How-To: Refashion an Unflattering Top
June from PlanetJune has a great tutorial on how to refashion an unflattering top. June got a great looking spring top and refashioned it into a more flattering empire-waist tie top. I’m loving this look!
Month: May 2010
Tickets Now on Sale for Maker Faire Detroit
The time has come! It’s ticket time, Detroit! Tickets are officially on sale for Maker Faire Detroit. You’ve got until July 15 to pick up discounted tickets for the first-ever Detroit event. The Henry Ford’s web site has all the info, but here’s the quick scoop: A one-day pass for adults is $25 and includes […]
Low-power monitor tracks temperature over time
Need to collect data about something over a long period of time, and don’t want to be bothered with changing batteries in your recorder all the time?
DIY wiggle stereoscopy
Andrew Odewahn of Cambridge, MA wrote this helpful tutorial for creating your own stereoscopic images. In wiggle stereoscopy, the 2 images are aligned so that the “subject” overlaps, and then the right and left images are alternated quickly. Past a certain frequency, the brain interprets the alternations as parallax motion, which creates the illusion of […]
How-To: Sew Comfy Natural Cushions for Wooden Chairs
I have a tiny little home in the woods. It’s filled with entirely hand-me-down furniture and thrift store finds. I have a “green” lifestyle, but mostly because it’s a modest lifestyle. I believe my crafty attitude has been my greatest asset in styling my house with beautiful and affordable accessories. And in turn, sewing is […]
2-ton Husqvarna DXR-310 demolition robot
Robot uprising jokes are getting a bit stale, I suppose, so I’ll pass on the obvious Terminator allusions this time. Plus this hulking tracked demolition machine from Sweden’s Husqvarna Construction Products is remote controlled, not autonomous, and so is really more a giant R/C car on steroids, with a massive jackhammer arm, than it is a true robot. Still, “awesome” comes to mind. [via BotJunkie]
New Feature: Your Crafty Comments
Here at CRAFT, the only thing we love more than coming up with great projects and features and finding the coolest crafts to share with you is hearing back on how those projects affected you. We get the best comments here on the blog and through Facebook and Twitter, and we’ve decided to share some […]