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Janelle from Rosary Apparel shares four fun and beginner-friendly 30-minute sewing projects. The first project is a simple laptop case, then a lined tote, a cushion cover, and a waist apron. Most of the fabrics used in this video are vintage. Rosery Apparel is handmade in Janelle’s home studio in Tasmania, Australia, and is made from 100% recycled fabric – making every piece a one-of-a-kind. Janelle also offers weekly sewing tutorials to inspire others to create their own ‘

Upcycling pro, Angelina from BlueprintDIY shares a fabulous accessory to sew for organizing your sewing desk or table-top. Angelina used a heavy canvas-like fabric she salvaged from a pair of curtains, that matched her sewing table perfectly and her Bernette 80e sewing machine. This table-top organizer has thread spools, a magnetic space to hold your tweezers and tools, a pincushion, a scissor sleeve and more! Customize your organizer to suit your own sewing and crafting n

Virginia Lindsay from Gingercake shares four eco-friendly sewing projects to stitch and give as useful last minute gifts this Christmas. Virginia used recycled textiles such as simple cottons and vintage bed sheets to make her pretty table napkins. reusable microwave popcorn bags washable face wipes everyday cloth napkins quick and cool grocery tote Watch now: More gifts to sew: Bohemian Booties with Amanda Herring Sew An “Urban” Hair Scrunchie – with Lorrie Nunemaker Zero W

Londa Rohlfing demonstrates how she redesigns and sews unique refashioned tops using men’s knit shirts in this free episode from It’s Sew Easy, a PBS show, Series 1600. Follow along and learn how to utilize knit tops, woven shirts, lace, neckties, and fabric to create your very own one-of-a-kind (OOAK) tops! Sewing Memento Tops with Londa Memento Upcycled Knit Top Sewing ePattern at Etsy More restyling and upcycling inspiration at SWN: Transformation Challenge – Sewing and R

Join Kara Metta in her free video series as she brilliantly refashions and restyles several garments that she inherited from her grandmother. Trench coats, dresses, tops, sweaters, baseball t-shirts, a pink power-suit, sweatpants, a prom dress, bottoms, all converted into updated stylish, unique, and comfortable clothing that Kara can wear right now.  Watch Kara and learn how you can restyle existing outdated garments to build any wardrobe inexpensively.  Subscribe to Kara’s

A free pattern and a video tutorial from Fluffmonger to show us how to stitch Doodles the Deer plush toy!  Despite being a little tubby, Doodles the Deer stays warm during the winter with . Doodles will make the perfect gift for a child, or anyone who appreciates sweet handmade stuffed toys. Doodles can be sewn from new fabrics or, recycled textiles, sweaters, felt, fleece, etc.  The deer in the video tutorial was made with Kunin felt made from recycled plastic bottles, a mis