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Blog about upcycling and sustainability, with a practical bent
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Sunday, March 24, 2024
Learning is struggle or mending a wool sweater
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I see two types of sewing tutorials online. One comes from highly skilled people They make everything seem easy, but I have enough experienc...
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Upcycling to reduce an annoying night time glow
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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...
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Quilted table cloth that stays on table
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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 ...
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Taming more chaos while upcycling
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The blog post I wrote earlier this month on sew-your-own choas reducers is now the most popular post I have written. From that, I surmise I...
Monday, January 15, 2024
Sew your own chaos reducers
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I find that store-bought organization containers never fit the space I have and just collect junk. I am, however, a big fan of custom-made ...
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Low waste resolutions
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If you want to make a New Year's resolution to reduce waste, but getting creative with the trash is not your cup of tea, here are a few ...
Sunday, December 17, 2023
Denim ornament upcycle
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It's the holiday season. While my Jewish-Muslim family does not do a lot for Christmas, many of our friends celebrate. I had a few eve...
Upcycled holidays
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This year it appears that we have reached 1.5 C of warming above preindustrial levels. This level of temperature increase is not sustained...
Sunday, December 10, 2023
Upcycling the food scraps
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Food waste in the United States is a problem. The Department of Agriculture estimates that 30 to 40 percent of the food supply eventually be...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
The easiest upcycle
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Yes, I recently brought the used soap bars home from a recent hotel stay. I carried them in a bag which once held frozen fruit f...
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