You may have seen or heard of Jimbo’s wonderful hand-carved crochet hooks (we featured him in the Curio section of CRAFT Volume 01; look out for his hook carving DIY in the upcoming issue of CRAFT, Volume 04, due out next month). Now he’s added a new twist, by creating a hook for Hooking for […]
Garth of Extreme Craft has an interesting follow up story to the quilters of Gee’s Bend and the person who discovered them, Bill Arnett. Garth writes: Quilter Annie Mae Young, who created some of the most iconic works to come out of Gee’s Bend, filed a lawsuit last week aimed at Bill Arnett and his […]
Lee D. Zlotoff (creator of MacGyver) has the MakeShift 09 analysis, commentary, and winners – This was perhaps one of the trickiest challenges yet, with lots of possible solutions for how to establish communication with the outside world when confined in a school lockdown. And, despite the eerie coincidence of the tragic events at Virginia […]
The Sew Useful Contest, a joint project of Etsy and Instructables just extended their deadline to July 16th, so there’s still plenty of time to get in on the act! Our very own Phil and Bre from the MAKE blog will be among the judges. Entries must be “useful” as well as posted on Instructables […]
Our latest TNT (Tips-n-tools) is up, check it out, sign up and read more from Arwen – If you haven’t felt the first whiff of summer approaching (although I must admit that here in San Francisco it’s hard to imagine), get up from your workbench and step outside. This round of TNT reviews is all […]
Christina has a new Craftwork article up on SFist where she gets to go behind the scenes with the SF Craft Mafia ladies! Link. Related: The Sampler’s Q&A with Christina Loff – Link.
Drew Raine writes: Introducing Trashion: Functional Recycled Art for the Masses “Green living”, “sustainable” , “eco-conscious” & “trashion”? These environmental buzzwords are on everyone’s tongue these days, and if not they will be soon. Take “trashion” for instance. What is it? Simply put: Trash + Fashion = Trashion. Trashion doesn’t just stop at recycled clothing […]
