Category: Upcycled Crafts

17 Jan 2019

Utensil Basket Made From Drinking Straws

If you have read my tutorial on the Drinking Straws Coasters, this Drinking Straws Basket is the second level of making something useful by using the drinking straws. Over here,

21 Nov 2018

Drink Coasters Made From Drinking Straws

Please try every effort to recycle all the plastic wastes, they may end up in the ocean if you don’t. It has come to our awareness that our oceans have

23 Jun 2015

DIY Fabric Storage Box

If you’ve read my previous post about the drinking water machine I have just installed in my kitchen, you probably have seen this fabric storage box in my pigeon-hole cabinet

27 Dec 2013

Curled Paper Star

Let’s welcome the new year with some curled paper stars and wish upon a star that the new year will be a better year for everyone. Here are my new

29 Nov 2013

Make A Twiggy Christmas Tree

It is the end of November, hope you have had a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and families. End of November is also the time to countdown for the Christmas (hurray!!!).

26 Jun 2012

Woven Water Bottle Holder

This is the Water Bottle Holder I sewed using the intrecciato weave fabric made in the previous tutorial. I made it for 1.5 liters Tupperware water bottle but you can

14 Mar 2012

DIY Easter Egg Planters

Spring is here and Easter is on its way… I am joining the fun of dyeing some colorful Easter Eggs this year. Making them into Easter Egg Planters that are

08 Nov 2011

Recycle Oil Pastels & Crayons

My kids love to doodle with oil pastels and crayons, though they are not a gifted artist I love all the scribbles and drawings they have created. Looking at them

10 Aug 2011

Crochet Bunny Pencil Holder

This bunny holder amigurumi is not quite a usual "amigurumi" that we stuffed with poly-fill. Click to view how it is done.

03 Aug 2011

Sew A Rompers From An Old Sweater

I sewed another pair of clothes for my daughter and this time it is a romper with ribbon shoulder straps. The main material of these rompers is from my old

03 Jul 2011

Toddler Knit Shorts

As an addition to the shorts patterns, this is the toddler size shorts sewing pattern as promised. This pair of toddler knit shorts have the same original design as the

18 May 2011

Sew Denim Rosette Brooch

This is the last tutorial on how to fully recycle an outgrown denim dress into a 4-piece outfit: make a denim rosette brooch out of a sleeve and its hem.

17 May 2011

Denim Reversible Belt

So, you have seen the denim vest and the denim skirt refashioned from an outgrown denim dress in my recent 2 tutorials. Today, the third tutorial in the series is

16 May 2011

Upcycle Dress To Denim Skirt

This is the denim skirt I recycled from an outgrown denim dress I mentioned in the earlier post. This the second part of the recycling project after I made the

15 May 2011

Upcycle Dress To A Denim Vest

This is the first tutorial to start off with the outgrown denim dress recycling series – splitting the denim dress and sew the top part into a denim vest with

14 May 2011

Recycle An Outgrown Denim Dress

This week, I am going to write a series of tutorials on how to recycle/refashion an outgrown jeans dress and sewn it into 4-piece kid’s clothing + accessories. Each recycle-tutorial

01 Dec 2010

Refurbish Old Christmas Ornaments

December is here!!! Christmas is just 25 days away, don’t get panic! If you haven’t had time or being thrifty to go for Christmas Tree ornament shopping, maybe this is

03 Sep 2010

DIY Pencil Holder

If you happened to find some paper cores or paper tubes from your kitchen, toilet, badminton court, craft room or writing table, please don’t throw them away, … recycle them

22 Mar 2010

Woven Rag Rug

Thank you for all the great feedback for liking my Braided Rag Rug. I understand that not everyone has a sewing machine or/and able to sew, so I created this

12 Mar 2010

Recycle Tutorial: Braided Rag Rug

My mum passed me 2 bundles of old bedsheets she found during spring cleaning. She knows that I love to recycle and able to make something good out of them.