Upcycling my Wedding Quilt
In 1997, I sewed a quilt to display at my wedding ceremony but I didn’t love the design, so I have upcycled it into items I love more.
In 1997, I sewed a quilt to display at my wedding ceremony but I didn’t love the design, so I have upcycled it into items I love more.
I upcycle a child’s tent into play mats or wall hangings.
This quilt is a complementary project to my first necktie quilt because it uses up the narrow sections of the neckties.
I’m very excited that so many people are enjoying my necktie quilt tutorial! Check it out!
How can you creatively reuse your cookie, biscuit, candy or tea tin containers that make you feel sentimental?
Learn about the incredible ways artists work with buttons and get ideas for creatively reusing your own buttons.
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.
Most weighted blankets get their heft by containing plastic or glass pellets but I made one with recycled denim blue jeans.
You can fundraise for a cause AND build community if you make scrap quilts that include messages from your supporters.
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?
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.
Memory keepsakes are items made from clothing when someone passes away.
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?
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.
Get inspired this Father’s Day to remove an under-utilized tie from the closet and make it into something more fun.
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.
I hand-quilted a t-shirt from an Innovation Engineering conference with a design and message I loved.
I started quilting in 1989 with no training and my first quilts were very oddly constructed. But I loved making them!
A baby quilt sewn from upholstery samples welcomes my new nephew, Tyler.
Our old jeans make a sturdy cushion for our kids’ hanging tent, the HugglePod.
3 of my favorite Trashmagination-inspired artists from Art on the Avenue in Alexandria
Storytelling quilts, a tree made from mirrors and a fart machine combine to make a new family favorite museum.
Do you have some ugly ties in your closet? Here’s how I taught myself to make crazy quilts from recycled ties.