Natural Fabric Dyeing
Threadbanger has a collection of tips and instructions for making your own natural dyes for fabrics. More: Ask CRAFT: Tea-Staining Bed Linens
Year: 2009
Make: Projects – Collapsible trashbag frame
Several months ago, Becky covered my remake of a low quality trash bag holder I bought through a SkyMall-esque catalog. This is how I explained the project at the time: Trash cans have always sort of annoyed me. They take up so much space, especially if, like me, you favor large cans to minimize the […]
CRAFT Video: Embroidery 101 with Rachel Hobson
At Maker Faire Bay Area 2009, Rachel Hobson gave this demo on getting started with hand embroidery.
CRAFT at Maker Faire: Talking Star Wars Crafts
CRAFT caught up with Bonnie Burton of StarWars.com and Terri Hodges about their Star Wars kids craft projects at Maker Faire.
CRAFT at Maker Faire: Talking with Lion Brand Yarn
CRAFT catches up with Zontee Hou and Liz Shaw from Lion Brand Yarn at Maker Faire.
Planning For Randomness in Quilting
Oh Fransson! shares a clever way to achieve a random look in quilt blocks with some careful planning. This process may be a bit fussy for some, but I think it’s a great way to make a random looking block that is actually planned in a way that a) ensures that different fabrics/colors are distributed […]
Travel Laptop Desk
I find using my laptop on my actual lap to be very uncomfortable. For one, it gets really hot. For two, if I have anything plugged in to the ports on the side, I can’t sit cross-legged for fear of bending the port or unplugging my external hard drive in the middle of an upload […]