The Upcycle Lady

The Upcycle Lady Crafting to recycle refresh restyle!

♻️ There is beauty in the used
❤ Fashion shouldn't hurt
🌎 Use what we've already taken

04/22/2026

Celebrating my 5th year anniversary as The Upcycle Lady on Facebook. How appropriate that it falls on EARTH DAY!! 🌎

Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you! 💋

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Happy Earth Day! 🌎 What will you do today to make this old rock we live on a little better? 😃☮️❤️♻️
04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

What will you do today to make this old rock we live on a little better? 😃

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Y'all!! Look at what I did! 😍🌷🌻🧁My sewing group (Northern Virginia asg.org) does a huge event every year called Spring F...
03/18/2026

Y'all!! Look at what I did! 😍🌷🌻🧁

My sewing group (Northern Virginia asg.org) does a huge event every year called Spring Fling (a fancy social luncheon) and I'm (once again) on the social events planning committee. This is what I came up with for centerpieces!

How cute are these?! The cupcakes are made of FABRIC!! 😀
I need to make 64 of them for the event. 😲
I made the candy bags in green to act as Easter grass "filler"!!!

I ♥️♥️♥️ it so much!!! The cupcakes will be attendee table gifts and the remaining centerpieces will be given as door prizes.

If you are local to me and are interested in finding sewing friends, message me!!! It's fun here!!!

*You can also join the ASG (American Sewing Guild) wherever you are in the U.S. Just go to asg.org for details and to 8fnd a chapter near you.

Omg! I love it!
02/05/2026

Omg! I love it!

01/19/2026
I strongly encourage everyone to take some time and purge your closet!!  Especially at this time of year! 🎄🎁I have extra...
12/13/2025

I strongly encourage everyone to take some time and purge your closet!! Especially at this time of year! 🎄🎁

I have extra days around the holidays when I'm not working, so I like to use some of them as clean out days.

I jumped out of bed yesterday (can you tell? . . . 3-day hair and day before eye make-up . . . totally not photo ready, but whateverrrr!) and started on all my old jewelry. I work remote now, so hardly have any need for jewels anymore (or anything really except sweatpants)!

I tell you that to tell you this . . . ♻️

Purging is a GREAT WAY TO SHOP YOUR OWN CLOSET!
You are going to find stuff you forgot all about. Ask me how I know. ✋️. You'll find stuff you love that you forgot you even had!

And if you do it before the holidays, you just might find something WITH THE TAGS STILL ON IT (again, ask me how I know!) that would make a great gift! You've never worn it, so they won't know!!! Just wrap it up nice and pretty and give it a new home!

And YOU get a gift too!! You might just end up with a new wardrobe you didn't even know you had! And best part, when you shop your own closet . . . EVERYTHING IS FREE! 😄

So take an afternoon and do a little "home" shopping!
And don't forget to *Comment* below with your before & after pics of your purge!!

P.S. And what you don't want or can't re-gift, please don't toss it! Donate it!!

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Someone once told me . . . The difference between a good seamstress and a BAD seamstress is the willingness to tear out ...
12/03/2025

Someone once told me . . .

The difference between a good seamstress and a BAD seamstress is the willingness to tear out a seam.
The difference between a good seamstress and a GREAT seamstress is the willingness to tear out a seam.

Sewing mistakes happen. A piece sewn on backwards. A print sewn in upside down.

Only you can decide if you can live with it.
But sometimes a quick do-over makes all the difference.

So grab that seam ripper!!! You got this!!

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12/02/2025

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