Rowzat's Upcycled Creations

  Almost every piece of factory-made clothing I own fits me badly. I hate shopping for clothing. As I have been doing more sewing, I am real...

By now you all know that I don't believe our current rate of resource consumption is sustainable.  I believe that money as a medium of e...

It's summer in Minnesota. I am outside and simply not sewing very much. I am still thinking about my carbon footprint. It...

People have been feeling good as we move closer to a vaccinated society here in the United States. The ability to be out and about more has...

Nowadays when we think of food , we think about going to the grocery store and buying something in a package or plastic bag. We don't th...

In a previous post, I shared a story in which my child tried to nudge me away from some free items on the curb I was eyeing  because he knew...

As I mentioned in my post about sourcing fabric , there is so much material to work with.  And it is all around.  I had a broken umbrella. D...

I have a sewing project that is languishing. I made a set of curtains for our office closet and I plan to make matching curtains for the off...

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...