“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 you can creatively re-purpose items that you have lying around the house, unused, or that might haveotherwise ended up getting thrown ‘away’. Perish the thought!”

Upcycling can be as simple as using fabric that was going to be thrown out or as detailed and complex as creating a masterpiece from scrounged materials.

So get creative, be thrifty and think twice about what you’re using!  Just click on the graphic to get all the details.

image: Sublime Stitching

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Creative Upcycling Contest

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 you can even buy “Eco-Spun” yarn.

So next time you’re feeling crafty – think “green” too!

image: Keepsake Quilting

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Do you “Dream in Green”?