Wrist Watch Pin Cushion
It’s time to craft! (Sorry I couldn’t resist here.) Amy at LucyKate Crafts has an adorable tutorial on how to make this wrist watch pin cushion.
Year: 2009
Incredible tire sculptures
So often creative-reuse and found-object art has a “junky” quality that’s hard to escape because…well, you know, it’s basically made from junk. I always applaud the effort to turn trash into treasure, but it’s rarely done so well as in the case of these amazing sculptures from reclaimed tires. That the material is such an […]
Removing Firescale/Patina from Copper
Knowing I’ve been working on sprucing up my backyard, our managing editor Shawn Connally kindly gave me her old copper fire pit. Sweet! She also shared with me some great cleaning knowledge she had gleaned from Michael DeJong’s awesome book Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing. Turns out that to remove rust patina or firescale […]
Another MAKEcation family challenge
This makes me happier than I can tell you! It’s another family that spends their vacation/family time together making things. Steve Hoefer writes: Whenever a bunch of my family gets together it becomes readily apparent that most of us like to make stuff. And it just so happens that the first weekend of May a […]
Book Review and Giveaway: Simple Sewing for Baby by Lotta Jansdotter
Simple Sewing for Baby: 24 Easy Projects for Newborns to Toddlers by Lotta Jansdotter Visit Lotta Jansdotter: jansdotter.com More books by Lotta Jansdotter: chroniclebooks.com/lotta Quick and easy baby projects have been on my mind lately and Lotta Jansdotter’s new book, Simple Sewing for Baby: 24 Easy Projects for Newborns to Toddlers (published by Chronicle Books) […]
Arduino Mega meets the Touchshield
Touch screens are everywhere these days. The Maker Shed has a TouchShield Stealth for use with the Arduino environment. Now that the Arduino Mega has been released the bigger TouchShield Slide is also available. Liquidware Antipasto posted some great code to help you get started with your own touch screen project: I’m making the TouchShield […]
Weaving Mom Interview
Steven Leckart at BoingBoing Gadgets interviewed his mom, a weaver, for mother’s day. I like the unabashed shop talk. By the time I was in elementary school, most every holiday season my teachers each received a handmade scarf, compliments of my family. Instead of knitting on the couch, my mom handcrafts scarves, rugs, and towels […]