Things for a new quiltmaker
Whipup has a collection of tools and accessories for getting started in the art of quilt-making… Everyone seems to like the Clover seam ripper, got any others? Post up here or over on WhipUp! – Link.
Craft & Design
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.
Creazioni e Pupi
Check out these creepy-cool dolls from CRAFTer Cevi – I like the big stuffed heart… Link. Related: More here! – Link.
Homemade recycled bags + stenciled’
CRAFT Flickr photo pool member Mommy Peace made a few nice bags from recycled materials and stenciled them on up… – Link. Related: Recycled sweater bags – Link. POSCH – Reusable shopping bags – Link. Super Eggplant’s Tote Bags 101 – Link. Bags made from recycled skateboads – Link.
Wood Jeep – Wood chopper
Arist Lee Stoetzel made these beautiful huge wood vehicles from Pecky Cypress… [via] – Link. Related wood transportation: Chopper 2004 (for sale too) – Link. Wood Motorcycle – Link. Rwanda wooden bikes – Link. Homemade wooden coaster bike – Link. Wooden Cadillac – Link. Unusual Home Built Bicycles from wood and salvage – Link. Wooden […]
Extend-o-pole for SLR cameras
SRLworld has an interesting camera accessory, since it requires a SLR camera, I’m guessing you activate it via the extend-o-pole or something… Great for short folks/peeping toms/paparazzi… (cost seems to be $58) – “With the Slik “S pole digital” you can capture shots from over fences and above barricades, and never be limited by crowds. […]
Make Your Own GPV (Grocery Powered Vehicle) & CRAFT Podcast Pattern – Stitch Diva Studios Knit Chandelier Earrings
There’s still time to rock out our weekend project – This weekend, make your own GPV. Grocery Powered Vehicles are contraptions that you can make with materials that you can find at your local grocery store. In this podcast, I teach you how to make a simple hovercraft, bearingless motor, and dirigible. – Link. Click […]
CANtern hand-cut Luminaries (made from cans)
I really like these can-art light sculptures from artist John T Unger, great re-use/recycle of old cans… – “What I enjoy about making the CANtern luminaries is the way they allow me to think in the exact opposite way I do when I make fences or sculpture… When you’re welding steel together, all the lines […]