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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Recycled Clothing – From Old Jeans to New Skirt

30-Jun-09

The urge to be creative is reason enough for many home sewers to recycle used clothing that others tend to store, give away, or scrap. Perhaps there is a special feeling of virtue that reclamation brings. Certainly there is enormous satisfaction in overcoming the limitations of an existing design to produce something fresh and new—converting [...]

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the Thursday Thirteen in a week of Creative Recycling Links – 13 Ideas for Creating with Newspaper

25-Jun-09

Maybe last week’s Newspaper House project was a little much? Thirteen more things you can do with old newspapers: 1. Newspaper Slippers ( ? Just don’t sit too close to the fire…) 2. An Old Fashioned Kite 3. Newspaper Fire Logs 4. Don’t forget the really cool newspaper yarn that Thorne found last week! 5. [...]

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Creative Recycling – A Week of Links – Day Two – Bubble Wrap!

23-Jun-09

A package arrived in the mail today, its contents cushioned with the inevitable swaddling cloth of bubble wrap. It reminded me of the fun we had a few years ago – Maya’s First Experience With Bubble Wrap Prints – Click Here For Directions Then I went looking for more sophisticated bubble wrap creations. (bubble wrap [...]

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Creative Recycling – A Week Of Links – Day One – Upcycle!

22-Jun-09

Begin this week by Visiting Thorne’s World for her edition of last week’s Thursday Thirteen. Thorne offers 13 Ideas for Creative Upcycling, telling us “I’ve got some cool links for you today. Get creative and make a lil space in the Land Fills while you’re at it!” This really is a cool and creative bunch [...]

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The Thursday Thirteen – Ojo De Dios Project Links

18-Jun-09

Adding to the Ojo De Dios tutorials I’ve been posting this week – here are thirteen more projects, ideas and beautiful examples of Ojos 1. God’s Eye Memory Keeper 2. Cotton Twist God’s Eyes 3. Make a Moon’s Eye 4. Make a Ribbed Weave Basket Using the God’s Eye Pattern 5. Mini God’s Eye Kid’s [...]

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