Learning new skills

 This month our Simple Living Toowoomba group held a Plarn and Yarn Workshop which was really well attended. Firstly Kate showed us how to cut plastic bags into Plarn. Then she taught us how to crochet the Plarn into tote bags. 

Reverse applique on denim skirt

In a recent  post you may have seen the denim skirt that Valda did reverse applique on. As I had a similar skirt from the Op Shop in my wardrobe I thought I would give it a try this week as I have been talking about doing it for months now.

Embroidered jeans

Our Simple Living Toowoomba co-ordinator, Margy and I were brainstorming the other day about the coming year and she showed me a pair of jeans that she had embroidered. They looked fantastic and I would imagine would be so easy to do.

Certainly one of a kind!

A few days ago I heard about a new Op Shop (Thrift Shop for my Northern Hemisphere readers) in town. Well it was new to me but apparently has been open for a couple of months already. So I called in today to check it out and was pleasantly surprised.

Turn an old pillow case into a bag

When we had our Repurposing Swap on the Down to Earth Forums recently, I was trying to work out what I was going to make for my swap item and came across a tutorial by the very clever Rin from Sew in Love which had instructions on how to turn an old pillowcase into an eco shopping bag.

 

What does it mean to recycle, upcycle and repurpose?

On the Down to Earth simple living forums there is a repurposing swap under way. When the swap was announced there were a few questions as to whether it included recycling and upcycling? This led me to look further into what exactly these terms meant.

 

How to enlarge a t-shirt.

Have you noticed that since the festive season most of your t-shirts have shrunk for some strange reason. All that pavlova, trifle and custard you ate wouldn't have resulted in a little fat adipose tissue being added to your normally slender frame, would it? Of course not! Well, it doesn't matter why your t-shirts are suddenly feeling too tight... here is a solution to your problem. Just enlarge your t-shirt.



Quick and Easy No-Sew Christmas Bunting

 

 

Do you have a Christmas party to prepare for soon and want to do some quick decorating? Here is a tutorial for those of you who can't sew and would like to make some Christmas bunting so, all of you experienced sewing ladies (or gents), avert your eyes now as these are very basic instructions for bunting which anyone can make.

Plastic bottle bag sealer

If anyone in Australia watches the Better Homes and Gardens TV show, they know that Tara Dennis comes up with some pretty nifty ideas at times and, on a recent show, I saw her demonstrate how to repurpose a plastic bottle as a bag sealer.