I love the unique look of this new quilt pattern from fabric designer Anna Maria Horner. I haven’t seen quilts using this kind of zig-zag pattern before, and I am mesmerized by these bright fabrics together like this. The pattern is available for download from her web site here.
This week’s question is from Violet: Quite often when I’m crafting, I find that I have a need to sew a “loop” of elastic – similar to what you’d find inside the waistband of your favourite ‘jamma pants. I slightly overlap the two ends of the elastic and, using my machine to run a quick […]
Here’s a craft project I could get into: turning all of those old 3.5″ floppy disks into turntables on greeting cards. Good way to wrap the ubiquitous iTunes Gift Card. Making a moving turntable greeting card from a floppy disk
Love weird sounds and curious about circuit bending? Check out this blast from the past: MAKE Volume 04’s Circuit Bending project by Cristiana Yambo and Sabastian Boaz. This 12-page how-to shows you how to modify a Casio keyboard (they used the SK-5).
Patching is a great way to extend the life of an item of clothing that had a run-in with a nail or is simply getting a little worn out. While a really great piece of fabric or store-bought patch can rescue something headed for the scrap pile, sometimes you want a little more subtlety. In […]
Only one more day until the big electronic fashion show for the release of my book Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech on March 19th. There are so many things that need to get done to make a fashion show happen. Since CRAFT is all about DIY, here are all the steps you need to follow […]
Danielle at Etsy shows you the basics of glass photo etching in this fantastic tutorial. Danielle uses PNP Blue Transfer Paper, originally used to etch circuit boards and recently for etching jewelry to create this glass etching magic! [ via Gold School ]
