Crocheted Goddess of Upcycling doll
September 2, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crochet, doll and dolls and dollmaking, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft
A couple of days ago, I found two pillowcases at a yard sale. I posted about them and how challenging I thought it might be to upcycle them.
They were quite extraordinarily ugly, because of their odd combination of elements. The centers are wonderful embroidered flowers, and they are actually the reason why I rescued the pillow cases from the ‘free- please take away’ box. I am thinking about how I will upcycle them, and have blogged about using photoshop to sketch out possibilities.
Separating the neon orange polyester fabric
from the embroidery made them both look better.
I began to see the potential …read more
