Cloth tissues for sensitive noses
My darling eco-nut of a son is crazy about all things eco-friendly. This is the same child who tells complete strangers they don’t need bags for their goods at the grochery store (while I turned 50 shades of red, yes that really happens). Anyway, he refuses to blow his nose with paper tissues so I thought I would give hankies a chance and guess what?! IT WORKES! He loves them and totally uses them. And so easy to make. I took a nice old sheet with a high thread count (it had worn through in the center) dyed it with some fun partial emersion dye and after chopping it all into tissue sized squares serged the edges and presto! I figure I probably also managed to drop a good portion out of my tissue budget!
Shoe covers, for when your guests don’t want to take off their shoes
I know, long time no write, but thngs have been crazy around here and with yet another surgery for me on the 11th (for those of you keeping track that will in fact make 5 since june) writing has not been a priority. I have had some really great projects lately and one of them was the opportunity to come up with a solution to the barrage of dirt that was being tracked into one of my favorite clients homes by her in-laws. The issue was how to keep the dirt off her floors without them taking their shoes off, and while disposable covers are available, they arn’t very “green”. These are what we came up with. She picked out the fabrics and I sewed them all up. They have the pretty fabric on the outside but a nice thick barrier fabric on the inside so even if there is a little damp on the shoes it wont soak through! They turned out reallywell and she said they work great! Next set will have some form of grippy on them though as I imagine ppl could slip and slide on hardwoods 
