Cool story from the MAKE Flickr pool: Alex French designed and carefully machined a torsion-set engagement ring to propose to his longtime sweetheart, Colleen. He studied up, tooled up with a Sherline 4000A hobby lathe/mill/drill press combo, then turned, bored, and milled the ring before setting the stone, himself, all while working secretly in a spare bedroom in their shared home.
French Knots are one of my very favorite embroidery stitches, especially when they are used in high concentration. Di van Niekerk shares a nice tutorial for making 3D french knot hydrangeas to add extra depth and texture to your embroidery. [via Pin Tangle]
This cheery little mod pillow from Rachel of Smile and Wave would brighten up any room. Get the video tutorial and pattern pieces over on her blog.
This was an especially beautiful week in the MAKE Flickr pool, and my choices were harder than usual. Our featured image is one of Steve Lodefink’s beautiful pinewood derby cars, which Mark recently covered on Boing Boing. Then there’s a characteristically amazing Space Marine prop helmet made from folded paper by Shawn Thorsson, and a subdued-but-striking shot of a mortise and tenon on David Popdan’s recent Japanese workhorse build. And there was no way I could resist a working LED up the nose, which I fully expect will launch a worldwide fashion craze.
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: Lavender sachets for my friends!, by Farfalla Gialla Sparrow Hill Cottage, by Gretel Parker Linen Star Lavender Squares, by london mummy acorn ornaments, by lilfishstudios scrumdilly-do: mini yarn garland, by jek in the box
Today’s giveaway is a THREE of the awesome and popular Herbie the Mousebot kits (one red, one white, the one, a $120 value!). Here’s part of Ryan Pederson’s review from the Kit Guide….
The hot air balloon ornaments by The Cheese Thief are wonderfully cute, quirky, whimsical and the perfect project to revamp your old ball ornaments.
