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?
Sweaters, Wool and Yarn – Creative Reuse
From shrunken felted sweaters to tiny balls of leftover yarn, get ideas for ways to creatively reuse your sweaters, wool and yarn.
Handmade Gifts from Recycled Materials for Mother’s Day & 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.
Hooked Rug Gifts
Rugs I have hooked from recycled yarn, wool, t-shirts and other fibers as gifts to family and friends
My Creative Instagram Inspirations
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.
Maker Faire 2016 in Reston, Virginia
Inspiring Trashmagination artists made items from recycled glass, fiber and playing cards.
Hooked Rug from Recycled T-shirts – Earthworms
I call this my Earthworms rug because I think the peach colored fabric looks like worms crawling across the rug.
Hooked Rug for Nora’s Chorus Teacher
A hand-hooked rug from recycled wool scraps expresses our appreciation of a special teacher.
My Mom’s Ocean Rug – Happy Birthday!
Here are some happy memories of rug hooking & beaches!
Hooked Rugs for Christmas
I made two hooked rugs for Christmas gifts – one for my mother-in-law and one for my dad.
Recycled T-shirt Hooked Mug Rug
This rug reflects the nine colors of scarves at the Family Nature Summits, and it’s my first non-wool or yarn rug.
Making a Comic Book of our Family History
We drew panels in a family comic book as a way to engage my children in our family history.
Rug Hooking in Newfoundland
A presentation at my rug hooking guild about Newfoundland gets me wondering how much of trashmagination is cultural?