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The Half-Dozen Best Quilt Blocks for Upcycled Denim
Upcycled denim quilts don’t have to be boring! Use upcycled denim to sew some of your favorite quilt blocks. It will take your recycled blue jeans quilt to the next level! More
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20 Ways to Refashion a Hoodie
Check out some of my favorite methods for upcycling a hoodie, and find your next favorite fashion! More
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DIY Tie-Dye: 10 Creative Projects to Subvert Big Fashion
Want a fun summertime project that highlights your creative expression, gives a second life to clothes otherwise destined for the waste stream, AND subverts Big Fashion?
You are going to love tie-dye! More
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Off-the-Grid Cooking Hack: Make a Tin Can Stove
You can DIY cooking equipment every bit as good from two tin cans, a cardboard box, and candlewax. More
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Bad News: Your Glitter Craft is Terrible for the Environment!
It’s easy to fall in love with glitter, and most of us probably did so when we made that first glitter craft before we were even old enough to read. Glitter is a cheap, colorful craft supply with endless variety to entertain crafters from preschoolers to professionals. Even CAGW has fallen for Big Glitter! When […] More
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How to Restore a Fuzzy Blanket with a Dog Brush and Elbow Grease
Dog brushes brush the mats out of both dog fur AND fuzzy blankets! More
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Dandelion Art: 25 Eco-Friendly Projects Using or Celebrating Dandelions
Dandelions are surprisingly easy to love (as long as they’re not in your veggie garden). You can eat them, you can play with them–heck, you can PAINT with them! It’s dandelion art whether it’s with dandelions or about them. Do you want to craft with a seasonal, natural material in the moment, or do you […] More
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How-to: DIY Gift Bags from Any Paper
Are you Team Wrapping Paper or Team Gift Bag? Once upon a time, I was Team Wrapping Paper. I liked using unusual ephemera, or embellishing large-format blank paper. It was fun to upcycle paper, and I loved how cute and unique my presents looked. The problem, though, is that even upcycled wrapping paper generally gets […] More
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Crafty Gift Ideas: One Dozen Handmade Baby Gifts to Sew
Is it weird that making handmade baby gifts is my favorite thing about babies? I mean, yes, greeting a brand-new life is sweet and precious, and the babies, themselves, are of course adorable and wonderful, but mainly it’s the making of tiny and cute things that I get excited about. Give me a sewing machine […] More
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How to Clean and Refurbish Antique Door Hardware
I don’t have any kind of yearning to restore my wonky old house to its original condition, but it would be pretty cool to clean and refurbish just those antique door fixtures, just to see what they actually look like. More
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Your Resin Craft is Killing the Planet
Resin crafts, unfortunately, are terrible for the planet. More
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Two Dozen Handmade Gifts for Quilters
What do you make for the person who always makes beautiful quilts for everyone else? More
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20 Ways to Upcycle Broken Dishes
Instead of tossing it into the waste stream and feeling bad about yourself because of it, give that broken dish a second life by upcycling it into something fun, beautiful, and useful. More
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How to Make a Broken Dish Pendant
It’s easier than you think to cut ceramics with a couple of standard tools, and there are loads of ways to finish off the pendant to your taste. More
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25 DIY Wine Storage Ideas To Keep Your Favorite Bottles Fresh
If you enjoy wine, you probably wish your house was equipped with a beautiful wine cellar at the perfect temperature. Unfortunately, most homes don’t feature such a luxury, and built-in storage can be a pricier investment than you might think. To add to that, many premade storage racks aren’t even particularly eye-catching, and it seems […] More
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18 DIY Sewing Table Plans
Whether you make your sewing table from scratch, or modify it from an existing piece of furniture, DIYing it is a great way not only to avoid buying something else new that will one day end up in the waste stream, but also to make yourself the exact custom sewing table that you need, exactly the way you want it. More
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15 Ways to Upcycle a Drawstring Backpack
It’s shiny!
It’s free!
It’s environmentally unfriendly!
What it is?
It’s a drawstring backpack! More
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How to Design and Create a Wood Star from Scratch
No matter how big you want your star to be, or how many points you want it to have, you can make the pattern for it completely from scratch, and the assembly is the same no matter which type you create. More
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30+ Quilted Table Runner Ideas to Sew
A new table runner is an easy way to transform the look of your table setting. More
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How to Sew a Button Back on Your Pants
Fortunately, sewing a button back on your pants is a super easy and low-fuss skill that requires only a basic amount of hand-eye coordination. Anyone can do it! More
