How-To: Lace-up Embroidery
June at Noon had a great tutorial for mounting your embroidery or other needlework project to a solid backing board. [via the CRAFT Flickr pool]
Month: November 2009
Bandsaw beautification
The first time I saw a circuit board where the board designer had broken through the boundaries of a grid pattern and made traces that curved playfully and made decorative shapes, it was a revelation. You can make a PCB any damn shape you please! (So long as it takes into account the component shapes, […]
Appliqué Workshop in Philly with Kayte Terry
Crafter Kayte Terry, author of the upcoming book Appliqué Your Way will be holding an appliqué workshop and booksigning on Saturday in Philly at JimmyStyle (1820 East Passyunk Ave.) from 2pm – 5pm. Check out her upcoming book tour dates online.
8-Bit Face Make-Up for Halloween
Creating a low-res make-up effect for a Halloween costume
Recycled Paper Tree
Learn how to make this recycled paper tree using old magazines, packaging, and old phone book pages by Jodi from the creative JAR. This tutorial was created by Jodi for elementary students on Lockeland Spring. See these recycled paper trees being made by kids all over the world. Below is Ms. Hahnel’s class in Australia.
Reanimating a robotic pet as a FrankenDog
Have a broken robotic toy that you want to bring back from the dead? Why not follow the lead of Morten Skogly, and re-animate it with a toy synthesizer.
All-Sky Milky Way Panorama 2.0
Stunning… Between October 2007 and August 2009, a new digital all-sky mosaic image was assembled from more than 3000 individual CCD frames. Using an SBIG STL-11000 camera, 70 fields (each covering 40° × 27°) were imaged from dark-sky locations in South Africa, Texas and Michigan. In order to increase the dynamic range beyond the 16 […]
