I’m alive! And late 🙁 I wanted to get this posted before Halloween but sadly this post is now tragically out of season. However, I did get the project completed in time to go trick […]
Exploring 17th Century Dress: Halloween Witch
How to use scrap fabric: project stuffing
While trying to clean up and organize my craft room after my paper flower adventures, I came across a large basket with saved scrap fabric, or ‘cabbage’. In my quest to make sure I have […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Furniture Refinishing: Giving a Dresser A New Life
Unlike my previous furniture refinishing attempt, this post will be a much more comprehensive look at taking an old piece of quality furniture and giving it a new life. I went from 0 to 60 […]
How to Make a Halloween Lantern Out of Trash
Happy Halloween! This is quick little project that I did solely to make a pun I’ve been waiting 10 years to make. My dog’s name is Jacko, and so I’ve always wanted to have him […]
How to Refinish Old Door Hardware
I just bought a house! That’s why you haven’t heard from me lately 🙂 The good news is that this will usher in a whole new set of projects for me to explore. One of […]
How to Reuse Curtains: Historical Dress Adventure – I
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 […]
How to Use Scrap Fabric: Flower Pincushion
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 […]
Quilt Reuse: Up-cycled Housecoat
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 […]
DIY Dress Form Cover
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 […]
How to Reuse Old Jeans: Boro-Mending Inspired Jacket
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 […]