Introduction: Attempting an 18th century gown Welcome back 🙂 I’m kicking off a series describing how to reuse curtains (perhaps even ugly curtains). For many years, I have been interested in historical dress. It probably […]
One of my biggest struggles as a sustainability-conscious crafter is navigating the line between hoarder and re-user. How small of scraps do you keep from old shirts after a project? When is okay to finally […]
I’m back with another up-cycling post 🙂 It has been a bitterly cold and snowy winter. My apartment is a bit drafty, and since 2021 continues to force me to work from home, I have […]
Hello all! This is a quick little post about how I turned an old, polyester dress into a beautiful dress form cover for my adjustable Singer form. This form was 40% off and I loved […]
Welcome back! In this post I’m going to talk about another sashiko based project I completed earlier this year. I started with the basic problem of: How to reuse old jeans? Tbh, it is one […]
Hello! Welcome to Curious Eclectic 🙂 This will be my very first blog! I do a lot of crafting, and wanted to have a repository for myself to document my projects as well as to […]