The friends we made while picking up trash on Lanikai introduced us to this lady who was recycling bale straps from pallets. She makes them into truly beautiful designs; you can check them out here. There was an online class being held by this group our friend is apart of, the Hawaii Stitchery and Fiber Arts Guild. Now I’m apart of this guild, something I didn’t think was on my bucket list… but they are a great group of ladies who meet to learn new stitching projects! Last month was cross stitch of all things and I started a monstera design (still to be finished).

For these baskets, we started small with a little 7×7 ish weave. It was so challenging! Specifically the beginning part. I have three more trash bags of these in my spare bedroom that I have to figure out how to use. I’m thinking an under bed basket… but unsure. Stay tuned! Turning trash into treasure!