DIYnamite shows us how she organizes her sewing by making a pincushion and handy fabric trash bag so she can keep sewing without stopping. The trash is an extra smart idea for when you need to snip excess threads. I always hate the cleanup on my sewing table afterwards. Link.
This is a clever battery shelf from Simon Spagnoletti, the cord holds the gadget – The Battery shelf gives your phone a home as well as an providing an iconographic reminder to plug it in. The power cord no longer needs to hide in shame; its role in keeping you connected is proudly displayed Battery […]
Spluch writes – Li Zhiyuan assembles a paddle boat made of recycled materials on the river at a park in Hefei, east China’s Anhui province, April 23, 2007. Li, the designer of the paddle boat, spent one and half months making the boat using trashed wood, bottles, cans and bicycles which cost him less than […]
Sarah points us to lizstaley’s cool crochet keyboard chocker necklaces on Craftster. Link.
Ever get frustrated when you try to take photos of your projects and they never show up quite how they do in real life? From WikiKnitting comes this great tutorial on how to construct a cardboard light box to shoot your knitting or crochetin the best light so you can clearly see all the stitches. […]
The Makers @ Maker Faire portion of our site is now live – you can view them by: Attraction, demonstration worksho, interactive performance, maker, workbench, presentation or by topic – Arts, crafts, engineering, science – Link. Pictured here, Art: Animalia Chordata Gabe Barcia-Colombo. What if you could collect people in jars, just like bugs? Various […]
I Make Projects shows you how to make some electronic critter art – Years ago when I was in school, I got most of my parts from snipping or desoldering them off of junked curcuitboards, or from taking apart old equipment. One day I took some of the parts and soldered them into what I […]
