Tin Containers Creative Reuse
How can you creatively reuse your cookie, biscuit, candy or tea tin containers that make you feel sentimental? Read more ›
How can you creatively reuse your cookie, biscuit, candy or tea tin containers that make you feel sentimental? Read more ›
Learn about the incredible ways artists work with buttons and get ideas for creatively reusing your own buttons. Read more ›
If you are staying close to home due to social distancing, you can do these creative reuse activities with items that you likely already have at home so you don’t need to go to the store. Read more ›
Most weighted blankets get their heft by containing plastic or glass pellets but I made one with recycled denim blue jeans. Read more ›
You can fundraise for a cause AND build community if you make scrap quilts that include messages from your supporters. Read more ›
A thing, a habit, a work of art and a philosophy – these are the four items that Tsh Oxenreider asks guests to describe on her podcast Simple. So what are my answers? Read more ›
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 are items made from clothing when someone passes away. Read more ›
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 ›
Each month, I make a handmade gift for my grandmother Rea from recycled materials – which brings her joy and increases my discipline around getting creative projects done. Read more ›
Get inspired this Father’s Day to remove an under-utilized tie from the closet and make it into something more fun. Read more ›
These Instagram feeds are providing a lot of creative energy to me these days for rug hooking, weaving, quilting, embroidery, drawing and interesting craft business models. Read more ›
I hand-quilted a t-shirt from an Innovation Engineering conference with a design and message I loved. Read more ›
I started quilting in 1989 with no training and my first quilts were very oddly constructed. But I loved making them! Read more ›
A baby quilt sewn from upholstery samples welcomes my new nephew, Tyler. Read more ›
Our old jeans make a sturdy cushion for our kids’ hanging tent, the HugglePod. Read more ›
3 of my favorite Trashmagination-inspired artists from Art on the Avenue in Alexandria Read more ›
Storytelling quilts, a tree made from mirrors and a fart machine combine to make a new family favorite museum. Read more ›
Do you have some ugly ties in your closet? Here’s how I taught myself to make crazy quilts from recycled ties. Read more ›