Today's blog comes from David Ramsay, Central Library staff: OK,
spring is coming, but it's not quite here yet. What better time
for crafts? And, if what you make is useful, gives new life to
old stuff and keeps it out of the landfill, that’s a bonus. In
Recycled Home, Rebecca Proctor helps us escape our weather
whines and make us productive. She demonstrates how to make
something useful out of material we probably already have or can
pick up for a song. There are so many things we hold onto, just
in case. Do you have any fabric stored away, just waiting for a
project, or maybe a seldom used piece of clothing or bedding?
Are scraps of wood taking up valuable work space? The author
shows a variety of ways to exploit these materials. This is a
repurposing/upcycling book that shows how to change one old
thing into something new and better without too much trouble or
expense. You can learn how to recover old oven mitts, build a
wall cabinet, a bird house or a wheeled crate. There are
instructions for sewing Roman