Craftster user ericav altered QR codes with color and found out they still work! This one (love the clouds!) sends the scanner to her website. Check out more QR codes on Erica’s blog, as well as her fine art website.
Craftster user ericav altered QR codes with color and found out they still work! This one (love the clouds!) sends the scanner to her website. Check out more QR codes on Erica’s blog, as well as her fine art website.
Craftster user nikschaf embroidered these super superheroes on linen napkins for some friends. I can’t decide which one I love best.
Pauly’s awesome and fuzzy Nyan Cat scarf got me thinking… there must be more Pop Tart kitty goodness available. Lo and behold, there is. I present to you my favorite Nyan Cat crafts from Etsy:
If you’d like to make your own Nyan Cat, thatquietchick has a cross-stitch pattern. How long would you make your rainbow?
Why keep calm and carry on when you can keeep calmz and nyanyanyanyan with this print from DesignNoy?
Let Nyan Cat keep watch over your keys with this tiny kitty keychain enclosed in resin from BitOfSugar.
Nyan Cat will help you navigate the interwebz with DesignNoy‘s mouse pad.
NostalgicNerd made this Perler bead Nyan Cat extra special with neon and glitter beads.
Cuddle up with this plush Nyan Cat from Cinnamonstitch.
Stamp this hand-carved Nyan cat from xxNostalgic on all of your important papers. Add your own rainbow.
I might have to buy this Nyan Cat vinyl wallet myself from kittencamaro.
Makoto’s Cross-Stitch Super Collection by Makoto Oozu is, as it says on the cover, very cool! and not lame! Originally two books published in Japan (Hop, Stitch, Jump! and My Stitch Book), this is an awesome compendium of tiny, geeky patterns and projects to stitch. It’s got robots, dinosaurs, monsters, aliens, insects, sea creatures, travel, and electronics to choose from.
I love the way the book is organized. Part 1 shows you all of the designs stitched in full color. Part 2 is full of an interesting variety of projects with everything from shirts to pillows to an amazing pegboard wall panel (who needs Aida?). Part 3 goes over cross-stitch materials and tools, basic stitches, and detailed instructions for all of the projects.
As much as I would love to make the pegboard wall panel, I don’t have room for that in my house (seriously, I need to make room for this!), so I went small and stitched on a Moleskine notebook cover.
To get the holes in the right place, I was going to draw lines with a pencil, but the book had great advice–photocopy the pattern from the book and use that as a guide for punching the holes. I opted to use my Japanese screw punch with the smallest tip instead of a book awl and decided to go with the purple pterodactyl. I punched the holes and started stitching.
Since the design is so small, I was able to use threads from my loose stash and stitched with two strands. I think that the next time I stitch on a notebook, I’ll use more strands, but I’m still very happy with how my dinosaur came out.
These designs are so quick to stitch up–I think the pterodactyl took me 15 minutes–these notebooks would make great last-minute gifts.
Rad news! I’ve got one copy of Makoto’s Cross-Stitch Super Collection to give away. Leave a comment telling me your favorite dinosaur and why by Friday, June 24th at midnight ET and I’ll pick a winner at random. Respond to another reader’s comment and get an extra entry (limit one, please). [Edit – midnight ET. I can only stay up so late :)]
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