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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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Here’s 5 fun and useful ways to recycle milk or juice cartons! 1. Make a wallet Cut down the side of the carton, and cut as pictured. Fold in half, and cut the bottom section up the centre, and v-shaped cuts in the centre of the middle section. Fold the bottom section up, then [...]  Crochet baskets are a pretty way to store and display bits and bobs – today I’d like to show you how to make a crochet lace basket from ordinary cotton yarn. The basket is stiffened with a generous coat of water-based varnish, though you can also use liquid starch. You’ll need: Cotton yarn and crochet [...] It’s been a while since we looked at how to make cardboard furniture – today I’d like to revisit the topic and show you how to make this customisable Tetris-themed organiser. This time, rather than corrugated cardboard, I worked with thin cardstock. Cardboard would have been better, but I didn’t have enough on hand to [...] When I was younger I often wondered how to make patchwork. Patchwork – for quilts, bags, clothing, home decor and more – can be as simple or as sophisticated as you like. You can recycle scraps of old clothing, or make use of the many beautiful quilting fabrics now available. You can piece patchwork by [...] Tawashi, or ‘eco scrubbies’, a popular small crochet project in Japan, are small dishcloths or pot scrubbers made from acrylic yarn. The benefit of acrylic is that it is amazingly good at removing food particles from dishes, meaning you need less soap for greasy dishes, and no soap at all for ordinary washing-up. This is [...] For this week’s Saturday Quickie, I’d like to show you how to make a kokeshi doll from recycled drinks bottles. Kokeshi are traditional Japanese dolls, usually made from turned wood. The origin of the kokeshi doll is rooted in tragedy – ‘ko’ meaning ‘child’ and ‘keshi’ meaning vanished or disappeared, they were originally made by [...] In our last post, we glued together layers of cardboard and prepared our periodic table decoration to make a cardboard table. Today, we’ll cut out and assemble our table. First step is to mark the cut lines. The easiest way to mark out the tabletop is to lay out all the bits of your periodic [...] Ever wanted to make your own furniture, but don’t have tools, space, or woodworking skills? Well it is possible to make sturdy, usable, unique furnishings yourself, out of something most people have lying around at home – the humble corrugated cardboard box. Flimsy though it may seem, cardboard furniture can be very strong. Today I’m [...] This week, we’ll be making some surprisingly sturdy paper baskets. These baskets are a great way to recycle old magazines and flyers into attractive and useful objects. You’ll need: Fairly thin paper – for example old magazine pages, grocery store flyers, or the flimsier kind of junk mail. tape scissors (possibly) clothes pins or bulldog [...] For this week”s Saturday quickie, I thought I’d share this cute idea from my sister for parents and young children to do together. She used a prepared canvas – you can pick them up at Ikea, art supply stores, or DIY stores – and acrylic paint. She and her daughter painted their hands with acrylic [...] |
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