Rowzat's Upcycled Creations

While government has many problems, it’s important to remember the essential work it does.  In the United States, clean water has been a pub...

It’s been a hard week for those who care about diversity and equity. I am scared and I am scared about even posting this blog.  But I can’t ...

I turned 52 a few weeks ago and I threw myself a low-waste birthday picnic at a local park. We have been hosting low-waste gatherings at hom...

We have now breached a year of 1.5 c of warning for a yea r, a decade before people thought it would happen.  Almost no one is talking about...

White flour is odd. It's an example of people using technology to create something, then needing more technology to solve the problems c...

Our family purchases minimally packaged items, composts food waste and recycles the glass, plastic and paper accepted by city recycling.  An...

After more than two years, the locker hook rug project is complete! You can read more about the technique in a previous blog pos...

I see two types of sewing tutorials online. One comes from highly skilled people They make everything seem easy, but I have enough experienc...

Some people sew and craft for artistic reasons. I have a drive to make stuff, but I want my creations to solve problems in my life. One of m...

One of the more substantial projects I have completed in the past few years was a quilted tablecloth for our coffee table. Way back before ...