Sewing Green

Projects and Ideas for Stitching with Organic, Repurposed, and Recycled Fabrics

Ranked #71 in Sewing

By its nature, do-it-yourself sewing is environmentally friendly. In "Sewing Green, " Betz White takes stitching to an even higher level of sustainability, presenting 25 projects made from "repurposed" thrift-store and back-of-the-closet finds and organic fabrics. White's whimsical yet practical designs include an apron constructed from men's dress shirts (and a wallet from the shirts' cuffs ), a soft blanket pieced from secondhand cashmere sweaters, and even a tote bag refashioned from used Tyvek envelopes. Along the way, White dispenses tips on everything from how to deconstruct old... more

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