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Picnic blanket update: Festive bunting detail…

Eternalize your favourite unwearable jeans in a new life! Bunting detail This is the next installment of my years-long picnic blanket project (see previous post -> here) I finally got a few hours home alone and found some interesting fabric scraps to make the bunting detail on my picnic blanket. I love the finised result…. […]

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Boot Inserts You Need

Store your boots well – padded and protected! I have been making boot fillers from my fabric stash, and they are great! I also keep an unfinished one by my sewing machine when doing other projects to use as a scrap and thread bin until it is full and ready to close up. I’m making […]

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10 ways to avoid the fast fashion landfill

Inspired by some BBC articles that made me realise that donating old clothes is not always a good thing, I’m constantly looking for ways I can avoid putting unused or old stuff in charity bags. Here’s a couple of links for anyone who is interested, but I’m no longer convinced that most or any of […]

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Denim Diary

I never throw out jeans. There are so many cool ways to use them and it always looks great! Here’s my Denim Diary of posts to inspire and encourage you. If you have any questions or would like a tutorial or more info I’m happy to provide. Just let me know! Passion for Denim Here […]

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Fabric Stash Woes! 

So I’m currently serving out a long-term self-imposed ban on buying fabric – with the limited possibility of a purchase in exceptional circumstances (specific need and garanteed to be used immediately and not stored for years on end….). I don’t think I’m alone in having a slightly embarrassing fabric stash that I would need a lifetime to […]