The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
On Ben Heck’s forums, this modder shows how he managed to cram an Xbox 360 wired controller inside the shell of a PS3 Dual Shock shell. This mod is done with the PS3 board (original version) stripped of almost all of its parts and the controller’s daughter board kept intact (mostly) and the CL board […]
The middle day of 5 in 5 rebranded Bed-Stuy, counted clicks, twittered literature, resistored a dress, gamed a subwoofer, hacked Peggy into Lite-Brite, mapped our past, threw light sculptures, sampled soft circuits, waisted a skirt of waste, retold one story of a man named Brady and another from Beverly Cleary (a lovely lady). Guest Starring […]
I love these Marimekko-inspired cupcakes spotted on Cupcakes Take the Cake. They were created by Flickr user Paulahennig and were based on Marimekko’s “Unikko” line of fabrics (pictured below).
If you’ve got extra scraps of fleece or other non-fraying fabric, Christina made a tutorial for whipping up braided dog toys using strips of scrap fabric. Great for tug-of-war! (Thanks, Ryan!)
Craftster user Annabel used scraps of fabric from old sewing projects to decorate the front of a pillow, giving it the look of scattered confetti. I love the playful and sketchy way she sewed the patches on using visible stitches.
Hi Crafters! Bazzar Bizarre Maker Faire Austin vendor applications has been extended to August 5th. Maker Faire Austin will be held from October 18-19, 2008 at the Travis County Expo Center.
Collin @ MAKE points us to this clever use of a small-denomination coin as a replacement button. Just drill two holes and sew!
