Monthly Archives: April 2014

Recycled fabric wedding souvenirs

Recycled fabric wedding souvenirs

A simple, beautiful and original idea to make wedding souvenirs with recycled fabric is the one presented by orkideaatelier which combines fabric, thread and ribbon in order to make the hearts in the cover photo. To make them you have to roll the fabric strips forming a heart and decorate it with a bow, with these pieces you can decorate boxes or cards. Continue reading

Decorate cushions with fabric strips

Decorate cushions with fabric strips

There are so many ways to make recycled fabric cushions like this one in the cover photo that was made by ornedefeuilles, but you can also decorate with braids, fringes, flowers or other figures made with T-shirt yarn cushions that you have already in your home.

Today we are going to see how to decorate cushions using T-shirt yarn or fabric strips. Continue reading

Crochet, art and ecology: coral reefs project

Crochet art and ecology coral reefs project

Margaret Wertheim, a math professional, combines geometry and crochet in order to make art and she -with her sister Christine- weaves coral reefs to create awareness about these wonders that are disappearing in the whole world. To recreate these forms with crochet, these sisters use mathematical and geometrical notions, they called it “hyperbolic crochet”. Continue reading