HOW TO – Make pants from a T-shirt
Who knew you could take a T-shirt and turn it into pants? This tutorial by LJ’s bakedinapie covers in depth all the steps to make comfy T-shirt material capri pants. Link.
Month: October 2006
ThinkSafe: A Magnetic Power Connector for Thinkpads (DIY Apple power connector!)
Outstanding, here’s a DIY version of those fancy magnetic Apple power connectors, Breath writes – “My Thinkpad’s power connection started getting flaky, so I made a magnetic connector that works just like Apple’s MagSafe connectors. It’s effective, cool-looking, and breaks away cleanly when kicked. I used common materials that I had around or could find […]
7 years of Halloween pub crawling costumes
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Wispyd posted up 7 years worth of group costumes for the MAKE & CRAFT Halloween contest, wow! [via] – Link. Related: Costume contest: Dressing up? Making your own costume? As long as you “make” something you can enter. Any costume with homemade elements on it, in it, or used is […]
HOW TO – Prototype your own soft toys
KnitOwl has an excellent and extensive write up on the process of prototyping your own soft toys or plushies. I like how she says to keep all your prototypes even the not perfect ones because they need homes too! Link.
HOW TO – Print on leaves
Rad, here’s how to create photographs on living leaves through a process called Chlorophyll photography… [via] – Link. Related: MAKE 07 – Volume 07: Backyard Biology. Hack your plants, extract your DNA, 70’s soapbox saga, build a videocam rocket, and head-mounted water cannon. Don’t have MAKE yet? Get it for $29.95 (that’s an additional $5 […]
A Closer Look: Halloween Etsy – Ghostly Halloween Earrings
Ghostly Halloween Earrings http://www.etsy.com/view_item.php?listing_id=503188 By Arwen O’Reilly Tammy’s Halloween earrings are a fun way to get into the spirit of the season. I love her ghost earrings with their trailing fringe, and the beaded skulls she made are great, too. I also love her attitude–she’s a true crafter. As Tammy puts it: “I’m not here […]
Restoration of the Hubbard Steam-Powered Motorcycle
Jim writes – “This project involves restoration of a rather rare breed of machine. Very few steam-powered motorcycles are known with the majority of historic “steamcycles” residing in museums (e.g., the “Field” steam motorcycle). There has been very little commercial exploitation of applying steam power to two-wheeled vehicles, so most “steamcycles” that come to light […]