Create sustainable, eco-friendly projects with our step-by-step guides for sewing reusable items. This category covers making practical, everyday essentials like reusable bags, food wraps, cloth pads, and more, with tips on fabric choice, durability, and easy care. Perfect for sewists looking to reduce waste, embrace sustainable living, and craft functional, stylish, and long-lasting handmade items.
In this tutorial I will show how to sew a heart shaped fabric coaster from fabric scraps as a practical DIY Valentine’s Day gift. Valentine’s Day gifts are the ones I struggle the most. I like to gift practical presents that will not age on the next day or be forgotten or never used. Considering […]
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In the final instalment on materials for reusable pads I will delve into some predictable and some creative options for closure materials for reusable pads. Some options will include what you already might have in your fabric and notions stash. If you wanted to catch up in the previous posts in the series, here is
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In the first post of the series on the materials for reusable pads I explored the backing layers of the reusable pads. The second post was dedicated to the very important absorbent layers. In this post I will delve into the various options of the top layer materials for reusable pads, sharing with my experience
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Welcome to the second part of the four parties serious on best materials for reusable pads. In this post I will go through the most popular and reliable options, highlighting the pros and cons of each and explaining where and how I would use either material to achieve the required customisation to create sanitary, maternity
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When I started making the reusable pads, the choice of the materials was quite daunting. Every option on the mainstream reusable market was for a stay dry top and PUL (polyurethane laminate) back, and that was what I first made. I was happy at first but soon the excitement died away with a realisation that
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In this post, I will explain how to sew the reusable sanitary pad, going through step by step to create a tailored menstrual pad. Materials required for reusable sanitary pad Cutting the fabric You will need to trace one of each the top and backing piece in your chosen fabric, on the wrong side. My
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In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to draft a reusable sanitary pad pattern that’s comfortable, secure, and easy to sew at home. In the 2020 I started using reusable cloth nappies for my baby. It was quite a rabbit hole that led to rethinking of all of my choices on both the everyday items
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