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This is some of what I see when I walk to work. How lucky am I?
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Felted Sweater Projects
Posted on October 25, 2008 by recovergirl
Word on the street is that the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living has great suggestions for reusing second hand sweaters. I’ll have to grab a copy when I’m out running errands today. I’m going to try to squeeze in some sewing this weekend in between Halloween and Birthday parties. If I finish any projects [...]
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Wine Cozy
Posted on October 19, 2008 by recovergirl
My wine cozy got posted over on Haute Nature via Re-Nest.
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Hue Test
Posted on October 16, 2008 by recovergirl
Take a hue test.
I got a 73. The lower the score the better. 0 is best.
via Crispina Ffrench
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Recovering Canvas Bags, Part II
Posted on October 6, 2008 by recovergirl
A very nice lady emailed me to give me some hints on how to proceed with my canvas bag recovery project. She told me that she had already tried to paint over logos and discovered that that method was way too time consuming. It took layers of paint and each layer takes a long while [...]
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Recovering Canvas Bags
Posted on October 1, 2008 by recovergirl
Here is one of the projects I am working on — recovering secondhand canvas bags.
I got accepted to the Button Factory again this year. I hope to alter some bags for that show. It seems to me we should use bags that already exist rather than buying new bags.
The first bag I recovered was the [...]
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