MAKER DIY SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS

Crafting something from scratch means you get to carefully choose the materials you use, your method and philosophy for making it. Here are 15 craft projects for eco-friendly living, to freshen up old curtains with colour and pigments from Mother Nature, dye natural fabrics to bring a tattered chair back to life, repurpose wooden pallets for your next bookcase, learn how to use resin to create unique pieces of furniture for your home and with some basic electronic knowledge, you can turn a classic speaker into a modern Bluetooth radio. Construct a portable greenhouse from old picture frames, create your own drawstring bag for a zero waste, zero plastic shopping trip, upcycle fast furniture, make a paper and plaster lamp, a hanging plant gutter, wine crate garden features, self-watering planters, solar lamp, a ladybird or bee house, a tablet or iPhone sleeve from a sweater, an insulated lunch bag, a Bluetooth radio, your own shampoo and conditioning bars, reusable bulk food bags, print with nature, make a cyanotype chair upholstery, crate or pallet furniture. Practical and useful projects for home and garden. 160pp, 18.8 x 23.8cm, dozens of colour illus.