recycled sweaters

Wine Bag out of a old sweater (A Dabbled Re-run)

September 13, 2008 | Also posted in Topic: Uncategorized
Wine Bag out of a old sweater (A Dabbled Re-run)
While we are sweating over whether a cousin having our 3 year old for a ringbearer at her wedding today might be a really bad idea, you are treated to an older project that you might have missed! Enjoy!
Cozy Wine Bag: This was a ultra quick project that I did because I wanted to bring a bottle of wine to a party, and wanted to include a cute wine bag. I’m sure someone has thought of this before, but I… Read on...

Ginny the Baby Ele-purse

July 14, 2008 | Also posted in Topic: craft
Ginny the Baby Ele-purse
You remember the Ele-purses, right? Well, this is a Baby Ele-purse, and her name is Ginny. Please welcome her into the world.
I envisioned the pattern for this one the other day, and couldn’t stop myself from attempting immediately. Except for the strap, she’s made entirely from one felted sweater sleeve. If you guys are interested, I’ll do a tutorial..

Tutorial on Henri the Hexapus

March 26, 2008 | Also posted in Topic: craft, Featured Craft, highlight
Tutorial on Henri the Hexapus
Enter the April Fool Contest! Just a few more days!! Finally! the ‘how to’ on how to create Henri! a fun little puppet made out of recycled sweater sleeves – more on Henri here.. I’ll post some pics of the finished Henri in action tomorrow. So, I promised instructions, hopefully these are understandable. This can be modified to do a stuffed toy rather than a puppet by simply stuffing the head fully, and then sewing up the secondary sweater where the legs meet.
Click through to see/download the full size… Read on...