Ugh, don't you just hate it when you're having
problems with the internet connection. It's so unstable so I haven't been able to post my Greeny Crafter post until this evening. I've also got my in-laws over for the whole of this week - deep breath - so if I'm slow in getting back to you, please bare with me! Anyway, something to be happy about - Apple has made a U-turn and is
rejoining the American EPEAT
(the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) environmental
ratings system, after public disappointment. I just wonder why they decided to
leave the system in the first place.
This week’s Greeny
Crafter is MaryBeth of Secondhand Couture.
Hello! My name is
MaryBeth, and I'm so excited about being featured on Agy's great blog. I am a
recent college graduate, and my husband and I are live near Chicago. I am a
thrifty (cheap) person, so I love refashioning thrift store purchases to make
them perfect. I enjoy running (sometimes), drinking coffee, Grey's Anatomy, and
spending time with my husband.
I have been interested
in upcycling and refashioning since I was little. I am one of nine siblings, so
my parents encouraged thriftiness and creativity. I remember hemming my first
too-big shirt when I was about twelve and being so excited when it fit me! But
then I went to college and got busy. Such is life... However, my wonderful
mother bought me a sewing machine a few months ago, thus giving me the
motivation to start blogging and sewing. Some of my favorite projects are this
striped skirt made out of t-shirts,
My most difficult
project so far is actually one that's still in progress. I am trying to recover
a vintage fabric chair I found on Craigslist that looks almost just like this
one. Except my chair has torn fabric on it, thus the need to recover it. I have
only covered the seat cushion so far, and that alone was exhausting. However, a
full picture tutorial will be posted as soon as I finish it!
Oooh, look forward to
seeing what you are going to make from the recovered fabric! Thanks for taking part MaryBeth :-)
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