How-To: Scrappy Heart Pin Cushion
Jessica of Happy Together shares a pattern and tutorial for making these sweet scrappy heart pin cushions. They’d make a perfect gift for your special crafty Valentine.
Month: February 2010
How-To: Adjustable kids’ bike jump
Insructables user murphtron writes: My son started riding a 16″ bike at 4 years old without training wheels. (He was first on a push bike without training wheels or pedals at about 3 1/2.) One day he decided to build a jump in the back yard. So he found a piece of 2 x 12 […]
Origami Yoda Finger Puppet Video
Our friend, Bonnie Burton, of crafty Star Wars fame points us to this great video that walks you through making an origami Yoda finger puppet. Have fun folding, you will.
This week in Maker Events
Looking to take a break from tinkering on your latest project this weekend? Here are some fine maker events to check out, from The Maker Events Calendar.
Ask CRAFT: Labeling Fabric Bins
If you have a question for Ask CRAFT, shoot me an email at becky@craftzine.com, or drop us a note on Twitter! We’d love to answer your crafty questions on any topic: technique, projects, crafty culture, or anything else! Each week the answers are here; include your name, where you’re from, and your website or blog […]
“Photo grandpa” builds mother of all homebrew laser triggers
A reader who saw Marc’s recent post about an Arduino-controlled laser photo trigger wrote in to tell us about the amazing work of Belgian photographer fotoopa (which, we hear, as “foto opa,” means something like “photo grandad” in Dutch). That’s him in the picture above, and that’s his awesome homebrew laser-triggered camera set up that he uses to capture amazing pictures of insects in flight and splashing drops of colored water. I’m generally skeptical of film purists, but fotoopa makes the compelling point that no digital camera has the shutter speed necessary to do this kind of imagery. He claims the Compur #1 shutter used in his 2008 setup has a speed of less than 5 milliseconds. Technical details about his 2009 setup are available here. [Thanks, Wilco Schillemans!]
How-To: Zipper Heart Pouches
How fun are these little zipper heart pouches from Molly’s Sketchbook at the Purl Bee? And even though the idea of inserting a zipper on a curve seems a little daunting, she’s given excellent, clear instructions that will walk you through the process in a snap.