I’m with Mollie of Wild Olive: I love knotted friendship bracelets, but the length of time it takes to make them keeps me from trying them very often. Her “cheater” version of the classic embroidery floss accessory is beautiful and fun, and can be whipped up in a fraction of the time as the traditional […]
There are lots of great Paracord projects over on Instructables, and we’ve featured quite a few of them here before (see below), but this one from Harlan Whitman caught my eye, both because of the great job Harlan does presenting the technique, and because of the great-looking results he gets on this camp axe, which he made himself.
Nicole Smith from Appliance Clothing shared the pattern for this sweet little lace caplet on Bernina’s Sewing Republic. With a touch of vintage flavor and some very feminine details, this is definitely a wardrobe piece that looks both classic and fresh! (Don’t you just love the bow?) You can download the pattern on the Sewing […]
I used some ShapeLock the other day to fix my washing machine but Alexey from Russia used some to make this robotic arm and controller! Each piece was hand crafted out of ShapeLock by hand using hot water and a hairdryer. The electronics consist of an Arduino variant, servos, and some potentiometers for the controller.
If you’re looking to freak out some friends, check out this fun tutorial from Instructables user, seamster. Make some creepy eyes to put on an unsuspecting sleeping person. . . . Also great for wearing yourself, so you can sleep virtually undetected during meetings, church services, boring dates, job interviews, funerals, weddings, and so forth.
Joey Daoud, the producer of Bots High, says: Bots High is a funny and inspiring documentary that follows three teams of high school robotics geeks who build and battle their way to a national robotics competition in Miami. Funny, smart, and inspiring, these kids navigate high school, adolescence, and first love while reducing enemy bots […]
Rich Decibels created a tutorial for designing and laser cutting a project enclosure. He covers everything from designing the circuit boards to visualizing the project in SketchUp, exporting the panels to Inkscape and then lasering the enclosure.
