Win a Copy of Sewing Green!
CONGRATULATIONS to Tina in Boston for winning our giveaway of Sewing Green! Be on the look out for an email from us for further details.
Thank you to everyone who entered. We here at CAGW have been rejuvenated and inspired by all of your upcycling ideas! Don’t forget your other chances to win this beautiful book, you can find out where to enter here.
I know you’ve waited with bated breath so here it is, your chance to win a copy of Sewing Green, the latest and greatest book by Betz White, author of Warm Fuzzies.
Sewing Green offers 25 cute projects made from repurposed or organic materials. Learn how to make aprons and wallets from dress shirts, and sandwich wraps, and lounge pants from organic and thrifted fabrics. The projects are are direct and easy to follow even for this crafter who likes to skip ahead and tweak things. I especially like the sandwich wrap project and the use of PUL - a material that is not vinyl and one that I need to look into more.
White’s favorite project from the book is the woodland draft buster, a much more refined version of the draft catcher that I created a while back. This version looks like an adorable tree branch that helps you save money on your heating bill. White wanted everything in the book to have a good purpose without being preachy. She wanted everything to be fun and easy and show that any one can do these projects and be eco-friendly. “You don’t have to suffer,” she said. “Suffering is not involved.”
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Sewing Green also contains great features and side bars that showcase the history of repurposing, tips on thrifting, and advise on how to avoid thrifting pits falls. There are also several interviews and highlights with eco innovators - people in the crafting world, textile industry and various repurposers.
For example there is a write up on Claire Morsmen and Moresbags, a non-profit group based in the U.K. Morsbags was created by Marsmen who was put off by the wastefulness of plastic bags. Morsmen gathers people together to created the bags and then distributes them free to unsuspecting people. A technique she calls “social guerrilla bagging.” It is a great example of how one person can make a difference and perfect for this book full of eco-consciousness.
White worked hard to add dimension to the book. As you can tell it’s not just a project book, it teaches and encourages green living and for us to think about waste and reuse in positive ways. But the best and most amazing thing about this book? Crafting a Green World is mentioned as an additional resource.
We here at CAGW are in awe and completely touched to know that we’ve grown up so much to be considered a good and solid green crafting resource. Thanks Betz.
So now that you REALLY want to win this book, how do you enter?
Leave a comment about your favorite upcycled project that you’ve made or are thinking of making.
I’ll draw a random winner on Friday April 17th, so check back here for the winner’s announcement. Directions on how the winner can claim their prize will be posted here. If you are the winner and you don’t claim your prize within one week of the drawing, you forfeit and the book will be re-drawn.
For other chances to win Sewing Green see a complete listing of all the contests right here on CAGW and over at STC Craft/Melanie Falick Books blog.
Good luck and happy upcycling!
I’m not sure that this files into the category of upcycled but we had giant glass containers for punch at our wedding (four to be exact) and I just saw a project that uses something similar to make a succlent terranium. I can’t wait to get started!
Wow, you’re right this isn’t just a pattern book. And that’s exactly what I thought it was. So glad to read your review, now I’m even more excited.
I like to use up my yarn scraps for really messy looking scarves, and I plan on using up some fabric scraps and old greeting cards to make some new cards!
I have made softies from my sons out-grown clothes and just finished a set of placemats made from my old curtains, I have a bag full of old clothes that are waiting for new projects.
i have made a tea cozy with my daughter’s old fleece sweatshirt as a lining–it is very cozy!
I’m in the process of making a yo-yo coverlet out of vintage scraps. It’s a work in progress (and likely will be for a long time). I try to pick up interesting fabrics from the thrift store whenever I’m there.
I am collecting t-shirts from a summer camp I went to as a kid to make a quilt for the family lake cabin. The whole family has spent time there as well. I am re-porpoising some good-will sheet sets for the backing. I have also found that old towels make warm “batting” for the middle.
One of my fav upcycle projects is also the simplest one I’ve ever done: I just decoupaged an old cookie tin with old wrapping paper…it now holds my cookie cutters and is really cute to boot!
I’ve been taking old cotton sweaters and taking them apart to use the yarn for other projects.
I’ve done quite a bit with felted sweaters. My favorite project is a pipe cozy! We have a large (around 9 ft long) hot water pipe running through our bedroom. I used to hate it, but now that it’s got a patchwork of wool, I love it!
I recently made a little sundress for a friend’s daughter from a shirt I bought at Goodwill. It’s quite cute, and I can’t wait to give it to her.
I would love to have this book to get more ideas for recycling.