Sewing Green: Projects and Ideas for Stitching with Organic, Repurposed, and Recycled Fabrics

This book is just plain beautiful, in every sense of the word. The images are beautiful, the projects are beautiful, and the whole spirit of making new from old, breathing life into the loved and worn, is a beautiful act. Betz is a national treasure. I've been visiting her website and following her betzwhite blog for years and it lifts my spirits every time I take a look-see. Just owning this book makes you feel like you have... Read Full Review

I was lucky enough to be able to attend a Betz White workshop recently where I picked up a copy of Sewing Green. My craft and sewing bookshelf is quite full, I assure you, but Betz' newest book is unlike any of the titles I already have and is a welcome addition. There are a number of projects I've bookmarked to make--the little girl's pillowcase dress (actually in progress on my sewing table right now!), the felted cashmere... Read Full Review

I loved this book--the eco-friendly projects are chic and modern (no cereal-box wallets for sure!) and so wonderfully rendered, with gorgeous photographs, a warm instructive voice, and easy-to-follow directions. The whimsical woodland draft dodger is my favorite, and I can't wait till my daughter gets old enough for the vintage pillowcase dress. If you're a crafter who wants to tread lightly on the environment, this is a can't-miss... Read Full Review

Betz is an inpiration to me and she kept the bar high on this, her latest book. She continually comes up with cheerful creations that make you want to run to a thrift shop in search of goods to revamp. Like delicious ripe fruit her latest book is fresh without being fake sugar sweet. Items you really want to use or give as gifts rather than something you labor over and then put in the closet. You will be look at old materials... Read Full Review

This book Feels good in my hands, feeds my hungrylittlecrafty-eyes, and is also nice to READ. Betz dicussses fabrics and thrift stores. The projects are: aprons mades from men's shirts (cute!), coasters from wool, (cute and different than other things I have seen), vintage napkins and rings from ruined old tablecloths,lounge pants from old cute sheets, pillows, an adorable draft-buster that looks like a branch, sweater-slippers,... Read Full Review