Ten Minute Snap Workshop
ModHomeEcTeacher on Curbly has a ten minute snap workshop teaching you all the basics on how to apply snaps to your craft projects.
Month: July 2008
Maker’s Quilt – first board
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool It appears the journey of the Maker’s Quilt has just begun with this single step – Dgiancaspro has created the first piece for his ongoing collaborative project – The traditional quilt is made of many embroidered squares contributed by different family members. Some squares commemorate special events in the […]
DIY Master Yoda Cake
Bonnie writes: After spotting this Force-tastic cake of Yoda made by Mikkel Mihlrad for the Star Wars Weekends (at Disney’s Hollywood Studios) cast and crew wrap party, I had to know more about it, so I interviewed her about how she made the cake and why.
Light drawing tutorial
We pointed out this great Instructable on making LED light drawing pens a while back. Stuart and Lori have a really neat tutorial about light drawing on their site, LightDoodles. (I’ve always loved this picture of Picasso.) Light doodling or light drawing can be described as the simple act of capturing the trace of a […]
HOW TO – Make a 17-foot cardboard Gandhi
Here’s one you don’t see everyday – instructions for making your own giant-sized polygonally modelled Mahatma Gandhi – After walking with Gandhi in Second Life for 240 miles I decided it would be interesting to extract my avatar from this online world and recreate him in monumental scale. This instructable takes you through the process […]
Maglite LASER burnination
Desertfoxx sent us a tip to a classic KipKay howto video. It’s pretty easy to swap out the diode in a laser pointer or similar laser housing with the diode from an old DVD burner. Put the whole deal into a mini Maglite and you’ve got yourself a nice little handheld fire starter, perfect for […]
Modish July Giveaway
Enter the Modish July giveaway where you can win up to $880 worth of handmade goodness. Visit Modish for more details on how to enter. The deadline is Friday, July 11th at 11:59 PST.