Ribbon Lantern Patio Lights
Crafty Chica’s got a tutorial showing you how to make these kitschy ribbon lantern patio lights. Perfect for any backyard BBQ or party. Link.
Month: June 2007
HOW TO – Make a Bikini from T-Shirts
ThreadBanger’s Threadheads has a tutorial on how to sew up this sizzlin’ summer bikini from old t-shirts. Also, don’t miss their recent coverage of the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago. Link.
Refashioning T-shirts at FOO Camp
This past weekend at FOO Camp at the O’Reilly offices, Arwen and I helped people refashion their own t-shirts. I worked closely with 11 year old Claire to help her sew up a t-shirt tote complete with tiny apple embroidery trim. Arwen made her own FOO camp undies and we had a host crafty folks […]
Bend the Rules Sewing By Amy Karol
I’ve been reading the Angry Chicken blog by Amy Karol for a long time now and am excited about her new book, Bend the Rules Sewing. My review of this book will be the Bazaar section in our next issue, CRAFT: 04, which will be out in the next few weeks to subscribers and on […]
Arduino ProtoShield assembly + use
Bob writes – The Arduino board is an inexpensive, open-source microcontroller board. The development environment is also open-source and freely downloadable. The Arduino board is sold in the United States by sparkfun.com. Shields are extension boards that can combine with the Arduino main board to extend it’s capabilities. That gets us to the main point […]
HOW TO – Make a Designer Key Rack
DIY Maven on Curbly shows you how to make your own designer key rack. Link.
Electric bike project
Electric bike project from Bill, and his last name is Craft! Hi, my name is Bill Craft and I read your blog pretty much on a daily basis. It’s good to know that there’s so many people out there who are that creative. I live in a very small town in Alberta and I find […]