Month: June 2009

In the Maker Shed: The Ballistic Bundle

Announcing our new bundles available exclusively in the Maker Shed. William “Bill” Gurstelle is an award-winning writer, licensed engineer, bestselling author and professional speaker (not to mention MAKE Magazine contributing editor and producer on Make: television). We like the guy, we like the way he thinks. We think you’ll like him too, which is why […]

How-To: Recycled T-shirt Necklace

Instructables user cucumbersome writes: This is a really simple soft necklace / scarf that can be made in about five minutes. I keep seeing similar ones being sold for twenty, forty, even sixty dollars while it can be easily made for just a couple of dollars, or free! She used a rotary cutter and an […]

Homemade Stationery

Homemade Stationery By Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever Future Craft Collective Welcome back! We hope your week has been sweetly satisfying as you wrap up your school work and prepare for full-on summer. Here in our neighborhood in Austin, Texas, school is officially out for summer and the kids are already chomping at the bit […]

How-To: Sew a catamaran trampoline

How-To: Sew a catamaran trampoline

No, not a trampoline for bouncing, which is what I thought when I first saw this, too. The fabric bridge across a catamaran is also called a trampoline, and is constructed from strong fabric, sewn to the frame through the grommets around the edge of the fabric. Instructables user TimAnderson’s catamaran trampoline was in disrepair, […]