I am delighted to announce my Quick Mid Week Upcycled Makes series. I am very excited about this, and just about holding off writing and scheduling a months worth of posts right now! Felt Jumper Hot Water Bottle Cover You may be inclined to agree with me my current hot water bottle cover is in …
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I’ve been gathering my fabric selvage’s for some time, it reached a point where I felt I had enough to create a project. That or it was time to make another storage basket. My cushion covers are looking somewhat the worse for wear. An ideal chance to redesign, recover. I used the old cushion …
How to make your own DIY Fabric Necklace I don’t know about you but Christmas gifts always bring a mixture of emotions, tapping into the girl in me. I have to confess that I somehow expect people to be psychic and know what I would like as a gift… rather tricky as apparently I’m hard …
I was delighted to hear of the arrival of Mabel, one special baby girl. A strong desire to make her a unique gift led to the thought to make a fabric baby book. After some browsing of Pinterest I decided to make a book with a page for each letter of her name, represented by …
Starting the year as I mean to go on, I have created a stylish upcycled cushion cover out of one of the many shirts in my stash. Our cushion covers are somewhat tatty, and the worse for wear. In fact I was rather embarrassed when I came to look at them closely! I started …
Recycled Gift Tag Ideas In our family there is a birthday just before Christmas, Christmas, and then a birthday. Coupled with five siblings to be more than generous to our children, we inevitably have carrier bags of gifts stuffed into the wardrobe. Yesteday evening we were busy hunting for names written on wrapping paper, …
To create your own recycled paper christmas wreath you will need: Glue gun Old book Paper plate Scissors String To make: Start by marking a circle on your paper plate Cut out the circle Create two circles/layers of scrunched paper Create the first outer layer – scrunch your paper in the middle, and using …
I am so excited about this recent make that I just had to write a tutorial so you can make your own Tooth Fairy Palace Pillow. This latest commission started with the inevitable Pinterest Board for toothfairy pillow ideas:) There are so many different ideas, but when I heard that the little girl in …
Create your own man’s messenger bag – Today I am very excited to be guest blogging for the lovely Kate over at crafts on sea. Why not pop over and read the tutorial for making an upcycled man’s messenger bag, using a former jacket. An ideal gift idea:) Do check out her lovely blog, and …
This week has been busy writing guest posts and magazine articles. My research reminded me of the shocking amount of fabric that geos to landfill. The ‘Valuing our clothes’ report from Wrap includes news that around 350,000 tonnes (31%) of used clothing out of a total of 1.13 million tonnes are sent to landfill. There are …
We have recently had the builders in, lets just say I am delighted they came, and then went!!! The tot now has a double bedroom and his toys are now in his room, hurray for an adult space in the front room in the evenings! We are rather partial to foot puffs for sitting on, leaning …
Welcome to those joining us as part of Creative Crafting blog tour, hope you are enjoying the various stops. This is where I blog about items I make, either for our home or for sale. I often write about recycled and upcycled projects. What do you make with your former shirts? I love upcycling former …