well, i just made pillows for a local pet shelter. i am teaching quilting to a group from a local rehab center and put out a call for quilt scraps. guess what i got???? LOTS of double knit and a huge box of SCRAPS - i mean unusable strings, etc. two washers full of ladies blouses, some old stained t-shirts and old double knit pants. so, rather than throw it all away, i sewed the t-shirts closed at arms & bottom, left opening at neck, stuffed them with a little bit of scraps then sewed the neck closed. my DD's SINL said she put them in the dog beds and they just LOVED 'em. she boards dogs for our local shelter. i cut the pants up and made pads to go in the bottom of pet carriers. so everything got used.