HOW TO – Make a Sunburst Mirror
Monica of Sunset Magazine shows you how to make your own sunburst mirror using a lazy susan, wooden teardrops, and a $2 mirror from Michaels. Link.
Year: 2008
Flying saucer made from old satellite dishes
Merriwether writes in – One maker’s quest for adventure in the wilds surrounding Houston, TX. I also make assorted homemade gear such as woodgas stoves and a home-built MIOX water purifier. Oh, it also shows my brother’s flying saucer made from two old, 10′ satellite dishes. Merriwether’s Journal: Making – Link.
Vintage Shirt Patchwork Quilt
Derek and Lauren on design*sponge show you how to take vintage men’s shirts and transform it into this spiffy patchwork quilt! Link.
Bottle Cap Art
Blair and Peter from the Wise Craft blog posted photos of a bottle cap art project they created for a client. The print that appears on the panels is a blown up detail from some fabric. I really like the overall effect of the bottle cap embellishments. Link.
HOW TO – Make a WebVisitors blinker
Dimme writes in – WebVisitors blinker is a quick ‘n’ dirty Arduino project. Something very easy to do to get started with Arduino. If you have a web server where you live you can see when somebody visits your web site in real time. It gives you a warm feeling of knowing that somebody visits […]
Thomas P. Campbell at Textile Study Group of New York
Marci Senders sent us the announcement for an upcoming lecture at the Textile Study Group of New York by Thomas Campbell, curator of the Metropolitan Museum’s “Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor.” From the announcement – From the Middle Ages until the late eighteenth century, the courts of Europe lavished vast resources on tapestries […]
HOW TO – Make a cockroach shocker
Mondo made an “electric roach motel” – Using a PIC for this device provides a lot of useful functionality. The timing for the power pulse to the inductor is critical to getting the best Zap from your nine volt battery. The longer the current is on, the higher the voltage. Once the inductor reaches saturation, […]
