Category Archives: Recycling

New project – change the fabric on the dining room chairs

I got these old chairs a couple of years back but have only recently begun to use them at home. I love their look but the fabric is marked and the seat is coming apart. I found this cool arts and crafts’ish Liberty furniture fabric in a charity shop and I am going to have [...]

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Cake stand from Amboise

iy recycled plates cake stand by Eddie's Room, roued.com

Last year when I went to the Loire valley in France with a friend I bought some plates and a glass to make a cake stand like the Asian style one I made a couple of years ago. The plates have been standing around since we moved but now I decided to make the stand [...]

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New pinboard

I just got John to put up the new pinboard I made. Its hanging in my new sewing corner.

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More patchwork curtains

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Last week i showed off the patchwork curtains made out of recycled shirts. Today i want to show off another curtain made with bits of fabric i had left over for ou.r studio. I also made matching pillows using some of the same fabric combined with left overs from recycled sweaters.

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