Most people get upset when they accidentally shrink a sweater in the washing machine. I, on the other hand, celebrate! The gorgeous, thick fabric from felted wool sweaters is one of my favorite materials to sew and craft with, and it’s also a great way to save money and the environment by repurposing. So today I’m sharing the 16 best felted sweater DIY tutorials for you to create with! You might not be so “lucky” as to shrink your clothes by accident. I actually do it on purpose! I collect 100% wool sweaters from friends and buy them used for next to nothing. Even if they have little holes o ..read more

I started working on this post about ten days ago, when we started locking down here in Italy for the health emergency, and people were starting to get worried in other parts of the world. My friends in the United States and other English-speaking countries kept telling me about how people were in a total panic because there were no more toilet rolls left in stores. So I decided that the time had come for me to write about something controversial, but interesting: DIY cloth toilet paper. Since then, the emergency in the US has escalated and I’ve been seeing lots of pictures of emp ..read more