Sublime Stitching, Fred Flare & Amy Butler have gotten together to create one of the coolest crafting contests I’ve seen in a long time!  They want to inspire you to upcycle:
“If you’re like us, you recycle glass plastic and paper, compost your food waste and take your own shopping bag when you go to the store. Right? (”Of course! “) So do you ever think, “why do I need a trash can at all ?” What’s going in there? Well, take a look at the leftovers, get inspired, and create some handmade treasures from so-called trash! We wanna see how …read more

I’m always excited when I find a new “eco-friendly” fiber art product!  I’m going to make things anyhow, so why not use a product that’s better for the environment?
Today’s new an interesting product is a quilt batting created entirely from pop bottles, “Dream Green“:

A king-size piece of Dream Green batting uses up 28 2 litre pop bottles – not bad!  It’s advertised as having the same hand and features of standard batting – just with less environmental impact.
Did you know that pop bottles are used for other fiber projects as well?  Polar fleece can be made from recycled bottles and …read more