Hooded Cape Pattern
Teresa Franco shows you how to sew a hooded cape with her cape pattern — perfect for Halloween or for trotting on over to Grandmother’s house. Link.
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HOW TO – Make a Biscornu
Katherine of Own Two Hands shows us how to make a Biscornu. What is a Biscornu, you ask? Katherine writes: Biscornu is a French adjective that means “that which has an irregular form, with projections” or “complicated and bizarre.” Biscornus can be cross-stitched, embroidered, hardangered, quilted, etc. To learn how to make your own Biscornu, […]
Glove Monster Tutorial
Sister Diane at CraftyPod shows you how to make this fun Glove Monster from, what else gloves! Perfect for when you’ve lost one of the pair! Link.
Numbered Cork Coasters
Make these modern number coasters with this tutorial by Modern Cottage. I love the idea of using cork tiles and you can stencil just about any design or letter you want if you don’t want to go with numbers. [ via ] Link.
Two-minute Lightsabers
MAKE contributor Steve Lodefink came up with a quick way of bodging together some dueling lightsabers from flashlights, plastic tubes, lenses from 3D glasses, reflective material, and tape. Hours of fun. Or minutes, anyway. 2 Minute Dueling Lightsabers – Link
Doctor-bots play Operation
2nd year engineering students from UBC (University of British Columbia) building robots to “play” a jumbo version of the electronic board game Operation. 2007 UBC Engineering Physics 253 – Doctor-Bot – Link Related: OPERATION: The costume – Link Make your own Operation board game – Link Making an ‘Operation’ game costume – Link
Farmer grows pumpkins with human faces
Farmer grows pumpkins with human faces, Popular Science 1938 – Link. Related: Halloween @ MAKE – Link. DIY Halloween photo pool – Link. MAKE Halloween, order now! – Link.