Check out Rhizome’s article about 3D printing (fabbing) and digital art, with plenty of links and pictures of inspiring works from artists around the world. Several years ago, while making the lecture circuit rounds, American architect William Massie described a key goal within his practice as moving towards a more direct translation between bits and […]
On Feeling Stitchy, Shebrews shows you ideas on embroidering cutter quilts. The term “cutter quilt” is for a piece or section of vintage quilt that’s still in great shape and can be used for a craft project. This piece above turns into a journal cover.
This Friday, at 12pm Pacific (3pm ET), MAKE is launching a new Blog Talk Radio show, called Make: Talk, hosted by MAKE Editor and Publisher, Dale Dougherty, and MAKE Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder. Each week, they’ll have special guest makers on the show, talk about DIY projects, and what’s going on at MAKE magazine and Make: […]
In keeping with March’s mending theme, Instructables user Phil B created an in-depth tutorial for fixing your telescoping rod-type suitcase from various problems stemming from heavy things having bent the rods.
CraftStylish is celebrating the release of Susan Beal’s Button It Up with a month full of button-based projects. I am in awe of this simple but beautiful woven button coaster from Linda Permann. And while it can be a bit time consuming, the results are well worth the wait. Although part of me was wondering […]
ThinkGeek and Instructables are running a contest: use any ThinkGeek product to create something wondrous, publish it on Instructables, and enter to win a $250 ThinkGeek gift certificate for the best mod. Two first prize winners will each win a $50 gift certificate and an Instructables Robot t-shirt. Runners-up will win an Instructables t-shirt. Deadline […]
When I posted about the amazing yarn I customized at Yarnia in Portland, OR, I got a lot of questions about plying yarn. At Yarnia the yarn is wound together from many “singles,” or individual strands of yarn to make up one unit, but the strands remain individual, making it a little more difficult to […]
