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Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories offers this tutorial on how to re-cover a bicycle seat. I don’t know about you, but I can feel that star being pressure-branded onto my butt just thinking about going for a cruise on this thing. Bicycle Seat Cover Project – Link
Some good news and encouraging news — a MAKE: NYC group is forming, there is a meeting zero on 9/27 (before the Handmade music night event in NYC) but it’s already full in record time! You can stop by if you want (space will be limited for standing room only too) or just show up […]
This Saturday head on over to Community Park in O’Fallon, IL for the Strange Folk Indie Arts and Craft Festival! There will be 100 vendors with lots of activities and giveaways happening throughout the day. Free Strange Folk goody totes will be handed out to the first 150 attendees to present a vendor purchase. Plus […]
Michael writes – I thought I’d send you a link to a project I’ve been working on for the past two weeks. I’m a software guy, not a hardware guy but it might still be interesting to some of your readers that are just learning micro-controller programming. diyhandheld – DIY Handheld Electronic Game – Link.
Kevin Kelly points us to these amazing pictures of chandeliers made from recycled plastic bottles in certain parks in St. Petersburg, Russia. No information is given about who made them. There are so many different styles, many of which are very elaborate. Recycled bottle Chandeliers in St. Petersburg – [via] Link.
Leave it to London Fashion Week to uncover some of the cutest eco-fashions like these shoes made from recycled Kimonos by Hetty Rose. Read more about her work in the TreeHugger post here. Link.
The Softies are going on tour! Right now the gang from the Softies book are visiting Stitch Cleveland now and you can read little Lucky’s on the road travels on his blog. Link. Related: CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Treeling Softie – Link.
