Threadbanger has some awesome tutorials for DIY Halloween Costumes. Learn how to make fairy wings, a mummy costume, and a pirate costume! These videos are great. Fairy wings – Link. Mummy costume – Link. Pirate costume – Link.
Here’s an interesting project by Caleb Coppock: Graphite conducts electricity. Two wires brush against the surface of a paper disk as it spins. The wires are connected to a simple electronic tone generator. When a line of graphite is drawn across the disk, connecting two wires, a tone is heard. The quality of the line […]
If you’re looking for some quick-and-easy Halloween decor, look no further than the Sewing Stars blog, where Teresa is offering a free paper doll skeleton download. Link.
Octopart just released this: the ability to embed a parts list right into your webpage without writing any code! Just create your list in Octopart and click “publish.” Amazing; I’m going to go back and add this to all my projects. – Link.
Whipup posted this little red and white doll quilt as an editorial pick for the whiplash showcase. I have been sewing a quilt forever, but it doesn’t look as cool as this one. [via] Link.
This week’s CRAFT Pattern Podcast are the crochet Dolly Headed Corkscrew Creepies by Cecily Keim of Such Sweet Hands. Crochet up this creepy goodness for Halloween or for your own unique display/centerpiece year round. Cecily’s modern and whimsical take on these vintage corkscrew dollies breathe fresh air into this crochet classic. Download this week’s CRAFT […]
Fluidforms writes: The Cassius Punching Bag contains a matrix of 9×7 force sensors that measure the force exerted by a blow to the punching bag. The sensors are plugged into an Arduino board that sends the values over USB to a computer using the MIDI protocol. The computer is running a Processing sketch that receives […]
