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<div style="text-align: left;">Is it a wallet or a wristlet? It's both! Wristlets are handy whether using alone or in addition to your purse. A functional wristlet should give you easy access to cash, cards, coins and cell phone as well as have a secure wrist strap. If you like to travel light around town, try a wristlet. Wristlets are also a fun alternative to a traditional wallet or small clutch. Check out some of my new wristlets below made from upcycled fabrics.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Customers frequently ask me 'what is upcycled fabric?' When I explain to them that my upcycled bags are made from gently used, discarded clothing, I get a variety of reactions. 'Green' folks love the idea and often offer other upcycling ideas for bags. 'Not-so-green' folks think it is weird. I realize that upcycling, repurposing, or even recycling is not for everyone, but it certainly is for me and I enjoy giving thrift store finds a new purpose. I have done some research on these different terms in order to clarify for myself and my prospective customers. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Upcycling</b> is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of<b> better quality or a higher environmental value</b>. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upcycling">wikipedia</a> definition)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><i><b>Repurpose</b></i>: To take what may be otherwise a waste item and use it for another </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">purpose - e.g a coffee jar becomes a jar for keeping nails</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="http://allgreencontractors.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4263&Itemid=150">green terminology</a> (courtesy of <a href="http://allgreencontractors.com/">allgreencontractors</a>)</span><br />
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<div><b></b><h1><span class="fn">Re-purpose</span></h1>To take a thing or a material and use it for a purpose not originally intended. By their very nature, re-purposed objects often have a lot of inherent character, flair, and style.</div><div><b><br />
</b></div><div><b>Examples: </b></div>Artisans have re-purposed old doors to make tables. (<a href="http://furniture.about.com/od/furnitureterms/g/Repurpose.htm">about.com</a>)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><i><b>Recycling</b></i>: Disassembly of product components so that they can be the raw </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">material for future manufacturing processes. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="http://allgreencontractors.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4263&Itemid=150">green terminology</a> (courtesy of <a href="http://allgreencontractors.com/">allgreencontractors</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="hw">So, what do these definitions tell us? We all have lived with the term <i>recycle </i>for many years. In fact, most of us live in areas that demand us to recycle what was garbage years ago; glass, newspaper, plastic bottles etc. The horror of thinking of all those items I tossed into the trash for so long. Now, between composting and recycling, we generate very little trash here. Recycling is here to stay, as it should be. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="hw"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="hw">In my research, I learned that I have been using the terms Upcycle and Repurpose interchangably, but they are not the same thing. <i>Upcycling</i> is making a completely different (and sometimes) better product from an item that no longer has value in its present state. <i>Repurposing</i> is using an item in its present state for a different purpose - either as is or jazzed up a bit. So, when I take thrift store clothes, wash them and cut them into usable pieces of fabric to make bags - it is upcycled! When I use a an x-acto knife as a seam ripper - it is repurposed!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span class="hw">Let me know what you upcycle or repurpose. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what you will have after cutting both sleeves off. Set sleeves aside for now.</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The sleeves and main body piece will give you approximately the equivalent of one yard of 45 inch wide fabric. Mix and match upcycled fabrics for making your favorite craft! I prefer all cotton, heavy weight fabrics. Name brand men's shirts, especially very large ones with long sleeves offer nice workable fabric. Cotton/spandex blends and linen can present a challenge during the sewing phase, as the fabric shifts. If you choose to use these, keep this in mind when you start stitching. <br />
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</div>tadabagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00609063046803865775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181997648361133981.post-72225544468759656572010-10-28T19:14:00.005-04:002010-11-06T23:34:40.429-04:00Getting the most from repurposed fabric - part oneDo you have a closet full of clothes that you can't wear or don't wear? Looking for ways to repurpose or upcycle some of them? This tutorial will show you how to cut the fabric from pants to get the most usuable fabric available. Once you have some workable pieces of fabric, be creative... make new stuff! I find fabulous pieces of clothing at thrift stores to make my <a href="http://tadabags.com/">upcycled bags</a>. More on thrift store finds in a blog to come.<br />
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For now, let's cut apart this cute pair of size 6 corduroy pink pants. Who wears a size 6 anyway? These were a obviously thrift store bargain, because there have never been size 6 pants in my closet!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">These pants gave me two pieces of fabric 31" x 18". I think I will make a<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1869904939"> </a><a href="http://www.tadabags.com/toolbags.html">tool bag</a> from this fabric. Stay tuned for part two of this tutorial outlining how to get the most repurposed fabric from a shirt. You will notice that I did not use a rotary cutter. I normally use a rotary for everything, but in this case, you will get more inches of the fabric by using sharp scissors and staying close to the seam. I also do not cut the outside seam - leaving it intact gives the body of the bag more dimension and it is one less seam that I have to make. I do stitch together pieces of fabric to get the size that I need. <br />
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Enjoy upcycling fabric - let me know what you created with your new fabric!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span id="goog_1869904949"></span><span id="goog_1869904950"></span><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"></a>tadabagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00609063046803865775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181997648361133981.post-57769524496913599532010-10-20T22:58:00.000-04:002010-11-06T23:24:31.079-04:00'They' tell me I need a blog...After much research on marketing for small business, I have found several resources recommending blogging. So, here I am... blogging. Who would have thought, that I (who still has to have my teenage kids help me with technical things - like playing a DVD on one of the many game devices in the middle of my living room floor) could set up my own website and now start a blog? I guess it is like a VERY PUBLIC journal.. hmm.. I'm a very private person. How is this going to work? <br />
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I think I finally found my niche in the bag making world. Upcycled fabrics! I am having such fun shopping at thrift stores for gently used quality clothing to make one of a kind bags. I have struggled since the beginning of TA-DA Bags (2007) with finding exclusive fabrics. Now, I continue the struggle of marketing. <br />
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So, we will see how this blog thing works out. Hopefully, I can figure out how to get it linked to my website. Comments please....tadabagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00609063046803865775noreply@blogger.com2