As a comment to my post on crocheting a t-shirt rag rug yesterday, Giaguara showed us her crochet t-shirt rug made from old Apple and geeky t-shirts. Giaguara writes: When you have more than one kind of shirt and tones in it, it works best to make it a straight carpet. Use three colors or […]
Monica Resinger of Ruby Glen shows you how to take old T-shirts and use them to crochet yourself a round rag rug. You can also use this same pattern to make potholders or coasters. Link.
Just taking a look at this vintage 1947 wedding dress that’s on display at the Smithsonian and you’d have no idea it’s actually made from the parachute of the groom who was in WWII. From the site: This wedding dress was made from a nylon parachute that saved the groom’s life during World War II. […]
Emily on Inhabitat has a beautiful article about the recycled textile jewelry of Silvina Romero of Buenos Aires. From the article: Silvina started working with discarded textiles about four years ago during the height of the Argentinian economic crisis, gathering scrap fabric, thread, nylon, and more in a neighborhood called Once, where many of fabric […]
I never knew junk mail could look so good. Check out Patricia of A Little Hut’s tutorial on how to make your own junk mail art, as well as cards and bookmarks. Looks fantastic! [ via ] Link.
Wheat Carr sent this in to let us know about the Duck Brand duct tape’s “Stuck at the Prom” contest. Pictured above is Adrienne Beilier with her date Zach Cupler in duct tape fashions created by Adrienne which used up 40 rolls of duct tape. See the past winners by clicking on Class of ’06 […]
Betz White started to make some cuter than ever flower pot pin cushions made from felted sweaters. Where does she find these cute colors? I love the fold over sweater rib for the pots. Link.
