Tag Archives: Tutorial

Rethinking the Cotton Round

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, the production of cotton uses a lot of water which is a valuable and dwindling resource. Shortages of fresh water worldwide lead to famine and starvation, war and terrorism, poverty and disease. In thinking about how I can do my part to help eliminate the unnecessary use of this [...]

Blown MTB Tube = New Wallet

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Love Your Swiffer Mop but Hate the Waste?

Ah, the new year. I enjoyed celebrating the coming of 2010 with friends and family in my home with lots of snacks and libations. Unfortunately I now have to begin the dreaded clean-up. Fortunately, I purchased my Swiffer Wet Jet many moons ago and use it weekly. I love my Swiffer because it is easy [...]

Recycled Tshirt Bracelet from Instructables

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DIY Christmas Card Recycling

Every year I get and save my Christmas cards so that i can reuse them for packaging and tagging gifts. This year I found a handy gadget for quickly making tag-shaped tags here Uchida LV-SJCP74 Clever Lever Super Jumbo Craft Punch, Merchandise Tag and it’s arleady on it’s way to my home now. You can always [...]

T-shirt Refashion: The Wrap Skirt

So, you may have noticed that I have a slight obsession with refashioning t-shirts. This is both a product of my love for wearing light weight cotton and the large number of t-shirts that one can acquire that are either hideous or don’t fit quite right. Luckily for me my husband has dabbled in screen [...]

T-shirt Refashion: The Happy Hat

I am currently working on refashioning a cardigan out of a long-sleeve t-shirt. I determined that I would like that cardigan to have a hood and in the process made a hood that was far too small to attach to my cardigan. Occupational hazard with teaching yourself to make your own clothes I guess. So, [...]

T-shirt Refashion: Shrug

I needed something that I could drape over the back of my chair at work and slip on when the thermostat is set so low that it feels like a meat locker. I turned to Megan Nicolay’s newest book, “Generation T: Beyond Fashion. On page 291 she has a tutorial for the “Atlas Shrug”. I [...]

T-shirt Refashion: The Pencil Skirt

I found a really cool shirt at the thrift store and new immediately that it needed to be a skirt. I completed this project about a month ago, but my camera died so I used my husband’s. Unfortunately I don’t really know how to use his camera with all of the bells and whistles very well, [...]

Craftstylish: Spray Stencil Printing

CraftyStylish has a great article on how anyone can easily use a spray bottle, some fabric paint and a stencil (with lots of recommendations on items that you can use from your garage, basement or local thrift store). I love texture and pattern and am excited to try this at home. Here’s a link to [...]

 
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