Turning a discarded T-shirt into a tote bag isn’t a new idea but it’s a good one. It’s a great way to repurpose an unwanted garment into something useful to extend its life.
The T-shirt yarn fun continues! I recently discovered how easy (and Earth-friendly) it is to turn discarded T-shirts into yarn (see Extending the Life of the Common T-Shirt). Predictably, the next step was to find ways to use all that great repurposed material.
A recent closet cleanup resulted in a pile of T-shirts we no longer wear. That pile triggered some rather startling findings as well as a new Earth-friendly maker project.
Just because it’s Earth-friendly doesn’t mean it has to be boring! The coiled cotton rope coasters I introduced in my last blog post are an example. The basic coaster, which is simply a flat disk, meets my Earth-friendly objectives and is very serviceable. But it doesn’t have much… well… personality!
It’s early morning as I sit down to write this week’s blog post. The winter sun is rising in a splendid display of orange and yellow over Lake Oconee.
What do Artuary, Paletteuary, Creatuanary and Whimsuary have in common? Did you recognize them as made-up names for creative art challenges being held during the month of January? Or did you guess they are all words that would not pass muster in a Scrabble game?