Recycling – Felting

Felted Mitten Paws

January 23, 2018 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

These handmade felted mittens are made using recycled wool pullovers. This tutorial shows you how to needle felt the paws on to the bottom of the mittens. Grab old pullovers from op shops and garage sales. Felted Mittens Tutorial.

Plush Pals: Turn a Tweed Jacket into a Turtle & a Fox

June 12, 2014 by Linda Lanese Leave a Comment

Tiffany is a design junkie who gives scrap materials a second life. She has these darling “Plush Pals: Turn a Tweed Jacket into a Turtle Softie” on the “DIY Network Make + Remade”. Tiffany has a wonderful tutorial and each … Read More ...

Trendy chic recycle week! Day #3 toilet roll cuff bracelet

May 22, 2014 by Linda Lanese Leave a Comment

Madison is a sophomore in high school and hosts “Madison Avenue” a very interesting blog with tutorials you will all enjoy. She has been featuring a trendy chic recycle week and this is #3 “toilet roll cuff bracelet”. When Madison … Read More ...

DIY needle felted polka dot sweater tutorial

April 11, 2014 by Linda Lanese Leave a Comment

Aimee of “Swell Mayde” is a working designer in Los Angeles, her dream job. She has this needle felting tutorial with easy to follow steps for a “needle felted polka dot sweater” that will give you many ideas on updating … Read More ...

DIY camera strap tutorial

March 30, 2014 by Linda Lanese 1 Comment

Beate of “Beate Hemsborg” lives in Telemark, Norway and is a teacher, wife and mother of two children. Beate made the most stunning “Camera Strap” and it is so clever. You could have straps for every outfit. Beate has a … Read More ...

24 Fabulous Felt Crafts Tutorial

February 8, 2014 by Linda Lanese Leave a Comment

Over on “Spoonful” You will find the most amazing felt projects that kids can make or we might like 🙂 There are instructions, patterns and tutorials for each project. These geared toward kids or big kids like us can make … Read More ...

Recycled t-shirt beanie DIY

January 7, 2014 by Linda Lanese 3 Comments

Here is another super easy 5 minute project perfect for the baby in your life! Nicole is one of the girls from (Small Fry) made these for the other girls when they had their first babies and she has amassed … Read More ...

41 Valentine’s Day Crafts: Valentine’s Day Cards, Gifts, and More free eBook

December 31, 2013 by Linda Lanese 2 Comments

Are you planning your Valentine’s Day crafts? FaveCraft has a cool FREE eBook out that you can download plus watch their video giving a sneak preview of what is inside. There are some fun and charming projects for everyone. … Read More ...

Cozy Tabletop Christmas Trees from gently worn or cast-off sweaters DIY

December 13, 2013 by Linda Lanese Leave a Comment

These darling trees come from BH&G and are made from sweaters no longer wearable. Refurbished and ready for their new lives as “Cozy Tabletop Christmas Trees “! To make the middle tree: Slide a papier-mâché cone into one arm … Read More ...

Sweater wrist warmers with sweater flowers TUTORIALS

December 13, 2013 by Linda Lanese 1 Comment

Linda @ “CraftaholicsAnonymous” has this perfect sweater up-cycled project for us. These darling “sweater wrist warmers” can be made-up in no time and she also has a tutorial for the sweater flowers here. Thanks Linda for the cozy tutorials.… Read More ...