Photo Silhouette Tutorial
Under Construction has a tutorial on how to easy it is to make pretty keepsake photo silhouettes. Link.
Month: June 2007
Attempt at a picture from 100,000 ft
Tres writes – Here is a link to pictures of an attempt by a group of Calpoly engineers to have a UAV glider bring back pictures from 100,000 feet. After some sleepless nights and an overwhelming amount of work on hardware and software we launched a glider in California Valley. The balloon reach about 31,000 […]
Ribbon Lantern Patio Lights
Crafty Chica’s got a tutorial showing you how to make these kitschy ribbon lantern patio lights. Perfect for any backyard BBQ or party. Link.
HOW TO – Make a Bikini from T-Shirts
ThreadBanger’s Threadheads has a tutorial on how to sew up this sizzlin’ summer bikini from old t-shirts. Also, don’t miss their recent coverage of the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago. Link.
Refashioning T-shirts at FOO Camp
This past weekend at FOO Camp at the O’Reilly offices, Arwen and I helped people refashion their own t-shirts. I worked closely with 11 year old Claire to help her sew up a t-shirt tote complete with tiny apple embroidery trim. Arwen made her own FOO camp undies and we had a host crafty folks […]
Bend the Rules Sewing By Amy Karol
I’ve been reading the Angry Chicken blog by Amy Karol for a long time now and am excited about her new book, Bend the Rules Sewing. My review of this book will be the Bazaar section in our next issue, CRAFT: 04, which will be out in the next few weeks to subscribers and on […]
Arduino ProtoShield assembly + use
Bob writes – The Arduino board is an inexpensive, open-source microcontroller board. The development environment is also open-source and freely downloadable. The Arduino board is sold in the United States by sparkfun.com. Shields are extension boards that can combine with the Arduino main board to extend it’s capabilities. That gets us to the main point […]