My top tips for cleaning thrifted leather

Scoring a luxurious leather (or faux leather) item at the thrift shop is fantastic but what do you do when your fab find is in less than stellar condition? Follow my tops tips for cleaning …

My Top Tips & Techniques for Bleaching Clothing

The only thing easier than transforming garments with dye is giving them a de-colouring soak in bleach! Snag my top tips & techniques for bleaching clothing below and creatively no-sew embellish your wardrobe with bits …

My Top Tips for Dyeing Clothing

Upcycling and creating your very own wardrobe full of unique clothing is awesome and one of the quickest, easiest and most dramatic transformation methods you can use is to simply re-colour your refashioning victim! Snag …

My Top Tips for Cleaning Vintage Clothing

– the groovy companion to my top tips for thrifting vintage – What do you do when you’ve spied a piece of vintage awesomeness in the thrift shop that looks as if it was made for …

Banish Those Thrifted Footwear Odours

The fabulous question of how to rid thrifted footwear of odours was recently posted to my Gone Thrifting group and I thought I’d share some of the handy how to’s that were served up! Grab those stinky shoes, …

Lickety Split Tips: DIY Boot Savers

Create instant boot savers from those worn out plastic placemats! Buying new is completely unnecessary when you have imagination (+ the load of free refashionista tutorials available right here on my site)! For more sustainable DIY style …

freshen that vintage fabric with my 4 step DIY

After a few late nights experimenting with various bubbly concoctions in my kitchen laboratory I’ve come up with a formula to de-mustify those glorious scraps of kimono fabric: Deodorize your own vintage beauties and freshen that …