From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Lenore Edman of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories wrote up a great review of her sewing machine as well has how she makes trebuchet slings. Lenore says, “I can’t compete with the lovely vintage Singers, but here is mine. I have had it for several years and I even made my wedding dress on it. It […]
Martin Legg makes these really amazing Star Trek enterprise wood lamps as well as other sci-fi related furniture pieces… [via] – Link. Related: Starship table – Link.
I’m a man and I knit. I made this scarf last year and it just resurface in a closet search. I have this habit of knitting things and losing them within days and so this is a happy find. I once sheared a sheep, spun the wool, made a hat, washed it a million times […]
Hope Meng from Stitch Lounge and co-author of Sew Subversive was nice enough to give us her expert opinion on the best beginner sewing machines. Since Hope and her two Stitch Lounge co-founders, Melissa Alvardo, and Melissa Rannels teach a lot of beginning sewing workshops, they’re the ones in the know for the best ones […]
Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane gave us the scoop on the sewing machines she uses. Heidi says, “This is my Morse industrial which I got off ebay for around $300. It is great for thick fabrics, but has a few things that make it hard to get used to using. The back stitch button […]
The The Online Photographer picked up the Walgreens $10 digital camera and promptly dissects it – “Contemplate the miracle. It can’t have a manufacturing cost much over $2 for a device that can electronically photograph a scene, digitize and process it into an image file, store it, and send it to your computer. Plus, it […]
Marie sent in this digestive table, wow! – “I thought this was interesting and kind of icky, but… Amy Young has created a “digestive table” featuring “a living ecosystem of worms, sowbugs and bacteria ” and an LCD screen on the table top for viewing infrared footage of the creatures as they process your food […]
