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Category: mending and upcycling

Converting a Pushchair into a Shopping Trolley

Converting a Pushchair into a Shopping Trolley

10 June 202120 June 2021Categories: mending and upcycling, sewingTags: sewing, upcyclingLeave a comment on Converting a Pushchair into a Shopping Trolley

We’ve had such fun over the last week or so converting our old pushchair (buggy or stroller) into a practical shopping trolley. It’s a pretty straightforward and affordable upcycling project for anyone to tackle and it’s going to be very helpful on our weekly shopping trips.

Recycling Siliconised Label Backing Sheets

Recycling Siliconised Label Backing Sheets

21 February 202117 July 2021Categories: mending and upcycling, small businessTags: reuse, sustainability8 Comments on Recycling Siliconised Label Backing Sheets

Being sustainable is at the heart of Little Conkers – as I often say, if I can’t do it sustainably, I just don’t do it. I stopped using the majority of my recycled adhesive labels, when I realised it just wasn’t feasible to recycle the backing sheets as I had hoped.

Scrap Yarn Crochet Blanket

Scrap Yarn Crochet Blanket

31 December 202016 July 2021Categories: crochet, mending and upcycling, yarnTags: crochet blanket, scrap yarn projectsLeave a comment on Scrap Yarn Crochet Blanket

This has been the most enjoyable crochet project I completed in some time! My scrap yarn crochet blanket has been perfect, stress free relaxation at every stage, and an end product that gives the family pleasure every day.

Visible Mending of Woollens

15 February 201924 June 2020Categories: mending and upcycling, sewing, yarnTags: darning, visible mending2 Comments on Visible Mending of Woollens

I’ve been cheerfully darning and repairing lots of items this week. An ex-colleague of Mr Conkers, remembering the visible mending I’d done on one of his jumpers, asked if I could repair some woollens after an attack of clothes moths.

Mending and Lengthening Jeans

24 April 201715 February 2019Categories: mending and upcyclingTags: boro, darning, sashiko, upcycling, visible mending

Time for some more remedial work on my jeans! Here’s how I lengthened them, and some more visible mending.              

Making Nightdresses

6 April 201515 February 2019Categories: mending and upcycling, sewingTags: children, LetClothesBeClothes, sewing, upcycling

A couple of weeks ago, I was getting very, very annoyed at not being able to find a nightdress for my 5-year-old daughter. A nightdress that she would be comfortable in, and like, and that I thought was age-appropriate and practical. I didn’t think my requirements were that exacting –

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