sewing

A simple tutorial with pictures on how to use recycled juice drink bags to make a zippered pouch.

An article chock full of tips for finding used sewing machines for your craft projects. Thrifty and green!

Victoria has been profiling some great natural, organic, and recycled yarns for knitting and crochet in her Yearn-Worthy Yarns series. But when it’s time to sit down to the sewing machine, what’s a green crafter to do? Never fear, we’re here to help. We’re kicking off our Fabulous Fabrics series, and first up is organic cotton from Mod Green Pod.

Looking to add some spice to your Spring wardrobe? Need a new creative project to work on? We introduced you to Burda Style during the early days of our blog. Now its time to share the details for their first mini-challenge for all the sewers out there.

How do you enter?

To kick off the new year, Harmony Art debuts a couple of new certified-organic fabric prints.

I sew very simple things like drapes, bags and things for the home in my free time. I'm always looking for beautiful, organic fabric - I found these stunning.

Got a bag of old clothes and curtains ready to recycle? Why not recycle them yourself into a cosy and unique patchwork quilt? This is the first of a three-part series showing you how.

Prefer to take your personal style into your own hands? Had enough of mass produced cheap fashion? Looking for something unique? Then Burda Style, the newest community-based online do-it-yourself style destination, is for you. According to the site’s "About Us" page ...

With summer soon coming to a close, the busiest wedding season of the year will be ending as well. Great food, funny dancing, beautiful decorations ... and some questionable fashion choices are standard for most these events. Once the DJ goes home, the cake is eaten, and the happily wedded couple are off on their honeymoon, what do you do with that bridesmaid dress that you don't ever see needing (or wanting) to wear again?

There is no doubt that the creative community has begun playing a pivotal roll in expressing the concerns of our changing environment, as well as inspiring change. Jennifer Marsh, a visual artist studying at Syracuse University, took her concern for the world's dependence on foreign oil to the next level by starting the International Fiber Collaborative in May of 2007.