Thread Catcher Tutorial
Mellebug and Me shows you how to sew up a pretty thread catcher to place all your thread snippets in a handy place as you sew. [ via WhipUp ]
Month: July 2008
Soda Bottle Candy Dish
RePlayGround helps you recycle your old soda bottles with this tutorial on how to make a soda bottle candy dish. The ribbon embellishment makes it oh so cute!
Dishcloth & Washcloth Ideas from Lion Brand’s YarnCraft
I love testing out new knitting stitches and Lion Brand’s YarnCraft podcast reminds us that they are the perfect little project to make for dishcloths. Listen to the episode and check out the variety of free washcloth patterns available from Lion Brand Yarn in their segment on dishcloth and washcloths ideas.
Shrinky Dink Test Lab
Dot from Dabbled has been conducting shrinky dink experiments and sharing her findings. She put up a shrinky dink instruction set at Instructables with lots of great tips like information on sealing your shrinky dink treasures. Related Shrink Your Trash Make your own “Shrinky Dinks” with #6 Plastic
HOW TO – Make Easy Kid’s Shorts from a T-shirt
Julie-bird came up with a super simple pattern for making kid’s shorts out of an old t-shirt. This seems like a great idea for a time when a child grows so fast.
Gakken Electronics experimentor set
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool After enjoying the Edison phonograph kit I acquired one of Gakken’s EX-150 electronics kit (aka – Denshi Blocks) quite cheaply on the ebays. On top of the neat-o pseudo military aesthetic the kit’s modular components are quite satisfying to arrange and click into place. This is the original version […]
Mapstraction – map abstraction API for Javascript
Mapstraction is an abstracted Javascript mapping API that can make use of Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, Yahoo Maps and Mapquest. Instead of deciding on a particular mapping provider, you can build your web application with Mapstraction and easily switch to a different service by changing a single line of code. From the Mapstraction site: […]