Am I Too Old To Recycle

My grandson calls me the "Old Hippie." Don't know why he calls me that but there it is. Taking the nickname to heart, I have been trying to reduce, reuse, recycle lately.

Being a quilter, I have been really working on saving interesting bits of cotton clothing from ending up in landfills. Odd bits and pieces make up into eyecatching quilts. A friend gave me cotton samples for furniture that are beautiful and I am saving those to use too. I am adding up quite a stash!

Our guild has a challenge this year to repurpose something and enter it into the quilt show.
I have two cotton kimonos and one silk one bought while living in Hawaii. I don't wear them, though one was useful as wall art for awhile. So in the spirit of the challenge, I have cut them apart and I am reassembling them into a quilt. It's great fun and quite exciting to watch something useless be transformed into something useful once again.

I have begun to wonder if I am too old to recycle. I am a little worse for wear but surely I could be repurposed. Am I too old to be recycled? Instead of being the "Old Hippie," I could be the "New What?" Happy Quilting!