HOW TO – Make a Vinyl Pouch
Here’s a great recycle project from Super Naturale on how to make this vinyl pouch with images from old books (this one’s astronomy). Link.
holiday projects
Hand Spun Plastic Bag Yarn
Symeon of PippiKneeSocks has a post about how she spun plastic grocery bags along with some wooly nylonand thread into this fiber stash. Link.
Fashion-Incubator Contest: Redesign the Reusable Shopping Bag
For your eco-minded artists and crafters, Kathleen at Fashion-Incubator has “another dopey contest”, but this one is an important one. (Pictured above is a nylon shopping bag from reusablebags.com.) Kathleen writes: An article from this morning’s New York Times gives me the inspiration for a new design contest, that of recreating the humble reusable grocery […]
HOW TO – Knit a Plastic Rug
Here’s another project to recycle plastic bags. Stella Rivet has a project on ThriftyFun on how to make a plastic bag rug while using a DIY cardboard loom. Link.
HOW T0 – Make Cozy Towel Slippers
Cat of Cut Out and Keep has a tutorial on how to take an old towel and turn it into a pair of cozy slippers, complete with ribbon flower adornment. Link.
Knit Sneakers and Felted Sweater Boots
We’re glad that our CRAFT: 01 project on knitted boots inspired Lee of Leethal zine to make up these fun pairs of knitted sneakers. I love the mary jane style. She also made a third version that laces up which you can see more of in her post.Link. But it doesn’t stop there. Lee’s also […]
Dishtowel Apron Tutorial
Randi of i have to say… has a cute project on how to take a dishtowel and make a cute kid’s apron out of it. Link.