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By Emily Smith If you haven’t tried needle felting yet, you’ll be amazed by how simple it is. All you need is a felting needle (with barbs at the end), a foam pad, and some raw wool. The way it works is that the barbs on the needle get caught on the fibers and pull […]
Get into the Valentine’s Day spirit by turning an old book into a pretty paper heart mobile with Brook from Being Brook! Her tutorial was designed using thrifted materials, so it’s a green, festive, and budget-friendly way to add some romance to your decor. Huzzah for cute creativity on the cheap! [Via Tatertots & Jello] […]
I got a fever, and the only prescription is more drawbots. Georgia Tech student Aaron Fan sent in his great delta robot that can make line drawings and shade in cool patterns. Pythagoras is a drawing delta robot. The goals for this robot was high speed and high precision pen work. OpenCV is used to […]
Salley Mavor, the talented felt and embroidery artist from Wee Folk Studio, shared her method for making fantastic wrapped wire lettering on her blog. I love how the wrapped wire adds depth to an embroidered piece without taking away attention from the other stitches. It’s a great way to make writing stand out while ensuring […]
Our friend Meg over at CRAFT posted this fantastic video detailing how to make an upholstered headboard complete with ambient LED lighting effects. There’s a lot of great stuff to learn in this video, but my favorite tip was that an electric carving knife is the perfect tool for cutting through foam with ease. Who […]
Allison Hoffman of Crafty is Cool continues to amaze me with her amigurumi awesomeness. Her latest crochet creation is none other than our favorite crafty singer from the Midwest: Leslie Hall. Allison even made a rad tiny gem sweater for the doll. Perfection! Related: Crochet Oprah And Sue Sylvester Dolls From Crafty is Cool Bob […]
Waiting out an unfortunately lengthy shipment, Stockholm area maker Johan von Konow decided to build for his son a working set of augmented reality game pieces for the Cars 2 AppMATes game on his iPad. To achieve a faithful representation of the characters in the game, Johan modified a couple of PEZ dispenser tops approximately […]
