dried flowers or gift tag in the pocket the folded corner has created. You now have a last-minute hostess gift.

Cut up a blouse, preferably with a small print, to wrap nice soaps. Use as a hostess gift or in guest bathrooms.

Turn into an heirloom. If the item of clothing has any sentimental value--baby clothes, for instance--use it as the cover for a scrapbook or photo albums.

Use brightly colored, sturdy fabric as a border for an ordinary lampshade or picture frame. [Make sure the fabric is not flammable!]

Use a large piece of cloth to cover a corkboard -- the corkboard will retain its function but will liven up a dull surface.

Clean with them. If you're really in need of dust cloths or bandages, chop, chop !

Cut strips of it and use them as headbands or wristbands or maybe even a choker or ankle bracelet.

Use pieces of old jeans to tie your hair back.

Sew patches of old shirts onto some jeans.

Make scarves. They probably won't be warm, but they'll look cool.

Make New Clothes! take an old T-shirt(preferably with no graphic)and you can turn it into a tube top, a halter top, or you could even cut from the bottom of the arm holes straight across to make a skirt!

Tips:

Keep similar fabrics together, especially if re-purposing the clothes for quilts, coverlets, and dog beds.

Finally, before arriving at someone's house with a wrapped bottle or little basket of soaps, be really sure the gift isn't butchered from a piece of clothing he or she gave once gave your for your birthday or Christmas.

Somebody might notice that your new accessories are in fact your shirt and give you odd looks.