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Clean Cotton: 16 Organic Cotton Resources
I talked on Wednesday about more of the trouble with conventional cotton, but don’t fret, my fellow seamsters! There are plenty of organic cotton resources out there to help you sew cute without any...
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How to Refresh Black Clothing with Fabric Dye
black clothing in the dye pot with black fabric dye Black clothing is the hardest clothing to maintain, because it’s so vulnerable to fading. Even red clothes fade more gracefully than black! Here’s...
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How-to: Upcycled Pillowcase Top
top sewn from a vintage embroidered pillowcase Toddlers wear pillowcase dresses. Big kids (and YOU!) wear pillowcase tops. They’re just as easy to sew, but you get to wear pants with them! I found the...
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How-to: Organic Terrycloth Hooded Towel with Applique
There’s nothing like hopping out of the pool and into a comfy, soft, bounteous towel. But big beach towels are hard for little kids to manage, and that bleached, dyed terrycloth can be scratchy and...
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How-to: DIY Chair Covers from Stash Fabric
Your chairs are ugly. Sorry–I should say that MY chairs are ugly, but if you wanted to make me feel better, you could tell me that your chairs are ugly, too. The point is, we all could use some DIY...
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How do I Re-use T-shirts: T-shirt Crafts that You Can Wear
T-shirts are made to be worn! If you’ve got a beloved T-shirt that doesn’t fit well anymore, you don’t always want to turn it into wall art or a quilt or a coaster. Sometimes you just want to upcycle...
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How to Applique Jersey Knit without Using Fusibles
Sometimes you want a nice, sustainable sewing project. You’ve got some T-shirt fabric to upcycle, a cool applique that you want to make… …and a bunch of gluey, plasticy fusible webbing that you feel...
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How to Make Waxed Fabric
Fabrics like vinyl or laminated cotton are commonly used in sewing, whenever you’d like a tough, water-resistant fabric. Reusable lunchbags. Snack bags. Tablet cases. Diaper bags. Unfortunately,...
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Handmade Review: The True Cost
If you’re into fashion. If you like cute clothes, but don’t want to spend a lot of money. If you’re a bargain-hunter. If you have kids who never seem to stop growing. These are the kinds of...
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How To Sew Fat Quarter Cloth Napkins
Sort through your fabric stash, because I have the best, easiest, most eco-friendly DIY for you! Everybody knows that paper napkins are a wasteful use of resources, and we ought to ditch them for...
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