Shannon at luvinthemommyhood refashions the sleeves from a men’s dress shirt into an adorable pair of toddler pants. The tutorial features a PDF and a video and is a part of her “newbie sewing series”. Shannon writes: When repurposing or refashioning an item, there is no such thing as leftovers in my house. After having […]
Instructables user denisek.sf made this snuggly suit from to extra sleeping bags. As the temperatures rise into the triple digits this week here in Phoenix, this project makes my skin crawl a little, but it sure sould be great for cold nights on the couch!
I’m only slightly embarassed to admit that I have a brown paper bag tucked away on a high shelf in my closet that has written on it in huge Sharpie-drawn letters (and I’m not kidding here), “T-shirts of sentimental value! DO NOT throw away!” My mom made so much fun of this bag of t-shirts […]
Here’s a great way to keep on using a shirt you like (or maybe don’t), but it has a stain, hole, or other defect: turn it into a tote bag!
Instructables user imrobot made this hoodie by fusing plastic bags into a sewable fabric and whipping up a raincoat with it! More: Plastic Bag Crafts Ask CRAFT: Fusing Plastic Bags
Bernadette Noll writes in: I’ve got a question for you. We’ve been sewing rubber inner tubes recycled from the local bike shop. You can see a picture on our blog of the cool bags we’ve been making. We love the materials and there are oodles of them being thrown away but we’d like to make […]
It takes a certain living room to pull this vibrant furniture, but I never thought about tie-dying a couch’s slipcover! Sara Woodhull did just that.
