Fabric Covered Thumb Tacks
I am loving the blog How About Orange by Jessica Jones. Here’s her tutorial on making your own fabric covered thumb tacks. But make sure to check out the rest of the blog for great DIY craft and decorating tips. Link.
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Tonight – Handmade music night!
Don’t forget – handmade music tonight, an informal gathers of Makers in Brooklyn, stop in! MAKE, Popular Science, ETSY, Eric from LEMURplex and Peter Kirn will all be there! Thursday, 3/22 7:00 pm – whenever At Etsy Labs & MAKE offices in downtown Brooklyn Calling All NYC area Makers and lovers of gear, hardware projects, […]
Recycled Felted Arm Chair Covers
Julee of Sharing Needles blog keeps her arms cozy at her desk with her felted arm chair cover made from a recycled sweater. – Link.
Art Bikes
Brian @ New York Daily has an incredible set of art bike photos from Josh Hadar in SoHo… Art Bikes (photos) – Link. Related: Art Bikes @ New York Daily photo – Link. Harmony blog – Link.
HOW TO – Make a Wreath from Old Records
Lish of Handmade Detroit has a tutorial on how to make a decorative wreath out of old records! Link.
Extreme Craft Lecture at Illinois State, March 26th
Garth’s got an Extreme Craft Roadshow hitting Illinois State this Monday, March 26th at Noon. Garth writes, “My hosts will be the amazing ceramic artists Tyler Lotz and Erin Furimsky (and their newest masterpiece, Asa).” – Link.
HOW TO – Make your own instrumented glove
Alex writes – I have always found it a challenge to make things at virtually no hardware cost, using old parts in innovative combinations. Whilst such projects are usually quite time consuming, they do give you the pleasure of “being independent of the industry” and their picture of the state of the art of technology. […]