Recently my daughter cleaned her closet out and I ask her not to throw them out, but to give them to me to use for quilting. I got 3 large garbage bags of stuff from her, from jeans to jackets....a couple of items still had the original price tags. She's a clothes hoarder and loves to shop, so I know most of her stuff hasn't ever really been worn much. I plan to use a lot of the items for quilting. I also my husband has dress shirts still hanging in the back of the closet in the plastic from the cleaners from over 8 years ago. I confinscated those and added to my closet in my sewing room for cutting up. My grandmother used to tell me stories of quilting and how they used outgrown clothing for quilt tops and old worn out quilts for the batting. So, I am not an expert, but I say recycle whenever you can.