Weekend Project: The Streamerator (PDF)
Launch streams of toilet paper in mid-air. The ultimate TP machine. Thanks go to Professor Greg Arius of the Phenomenauts for the original article in Make Volume 8View the PDF
Month: August 2008
Free High-Res Photoshop Brushes
Spotted via TrueUp: Fudgegraphics is offering a free download of these fabric-inspired Photoshop brush textures you can use in your digital designs. I can’t wait to play with these!
Quick n’ dirty garden lights
This week’s EMS Labs project is about creating a set of temporary garden/outdoor lights using LEDs, coin cell batteries, and Mason jars. Easy. Cheap. Perdy. Quick, easy, temporary, and beautiful LED garden lights
Indie Prints for the Nursery
For the Home Style Guide site, I just did a round up of some cool looking prints that are perfect for the nursery, such as the wood gocco print from Petit Collage above.
Keep Baby Warm Leggings Knitting Pattern
Machelle of Chopped Tomatoes shares her knitting pattern to make her Keep Baby Warm Leggings. I love the colors in this self-striping yarn! You can read the pattern off the page or download her handy PDF. Machelle writes: I’ve frequently come across forums about baby knits, and many mothers feel that booties are either 1. […]
Vickie Howell’s Natural Yarn Dyeing Experiments
I just caught this glimpse of the beautiful naturally dyed yarn by Vickie Howell. Pictured above are yarns dyed with coffee, roses, beets, and tumeric. So cool!
Machine Quilting 101
Happy Zombie pointed us to Anyone Can Quilt’s extensive post on machine quilting 101 that’s filled with lots of tips. My favorite is using 505 fabric spray fix to baste your quilt instead of all those safety pins!