Fluffy Rug Course
When I shared my new fluffy rug method made from recycled t-shirts, the social media posts went viral, so I have now made an online course so you can make your own! Read more ›
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Umbrellas Creative Reuse
You can make so many useful items from a broken umbrella, using just the fabric, just the frame, or both! Read more ›
Visible Mending
There is a creative reuse trend to mend your clothes with decorative stitches, making the item stronger and also more beautiful. Read more ›
Creative Reuse Trends during Social Distancing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
People are generously making masks and hand sanitizer, teaching art with recycled materials and using up what they have in the kitchen. Read more ›
Weighted Blankets
Most weighted blankets get their heft by containing plastic or glass pellets but I made one with recycled denim blue jeans. Read more ›
Fundraising with Scrap Quilts
You can fundraise for a cause AND build community if you make scrap quilts that include messages from your supporters. Read more ›
Vintage Linens and Needlework Creative Reuse
Even if you love the vintage handkerchiefs, pillowcases or quilts that you inherited, what can you do with them? Read more ›
Bojagi or Pojagi – Korean Patchwork
Bojagi are Korean wrapping cloths and they are a great way to creatively reuse fabric remnants in more delicate fabrics like silk, ramie and organza. Read more ›
Memory Keepsakes
Memory keepsakes are items made from clothing when someone passes away. Read more ›
Gift Wrapping from Recycled Materials
Many people wrap gifts in brown paper bags or fabric, but that is only the start of ways you can wrap gifts without creating trash. Read more ›
Denim Jeans Recycling
What can you make with jeans that are out-of-style, ripped beyond repair or painted, or with the leftovers when you make a quilt from jeans? Read more ›
Camp and Hike with Less Impact
Have fun with less impact on your camping or hiking trip. Read more ›
T-Shirts: Making Yarn, Alterations and Tapestries
T-shirts have a big environmental impact but luckily there are a ton of ways to creatively reuse t-shirts – so let’s get busy! Read more ›
Monsters from Recycled Materials
Found objects and recycled materials can be a great inspiration for monster sculptures. Read more ›
Wedding Dress Repurposing
Your wedding dress can live in your closet for decades “just in case” you find a use for it. But what if your dress could help another bride? Get ideas on where to donate or sell your dress, as well as projects to transforms your dress into a keepsake. Read more ›
Neck Ties and Dress Shirts: Creative Reuse Ideas for Father’s Day
Get inspired this Father’s Day to remove an under-utilized tie from the closet and make it into something more fun. Read more ›
Creative Reuse of Worn Out or Mismatched Socks
What can you do with all those lonely socks? Read more ›
Hooked Rug Gifts
Rugs I have hooked from recycled yarn, wool, t-shirts and other fibers as gifts to family and friends Read more ›
Tapestry Weavings with T-Shirt Yarn
I experiment with making small tapestries from recycled t-shirt yarn and other yarns. Read more ›
Making Handmade Obon Tenugui for Bon Odori Dancing
At the Obon festival at Ekoji Buddhist Temple, people can use a stamp to decorate a tenugui, or cloth hand towel, and then dance with it at the community dance. Read more ›
Maker Faire 2016 in Reston, Virginia
Inspiring Trashmagination artists made items from recycled glass, fiber and playing cards. Read more ›
Sewing “Flat People”
My daughter designs a version of paper dolls with fabric scraps. Read more ›
My Family’s Creative Recycling over the Holidays
I love that my family was doing creative recycling in all our various corners of the globe – from recycling yarn, to wood to upholstery samples. Read more ›
Bench cover from upholstery samples
I salvaged a bench that had mold on its upholstery by making a new cover from interior design sample fabrics. Read more ›
Taiko Bachi Bags
Quilted from Japanese fabrics for two fellow Taiko players who are leaving our performance group Read more ›