"I've taken cute plaid or patterned woven fabric and put a gathered skirt onto the bottom of the usable part of the tee, sometimes replacing the sleeves of the t-shirt with ruffled sleeves and sometimes using the same fabric to cover a stain or…"

"Oh, my.  I'm so going to do this.  I have a lateral file cabinet that is being misused and abused, and a closet full of bins that will be so much easier to utilize, when I can see them all at once. Thank you for this great tip."

"I saw a lovely on Nancy's Notions (.com).  I can't attest to it's value, as I've never used one, but it looked interesting."

"I've made skirts and purses/bags out of old jeans.  Once I helped a group of women make a quilt from old jeans and old flannel shirts.  It turned out quite nicely, and was donated to a charity event for raffling.  Old jeans that…"

"Love it! I used that same fabric to make a dress for my grandaughter. Lined and trimmed with pink, of course."

"Wow! this is so beautiful! It makes me want to get the pattern and piece a quilt, and that's not easy to do, as I really like to finish projects in 1 or 2 days."

"My earliest sewing memory is of sitting on the sofa next to my mother while she hand sewed a two-inch lined pocket to adorn the bodice of a dress she had made for my bigger-than-me 'dance wtih me' doll (the stuffed kind of doll that has…"