MST3K Melon
Turkey day MST3K marathons are more common than football in my circle of friends, which is why my jaw dropped when I saw Moxie’s Mystery Science Theater 3000 melon.
Geek Crafts
How-To: Crochet Amigurumi Exorcist Playset
Get your demon hunting on with this crocheted Exorcist playset. Father Merrin, duck!
TARDIS Quilt
Wendy of Wendymoon Designs made this awesome TARDIS quilt for her friend who is a huge Dr. Who fan. Her favorite “character” is the .TARDIS. I had the idea to piece together a TARDIS quilt, and this was the result I especially love the touch of the fabric selvage in place of the “Police box.” […]
Stellar Quilts
Jimmy McBride makes these completely incredible intergalactic quilts. He writes: they say in space, “no one can hear you scream.” well, they can’t hear the low drone of the internal power generators kick on again when you’re half way to nowhere. i can. i work for a shipping company called “intergalactic transport.” i travel back […]
Needle Felted Hubble Space Telescope
Jen Scheer, a former space shuttle technician and founder of Project Mercury Rising, created this awesome needle-felted Hubble Space Telescope. It’s complete with tiny astronauts representing crew members from the STS-125 Hubble servicing mission during the EVA when Mike Massimino had to forcibly remove a handrail from the telescope. The details in her piece are […]
How-To: Cuddly Felt Bantha
Our pal, Bonnie Burton, over at StarWars.com proves that banthas can be quite cuddly with this fun felt plush bantha project. Every Tusken Raider needs a trusty bantha to ride around Tatooine. These elephant-sized creatures with long ram-like horns first showed up in A New Hope. It’s easy to make your own cuddly bantha with […]
Thousand-Bloom Chrysanthemum
This is one plant with 991 flowers, making it the largest Chrysanthemum in North America. The rigorous, 18-month growing technique involves meticulous watering, pinching and tying of the chrysanthemum to a customized wire frame to train the plant to grow into the desired form. The blooms are painstakingly arranged in a dome shape, with the […]
