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.
When I first started making reusable pads, choosing the backing material felt surprisingly overwhelming. Most commercially available pads used a stay-dry top layer paired with PUL (polyurethane laminate) backing, so naturally that was where I started too. At first, I was perfectly happy with it. But after using reusable pads long term — through regular […]
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Reusable sanitary pads are a practical, comfortable, and sustainable alternative to disposable menstrual products. In this step-by-step sewing tutorial, I’ll show you how to sew a reusable sanitary pad using natural fabrics and a shape designed for everyday comfort. This tutorial follows directly from my post on how to draft a comfortable reusable sanitary pad
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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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