Lisa at U-Handblog has a tutorial showing us how to add a purse tongue lock to a handbag. Lisa writes: Purse tongue locks are the sprung locks that you often find on those lovely leather document cases or satchels. They look so nice (and super-duper professional) on bags and clutches and as a design feature […]
Flexagons are neat little paper models that can be folded in different ways to show different surfaces. There are dozens of different types, and this site gives a good overview & patterns. So, besides a fun plaything, what else can you do with it? You can take a regular flat maze and draw it on […]
(photo from Andy Ihnatko’s 2007 You-Do-It Sale Flickr set) Andy Ihnatko writes about the annual You-Do-It Electronics Store Presidents’ Day Sale, which looks like a great opportunity to rummage for cheap, useful, and unusual electronics: The Sale is a big day on the New England nerd’s calendar. And YDI is a special kind of electronics […]
This gorgeous and delicate tree cut from a toilet paper roll by artist, Yuken Teruya, has left me speechless. Via NOTCOT.
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Michael Mandiberg’s laser-cut books A birthday cake for Charles Darwin by Flickr user goodhen Flickr user Emily G made this giant plush squid, and even made a tutorial for making your own! Flickr user heycarrieann99 made this scarf by converting the source code of the Ravelry […]
Molly at The Purl Bee shows her technique for sewing curved seam pillows to create the bold designed pillows shown above. Molly writes: After a lot of tinkering with a compass and scrap fabric I finally figured out how to do it using four identically pieced quadrants, but I also figured out something unexpected. If […]
There’s still time to start making or just watch this week’s Weekend Project: Cosmic Night Light. You can view the video here, grab the PDF here and subscribe in iTunes to get all our Weekend Projects and PDFs delivered each week.
