Rowzat's Upcycled Creations

Using patches and darning  stiches to fix clothing has extended the life of several of my items.  But I get frustrated because these fixes d...

Whenever I see giant packages of disposable products, I can't help but think of the John Muir quote:  This is creation. All this is goin...

We had a week of unseasonably warm weather here in Minnesota, with temperatures topping 80 degrees Fahrenheit last Monday. While I moderated...

Last year we had solar panels installed on our garage. They started producing energy in August. The solar company estimated the panels would...

I belong to a few international Facebook groups for sewists who make upcycled creations. A few weeks ago, a fellow sewist posted a picture o...

One of the best books I have read recently is Robin Wall Kimmerer's  Braiding Sweetgrass . Kimmerer is a biologist by training and a mem...

This is post three in series of blog posts about a glider I save from the trash.  Read Part 1 and  Part 2 .  T his is what the glider looke...

This is the second post in a series about salvaging a glider we owned. Read the first one here.   I knew this project would take a couple we...

A friend gifted us a hand-me down glider when I was pregnant. At that point the gilder was a decade or two old. We used it a lot  It was a g...

I took a break from sewing this week to sow - that is winter sowing seeds in my garden. This is the first time I am attempting winter sowing...