Fabric Markers 101
If you’ve ever wondered about which kinds of fabric markers to use and when, the Purl Bee gives you the straight dope.
Month: September 2008
HOW TO – Change Blythe Eyechips
I’m working on a custom Blythe doll and needed to take out my little lady’s eyechips for modification. I found this video tutorial for removing them using the melted end of a hot glue stick, and it works really nicely! From the pages of CRAFT: 03: “Queen of the Misfit Toys” by the blog’s own […]
Head Controlled Art
New York City based artisits Trevor and Ryan Oakes have invented a method to render, by hand, an accurate camera obscura style tracing of an object or scene onto a curved surface. For more information about Trevor and Ryan and their invention, visit their website Oakesoakes.com or The Machine Project
Have you seen this plug?
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool If you or anyone you know have information leading to the identification of this connector, please contact Flickr user dnny (or just leave a comment here) – Do you know what connector this is? Please inform me. On the box that it was found, it said “Tuchel” but that […]
Recycled Teacup Birdfeeder
I like these clever recycled teacup birdfeeders from Etsy seller OhThePollybilities–they can be filled with birdseed or water and used outdoors, or used inside to organize your goodies.
Buggy – programmable LED critters for kids
While doing work on the forthcoming The Best of Instructables collection, I ran across this project for building little LED blinky bugs using an AVR Attiny44v. It looks like a great electronics and crafts project for kids and it’s a well-done Instructable. I was certain we’d covered it here on MAKE, but I couldn’t scare […]
Blacksmithing a leaf
Here’s an enjoyable vid of a blacksmith forging a leaf keychain. Edited down from a 2-hour process, this under 6min clip still manages to give me that pleasant feeling of ‘maker zen’ upon viewing. [Thanks, Zach!] I can’t help but be a bit reminded of the mother of all maker zen clips, Claude Paillard’s very […]
