Zero Waste: Christmas: Crafty Ideas for a Sustainable Christmas

ISBN-13: 9781446308721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 96 str.

Christine (Author) Leech

Opis

Celebrate Christmas the zero-waste way with these crafty solutions for everything from Christmas tree decorations to advent calendars. The zero-waste movement is huge and this collection of crafty ideas will help you to create your own zero waste solutions for a sustainable Christmas. It's time to reclaim Christmas - this collection is all about using the things around you to bring festive cheer to your home.

It's about crafting and creating together and using what you've got to make unique, unusual items that you can enjoy year after year. By crafting your zero-waste Christmas you are also creating memories - something that cannot be bought online. Upcycling and reuse gurus Emma Friedlander-Collins and Christine Leech show you how to turn Christmas into a zero-waste experience with step-by-step instructions and some clever crafting.

Whether you're a committed crafter or new to making, there is something for everyone no matter what your skill level is. Choose from projects and tutorials for a sustainable Christmas including sewing, crochet, upcycling and reuse ideas. You don't need to have lots of craft skills to create these projects, there are step-by-step instructions for each one.

There are also instructions for the basic craft techniques such as crochet and embroidery so you can get stuck in straightaway. There are four different Christmas themed chapters: Hot; Frosty; Skandi and Retro so you pick your favourite style or mix and match for festive mash-up! Projects include Coffee Cup Baubles; a minimalist wreath made using an old cake tin; a milk carton advent calendar and some magical fairy lights made using takeaway containers. Choose your favourite projects from this collection of 24 projects including no-waste decorations for the tree and zero-waste gift wrap.

Packed full of original ideas, Zero Waste: Christmas will help you to celebrate the zero-waste way and improve your efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle while at the same time having fun.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION 4

TOOLS AND MATERIALS 6

SKANDI

MINIMAL WREATH 10

DALA TREAT HORSE 12

FESTIVE CROSS STITCH JUMPER 16

BERRY WRAP 18

ADVENT VILLAGE 20

SOLSTICE GARLAND 24

HOT

POMPOM JUMPER 28

FABRIC FLOWER WREATH 30

PIÑATICA TABLE FAVOURS 34

FESTIVE FLORAL VOTIVES 38

ADVENT TRAIN 42

FAVOURITE PJS TREE DECORATIONS 46

FROSTY

CRISP-MAS TREES 50

MERCURY GLASS BOTTLES 52

FROSTY FAIRY LIGHTS 54

MARBLED JEWELS 58

CELEBRATION CANDLESTICKS 62

COFFEE CUP BAUBLES 64

RETRO

A CHRISTMAS MISCHIEF OF MICE 68

PLASTIC BAG POMPOM WREATH 72

NEWSPAPER HATS 76

RETRO TREE DECORATIONS 80

JAM JAR ADVENT CALENDAR 84

JUMPER STOCKING & WRISTWARMERS 86

TECHNIQUES 88

TEMPLATES 90

AUTHORS 94

OUR THANKS TO 94

INDEX 95

O autorze

Christine Leech (Sew Yeah) is an experienced author, designer, stylist, prop designer and art director. Emma Friedlander-Collins is an upcycling champion, as well as an experienced designer, author and teacher. They are both passionate about sustainability. Emma Friedlander-Collins is passionate about sustainability and continually works to discover ways to use craft and making to create communities and inspire others. Christine Leech (Sew Yeah) is an experienced author, designer, stylist, prop designer and art director.