Jeni! Sorry it took me a bit to give your story a gander. Away for a gig (unfortunately rained out) and just got back in town, catching up on emails etc.
Interesting topic, I for one, and I assume many others, put so little thought into that area of recycling or repurposing, etc. I am constantly trying to de-clutter and re-purpose and recycle everything. I do reach points where, i just can’t re-purpose or re-use the material. We donate what we can and ultimately some end up at the dump. 😩
We used to have a small “exchange” area at the dump, but folks would stay all day, fighting over the drop offs, which ultimately ended the swap area. What a shame.
On a side tangent, a lot of my music gear, bought over the past 40 or so years, ends up obsolete, with little to no value to the local music store, rendering it pretty much paper-weight worthy. I bought a digital 16 track recorder w/cd recorder on board, not 10-12 years ago, just about zero value already. Fear not, i recently fired it up and pulled some old recordings off of it. Eventually tho…well, you know.
Thanks for tying up your story with a great pic of you and mawmaw. Beautiful.
Thank you Jeni, you wove the threads of the story so beautifully. It always puzzles me why few people make quilts from clothes and fabric scraps these days as to me a quilt made from loved and well worn clothes is much more precious than soulless new fabric. I am utterly unable to give up any pieces of fabric and use as many as I can in rag rugs as well as turning old clothes into new, appliqué, patchwork, collages etc. And I too have acquired discarded clothes, washed, mended and found new homes for them as I cannot bear them going to landfill and worse. I hope your skilful essay reaches people who need to learn about caring for the fabric of our lives. x
What a fascinating letter. Thank you for taking the time to write it. You have a unique perspective and pull so many disparate parts into a whole. It gets my synapses firing! Thank you!
Jeni! Sorry it took me a bit to give your story a gander. Away for a gig (unfortunately rained out) and just got back in town, catching up on emails etc.
Interesting topic, I for one, and I assume many others, put so little thought into that area of recycling or repurposing, etc. I am constantly trying to de-clutter and re-purpose and recycle everything. I do reach points where, i just can’t re-purpose or re-use the material. We donate what we can and ultimately some end up at the dump. 😩
We used to have a small “exchange” area at the dump, but folks would stay all day, fighting over the drop offs, which ultimately ended the swap area. What a shame.
On a side tangent, a lot of my music gear, bought over the past 40 or so years, ends up obsolete, with little to no value to the local music store, rendering it pretty much paper-weight worthy. I bought a digital 16 track recorder w/cd recorder on board, not 10-12 years ago, just about zero value already. Fear not, i recently fired it up and pulled some old recordings off of it. Eventually tho…well, you know.
Thanks for tying up your story with a great pic of you and mawmaw. Beautiful.
Pete
Thank you Jeni, you wove the threads of the story so beautifully. It always puzzles me why few people make quilts from clothes and fabric scraps these days as to me a quilt made from loved and well worn clothes is much more precious than soulless new fabric. I am utterly unable to give up any pieces of fabric and use as many as I can in rag rugs as well as turning old clothes into new, appliqué, patchwork, collages etc. And I too have acquired discarded clothes, washed, mended and found new homes for them as I cannot bear them going to landfill and worse. I hope your skilful essay reaches people who need to learn about caring for the fabric of our lives. x
Beautiful words as always, Jeni. I’ve so enjoyed reading this. Thank you.
I love this letter, Jeni, and I love the way you are, yes, saving the world one small stitch at a time.
What a fascinating letter. Thank you for taking the time to write it. You have a unique perspective and pull so many disparate parts into a whole. It gets my synapses firing! Thank you!