Upcycling
Turning a Broken Chair Into Something Worth Keeping
I picked up a chair from a curbside pile two summers ago that the previous owner had clearly given up on, one leg wobbling...
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Every project note we have published, newest first. Finished pieces, failed attempts, and the occasional argument with advice that sounds tidy and falls apart at the workbench.
Upcycling
I picked up a chair from a curbside pile two summers ago that the previous owner had clearly given up on, one leg wobbling...
Paper and Mixed Media
My first hand bound book fell apart at the spine within a week, and I spent a while blaming the folding technique before I...
Paper and Mixed Media
My first junk journal attempt sat half finished for two years because I kept planning the perfect layout for page seven before...
Sewing and Textiles
A customer once returned a jacket I had patched, not because the patch had failed, but because she wanted it to be less visible...
Sewing and Textiles
A client brought me a sewing machine two years ago convinced it needed replacing, skipped stitches on every seam, thread...
Woodworking
I ruined a piece of nice walnut in my second month of woodworking by planing straight into the grain instead of with it,...