Earth Friendly Counter Wipes

Washable and Reusable




Made with repurposed pajama bottoms and terry cloth towel on the other side.



Bow made from a catalogue





Rethinking Waste

Rethinking waste is a constant process, even for those of us with a lot of practice and determination. When the zipper on my boots broke, I considered them regretably ready for the landfill. Until... UNTIL a shifted paradigm stimulated new and creative thinking. I attached a mechanic's jump ring to the faulty zipper with results that may even look better than the original, don't you think?

Score a win for the landfill and bank account. Score a loss for the country that no doubt made these with inequitable trade agreements and dubious environmental practices. WooHuu! Winning the war on waste one new thought at a time!.

Memory Project

PLACKET PILLOW

This is part of a project made in memory of my father in law Vernon. He was a gentle soul who passed away 8/08. I used  the body of his shirts for another project. The front of this pillow is made from the button hole plackets. The back is the front of another shirt.

To make:

Cut pillow fabric, 1 piece of interfacing, and 1 piece of batting 1" larger than pillow dimensions.

Cut and trim plackets from shirts. Weave on top of fusible interfacing and iron.

Align plackets, interfacing, batting, and pillow fabric together and randomly machine stitch on top to quilt.

Center your pattern on the second shirt where you would like the opening to go. Cut out the back.

Place right sides together and sew.

String Quilt

Made from shirt scraps.

This picture does not do it justice!