HOW TO – Sew a PIllowcase
Here’s a great tutorial by Threadstop that shows you how to recycle old bed sheets and sew pillow cases from them! Link.
Month: May 2007
Powder coat system
Sears has a powder coater for $159 – Thanks James! Apply a durable, protective coating to any metal component quickly, easily and safely. Coating is electrostatically applied, then just place coated item in a 400 deg. oven to cure and you’re done. Fast and environmentally friendly, coating is chip and chemical resistant. System features internal […]
HOW TO – Embroider on Felt
Alice at Future Girl has a tutorial showing you how easy it can be to embroider on felt using Tear-Easy stabilizer. Link.
SwapThing at the Maker Faire
SwapThing is partnering with the folks at MAKE and CRAFT to get creativity flowing and help the environment at the Maker Faire. SwapThing enables the swapping of any combination of items and services between swappers, as well as direct purchases. A cornerstone of SwapThing are the SwapCircles, which are groups for communicating and swapping based […]
Student microcontroller projects
Bruce writes in – Over 30 new microcontroller projects were produced in the last month of ECE476 at Cornell University. The students were given the responsibility of choosing their project, then designing and building it using AVR Mega32 MCUs and Codevision C or GCC. New projects include laser-pong, MIDI devices, a model retina, video games, […]
Maker Faire: Kids make salt water potable
These 3rd graders (Chapman Hill Techno Team) will be at Maker Faire – If Savannah Brown, Marisa Chen, Cory Francis and Emily Farnell were stuck on a deserted island and thirsty for water, they’d go looking for shells. The third-graders at Chapman Hill Elementary in West Salem would use the shells to convert salt water […]
Postcard Pillows
Oooh! Look at what the Crafty Chica is making! These cool postcard pillows were made by printing out postcards on inkjet fabric sheets. Link. Related: More Stitched Stories: Embroidered Pillow – Link. Inspiration: Tell a Story with Stitched Pillows – Link.