We’re seeing some great projects in our UpCraft month, and this one from Leya of Curious Bird is a beautiful addition. She shows how to take a thrifted or damaged cashmere sweater and transform it in to a sweet and cozy cowl with just a few simple cuts and straight lines of stitching.
Future Craft Collective shows you sew up one stylish DIY long sleeve t-shirt from two short-sleeved tees. This is also a great refashioning project for old kids clothes!
I’m almost embarrassed to admit the number of accidentally-bleached or horribly stained t-shirts in my closet. I guess I should be more embarrassed that I still just wear them as-is and try to ignore the fact that they are obviously messed up. I love how Meg of Elsie Marley transformed two of her accidentally-bleached t-shirts […]
Petit Main Sauvage has two great posts on creating your own shrug pattern and then turning the pattern into the final garment. There are great step-by-step photos and a nice amount of hand-holding. I love when accomplished sewers share some of the obvious-to-them but never-would-have-occurred-to-me details that are part of creating something from scratch.
By Betz White The eco-savvy shopper brings her own reusable bags to the store, at least when she remembers them. But when life hands you lemons (or wasteful plastic bags), make lemonade — or in this case — toadstools! The Toadstool Tote and coordinating Rain Bucket Hat are made entirely from plastic shopping bags. When […]
Sean @ Make: Online points us to this attractive bag made from an upcycled airplane life vest. Not functional as such, but still a nice reuse project! I love the pull-to-inflate zipper pull.
62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer by Randy Sarafan Book site: deadcomputerbook.com Buy on Amazon We all have old, broken, or otherwise junk electronics stashed away in our closets. Randy Sarafan’s 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer is just what it sounds like and much more, inspiring makers to repurpose mice, […]
