Reverse Applique Panda T-shirt
JillO on Craftster repaired a burnt t-shirt by adding a reverse applique of a panda using this reverse applique tutorial.
Month: September 2008
Block printing by hand
This is a great demo of block printing in India. (not my voice on the video) It’s amazing how accurately the printer can line up the successive prints by hand. The blocks themselves are gorgeous as objects; I have some that I’ve used in mold-making for casting glass.
Silk City Fibers Outlet Day
Silk City Fibers, a wholesale supplier of cone yarns to knitwear designers and weavers, opens its doors the second Saturday of every month to regular yarn lovers like us. The next Silk City Fibers Outlet Day is Saturday, September 13th from 9 AM to 1 PM. If you make the trip to Paterson, put your […]
Wire Wrapping Technique
Anitra of CoffeePot People shares her wire wrapping technique using fine wire to keep ends tucked nicely inside the bead or to create beautiful curling and loops in your jewelry-making.
Hot glue for expressive LED diffusion
Hot glue guns & LEDs – two great tastes tools that go great together – What would I do without LEDs and hot glue? They are integral components to nine tenths of my projects. Well, while I was working on my first instructable I noticed that the LEDs I’d hot glued onto the wires kind […]
Austin Event: Grid-Tied Solar System Class
Austin has an aggressive solar energy rebate program ($4.50 per professionally-installed watt), and here’s an opportunity to learn the in’s and out’s of grid-tie system design: Grid-Interactive System Design and Installation (part 1&2) Cost: $80 Saturday, September 6th – 10am to 4pm This 6 hour workshop, lead by expert installer and NABCEP certified instructor Roy […]
DIY PSX to USB is A-OK!
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Here’s a good project for those interested in getting started with microcontroller circuit builds – Izuna posted details on building a PSX controller –> USB converter using an ATmega8 chip – Sure, you can buy an extensor and cut the cable, but you can also buy a PSX to […]