Love the look of beautiful quilt and blanket bindings or hand-sewn hems applied with nearly invisible stitches, but don’t think you have the skills or the patience to do it in your own work? Allow me to introduce you to the humble—and surprisingly simple—slip stitch! The folks over at The Purl Bee have created this […]
I came up with this “boffer” style lightsaber for my kids shortly after they caught the Star Wars bug. It’s safe, fun, and easy to make out of a pool noodle and some duct tape. In my quest for the safest, cheapest DIY lightsaber, I found pool noodles to be a popular route, but I […]
It’s very appropriate that instagram user and prolific crochet portrait artist Katika depicted Yolandi with glow-in-the-dark yarn!
Have some fun making abstract designs on tile with markers and rubbing alcohol.
Pyrography, or wood burning, is an art form that has been around for nearly as long as mankind. This particular piece, a burned map of the world, however, would only have been available sometime after 1492, or perhaps earlier if you happened to live in a Nordic country. Historical geography considerations aside, this map was […]
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: If you find a top you like make 3!!!, by spontaneousthreads Apple Watch, by hine #emoji #embroidery, by kukumiku Big Yellow Star 1500×1500, by Billie&Marty Button-eyed cat, by Roulla Petalouda
Video game technology gets updated pretty often, but that doesn’t mean when you get sick of your old games and consoles and update to new ones that you have to get rid of them. Instead, here’s a few pretty awesome ways to repurpose video game equipment so that you can use it in your home. […]
