How-to: A Hoop Skirt Made from Wire Hangers
Spread the love: Wire hangers may not be suitable for actually hanging your clothes, but for internal structure they’re actually pretty great. The wire in wire hangers is quite strong, malleable enough...
View ArticleA Child’s Formal Dress Sewn from an Upcycled Silk Sheet
Spread the love: Need something sustainably fashionable for that next big event, formal occasion, or fashion show fundraiser? Here’s how I sewed a formal dress for my daughter to model in our town’s...
View ArticleHow to Sew a Circle Skirt from a Kid’s Bed Sheet (or other Directional Fabric)
Spread the love: Vintage tablecloths and bed sheets are a great fabric to use for sewing a circle skirt, unless you’re trying to sew your kid a circle skirt from an old Charlie Brown sheet. If you use...
View ArticleHow-to: Replace the Straps on a Tank Top
Spread the love: Have you ever found a great piece of clothing, got super excited about it, brought it home, tried it on just one more time, and then…the fatal flaw appeared? Such was the case with the...
View ArticleHow-to: Upcycled Toy Charm Necklaces–They’re Toys You Can Wear!
Spread the love: Got a few too many little toys? I do! I don’t know how my kids ended up with SO many little toy dinosaurs and horses and action figures and army people (okay, I DO know…the answer is...
View ArticleHow To: Turn a Vintage Earring into an Unique Hair Pin
Spread the love: Give your earrings, brooches, or buttons new life by transforming them into a unique hair pin! What You Will Need: 1. A hair pin of some sort. I used a bobby pin. 2. An earring,...
View ArticleCrafty Book Review: Sew Pretty T-Shirt Dresses
Spread the love: Successful clothing refashion often begins with a good base component, and that’s what the premise of Sew Pretty: T-Shirt Dresses builds upon: you take a T-shirt that fits your kiddo,...
View ArticleHow-to: Alter a Kid’s Sports Uniform So That it Actually Fits
Spread the love: Little kids look super-cute playing their summer team sport of choice. And the littler the little kid is, the cuter it all is… except, of course, when the kids are so little that their...
View ArticleHow-to: Upcycled Pillowcase Top
Spread the love: top sewn from a vintage embroidered pillowcase Toddlers wear pillowcase dresses. Big kids (and YOU!) wear pillowcase tops. They’re just as easy to sew, but you get to wear pants with...
View ArticleCrafty Book Review: Knits for Dolls, by Nicky Epstein
Spread the love: Got some yarn leftover after your last knitting project? Wondering if you should stuff it back in your stash for perhaps forever? Pass it on? Trash it? Instead, how about you thrill...
View ArticleOld Sweater + Organic Ribbon = Cardigan!
Spread the love: Got an old sweater? Turn it into a cardigan! What? Who needs a cardigan in the summer? Everyone! It may be sweltering out there, but businesses seem to love pumping up the air...
View ArticleHow-to: Organic Terrycloth Hooded Towel with Applique
Spread the love: There’s nothing like hopping out of the pool and into a comfy, soft, bounteous towel. But big beach towels are hard for little kids to manage, and that bleached, dyed terrycloth can be...
View ArticleHow-to: Take in a Too-Large T-Shirt Tutorial
Spread the love: Tired of being swamped by a too-large T-shirt? My Mammaw would tell you that you look slouchy when your clothes are too big. Gain my Mammaw’s approval, and a T-shirt that is cuter and...
View ArticleHow-to: Change the Neckline on a T-shirt
Spread the love: Tired of always having the same old neckline on every single T-shirt? Fortunately, the neckline of a T-shirt is the easiest thing to alter. You can create tons of different looks,...
View ArticleBaby Shower Craft: Make No-Sew Bib Onesies!
Spread the love: Planning a baby shower? Take onesie decorating to the next level with this cute baby shower craft idea! This baby shower craft uses one very special craft supply to skip the stitchery...
View ArticleHow do I Re-use T-shirts: T-shirt Crafts that You Can Wear
Spread the love: T-shirts are made to be worn! If you’ve got a beloved T-shirt that doesn’t fit well anymore, you don’t always want to turn it into wall art or a quilt or a coaster. Sometimes you just...
View Article4 Applique Techniques to Customize or Mend Your Sewing Projects
Spread the love: Got a sewing project that needs an oomph or a stain or tear you want to cover? They one of these applique techniques! Whether you’re new to sewing or a veteran seamster, you’ve got to...
View ArticleTutorial + How-to: Make Scrabble Tile Pendants
Spread the love: Like handmade jewelry? Teeny-tiny Scrabble tiles make perfect pendant blanks. Scrabble tiles are easy to find at any thrift store, and they’re a great size to use as jewelry–small...
View ArticleTutorial + How-to: Make Zipper Pulls from Vintage Medals
Spread the love: Did your backpack USED to have cheap-o zipper pulls that totally sucked and then fell off, leaving you with nothing to grip? The zipper pulls that you’re going to replace them with...
View ArticleDIY Fashion: Make Your Own Vintage Button Brooch
Spread the love: Make your own unique brooch with recycled felt and vintage buttons! DIY fashion projects are so much fun and they help you skip the impact of buying new. Plus, who doesn’t love having...
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