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Sew to Serve Connects Seamstresses with Causes

Sew to Serve Connects Seamstresses with Causes

Bernina, a popular sewing machine company is no stranger to sewing for a good cause. Now, they've launched a community to help even more seamstresses connect with charities in need: We All Sew.

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Reduce, Reuse, Refashion: An Interview with Nichola Prested

Reduce, Reuse, Refashion: An Interview with Nichola Prested

Nichola Prested is passionate about fashion and about sustainability. While looking for a way to expand her wardrobe without putting pressure on her wallet or on the planet, she stumbled into something bigger. What started as a project just for her quickly turned into the collective blog, Wardrobe Refashion, which Green My Style voted [...]

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Handmade Halloween: Easy Fabric Scrap Garland

Handmade Halloween: Easy Fabric Scrap Garland

Halloween is almost here, and I’ve been in spooky decoration-mode for a few weeks. The plan is to have all handmade decorations for our Halloween party this year. My fingers are crampy from cutting out bats and I’ll be honest - things were going a bit more slowly than I would have liked. That is, until [...]

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Save Some Energy this Winter with a Draft Dodger

Save Some Energy this Winter with a Draft Dodger

The weather is starting to cool off. I don’t know what it’s like where you’re at, but we’ve definitely had a few chilly nights already. According to the US Department of Energy, about 1/3 of our home energy use goes toward heating our homes. You’d be surprised how much of that [...]

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Bamboozled? The Debate Rages Over Bamboo

Bamboozled? The Debate Rages Over Bamboo

Don’t fret just yet! You can still feel good about your bamboo flooring and rad SK8 board. The product in question is the bamboo fabric that many folks are touting as a green alternative to conventional textiles, like cotton. So I have to admit that the pros and cons of bamboo have been on [...]

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DIY: Make Your Swiffer Guilt Free

DIY: Make Your Swiffer Guilt Free

Oh, Swiffer! You are so convenient; why must you also be so wasteful? The thought of all of those pads ending up in the landfill has had me racked with Swiffer Guilt. Our Swiffer has been living in the closet for quite some time now, but we recently pulled it out again.

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DIY: Give an Old Trunk a New Life

DIY: Give an Old Trunk a New Life

When there's something in the house that starts to look a little ragged, it's hard to resist the call of IKEA. It's so easy to hit up that Swedish wonderland and replace an aging piece on the cheap. Rather than send that beat up old trunk to the landfill, it's pretty easy and fun to make your own, handmade cover!

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DIY Roundup: Don’t Pitch It, Stitch It!

DIY Roundup: Don’t Pitch It, Stitch It!

We live in a culture of new. Whether we're talking cell phones or a pair of jeans with a hole in the knee, if something is worn out we're supposed to replace it with a shiny new one. Sometimes it feels like folks consider mending and repairing almost quaint when it's just as easy to hit up a big box store for a replacement. It doesn't have to be that way! A needle and thread are your weapons against waste! Let's arm up and get mending!

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