Rag Balls

Rag balls can be just decorative (ex. for your Christmas tree) or practical – turning old clothes into “rag Yarn” that can be used to crochet, for example, rag rugs.

Rag ball, made from old clothing, vintage 1930s, used to make a rag rug…

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Tutorial: Rag Knitting + Make Cottage-Style Rag Balls From Up-Cycled Sheets (And Then Use Them!) + Knitting with fabric + Knitting a Rag Nest: A sort of Tutorial.

Rag rugs:  Rag Rug Tutorial + My favourite type of matting + Rag Rug + Braided rag rug foto + About Rag Rugs + Spotlight on rag rugs + Rag rugs, mats & carpets.

Rugs of a different Era

Toothbrush rugs: recyled that old toothbrush by turning it into a rug hook + How To Make A Rag Rug (Toothbrush Rug) + Toothbrush Rug Making + Toothbrush Rug with foto indicating how toothbrush becomes rug needle + MAKING RUGS WITH OLD TOOTHBRUSHES.

toothbrush hook, via http://worldembroideries.blogspot.com/2010/07/toothbrush-rug-revisited.htmlToothbrush hook at Toothbrush Rug revisited

Crochet Hook Construction Trial 1: Plastic Toothbrush + Clover Reflections + So Sparkly Crochet Hooks with Twinkie Chan!

You can also recycle your toothbrush by turning it into a bracelet.

Rag balls for juggling.

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“No-join” method of cutting fabric strips for rag balss + Real rag balls and what to do with them + How To Tie Rag Strips With Neat Knots + A tutorial of sorts: Rag Balls + Rag Ball Tutorial + Rag Ball Wreath Tutorial + What is the story behind the Ball Project logo?

Petit devient grand, rag rugs sewn together.

Upcycled Home Decor.

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Bookmarked under “F”

floratube, via http://baest.net/uk/floratube.html
F
loratube
is for urban people who have little time available for buying fresh ingredients for their meal.

Folk Art South Africa – Recycled products with a mission.

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East Meets West in CeramiX by CTRLZAK, Fragments

Recycled flip-flops + Stacks of newspapers turned into sculptures + a Francis Marshall painting.

fused plastic, via http://mooneatsun.blogspot.com/2008/02/im-featured-on-budget-casa.html

Fused plastic bag at Moon<Sun

Fused plastic:  Makeup bag made out of fused plastic shopping bags + Long Overdue Fusing Plastic Bag Tutorial + Make a Messenger Bag Out of Trash Bags! Video + Quilted plastic bag + Plastic Bag Crafts + A piece I made in Textiles. It’s plastic bags, melted together by an iron (make sure you protect your iron with greaseproof paper!) then machine sewn onto a piece of velvet, before being finally embellished with glass bead work + The Pretty Bean Upcycles baby bibs.

Repurpose plastic bags by making them into Pop Art-inspired carrying cases + “21st Century Fusion” Fused plastic bags coat + Fun with Fused Plastic + Tips for Painting on Fused Plastic + Fused Plastic Purse + till Wild: Fusing Plastic!

Of interest: Kolmanskop, a ghost town buried in the sand + Ten Frugal Practices I Wish We’d Done from the Beginning + Frugal Wiz blog all about being frugal.

Want to see your handwriting as a font?? For free?? 🙂


Fundamentals of rumba

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Gloves are not just for fingers!

Well, I’m still trying to get use to WordPress, haven’t figured out how to create a visible blogroll, and Splinder is still unavailable.

In the meantime, how about gloves?

glove wreath, via http://rubyreusable.com/artblog/?p=1041 Glove wreath by Shannon Eakins and Marc Dombrosky

Make a bear from a glove.

Gloves made from leather off cuts like + Recycled rubber glove dress + Recycling rubber gloves + British artist’s Susie MacMurray’s bridal dress is made from 1,400 inverted rubber gloves + What to do with your old ski gloves – recycled coat by Martin Margiela + Gloves on the top + Glove collar dress + Angels’ Wings Created from Recycled Gloves.

glove necklace, via http://www.ecouterre.com/argentina-trashion-dirt-to-shirt-shape-shifting-clothing/ Glove necklace

Recycled Glove Puppies + Brown arm warmers fingerless mittens recycled wool wrists warmers arm cuff + Recycled Gloves Prevent Rough Hands + Transform an old sweater into a pair of mittens.

jennifer collier gloves, via http://quellebellevue.com/qbv/2011/09/06/jennifer-collier/ Paper gloves, Jennifer Collier

Carole Fromenty’s gloves + Glove coin purse + Glove purses by Hannah Lamb + Gloves made of white leather, jagged edges and garnished with a printed scene: Symmetric border pattern with four feathers, poly lobed edge and a scene with four people and the following text: «Do not touch the flower too fast, because once the flower is touched it will wither and will not be so graceful and delicate any more».

Photobucket  Rubber Glove Necklace by Camilla Prasch

‘Rubber Gloves’ Jewellery * + Designer Min-Ji Cho presents rubber glove necklace + more + Rubber Glove Jewelry by Min-ji Cho + Reuse Jewelry – A Reinterpretation + Rubber glove bracelet + Christmas wreath made from gloves.

glove dress, via http://www.stylebubble.co.uk/style_bubble/2009/04/gloving-up-the-dress.html Gloving Up the Dress

More gloves:  Glove Love: “Green Thing” Plays Cupid to Lonely Gloves.

HANDS: Wisdom of the Hands blog + What is hands-on learning, and is it just a fad? + With a wave of the hand, How using gestures can make you smarter + 10 Simple Postures That Boost Performance.

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Transition: from here to there

Without any warning whatsoever, the platform I previously used for my blog, Splinder, just shut down. In addition, it’s impossible for me to log in and recover data.  What a pity!  I’ve been using Splinder for more than 8 years thus creating encyclopedic archives useful for anyone interested in recycling.

So I’ve transferred to WordPress.  It will take me awhile to get use to the new format so please be indulgent.

van der ham fashion, via http://blog.artsthread.com/2009/12/the-clash-of-decades-fashion-by-michael-van-der-ham/ The clash of decades: fashion by Michael van der Ham

Sustainable fashionSustainable fashion chic + My own spin at the drop-crotch DIY + Clothes made from neckties + Mandinka re-sews reclaimed & recycled suit coats.

Sabrina Dehoff, scarf attire + Romantic dressing #2 + Technically Speaking, sleeveless dress pattern.

costumes by dechirico, via http://bodiestoclothe.blogspot.com/2010/09/giorgio-de-chirico.htmlGiorgio De Chirico

Adhesif Throws an Eco-Glamourous 1950s Tea Party for Socialites.

tide dress for an issue of Virgine Magazine., via http://whatthecool.com/post/3485345962/dresses-made-from-popular-consumer-goods/ Dresses made from popular consumer goods

Recycled fashionpaper, tulle, dresses + Candy wrapper belt tutorial + scroll down to see a vest made of combs.

Fashion-able. Hacktivism and engaged fashion design.

There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion…SANS.

EmbroideryTime to Play!

Gunta Stolzl textiles.

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