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How To: Quilt bias binding

This instructional video demonstrates how to quilt 5 yards of bias binding with a small amount of fabric. The secret of bias binding is to begin with a square that is sewn shut on all four sides, like a pillow. These simple guidelines show you some quick tips to make sewing binding fast and easy.

How To: Origami an electra icosidodecahedron

This video origami tutorial provides instruction on how to make icosidodecahedron out of Dave Mitchell's electra modules. This piece is a great example of modular origami, which is an origami project that requires multiple sheets of paper instead of one simple square. Watch this instructional video and learn how to fold an origami electra icosidodecahedron.

How To: Origami a paper rabbit

Watch this video origami tutorial and learn how to fold a paper rabbit. You'll need a piece of square paper and some scissors. Follow along with the demonstrator as he walks through the simple steps of folding a paper rabbit. Watch this instructional video and learn how to origami a folded paper bunny rabbit.

How To: Origami an 8-pointed star

This video origami tutorial shows how to transform a single sheet of square paper into an eight point star. Follow along with the demonstrator as she folds up this origami project. Watch this instructional video and learn how to origami a folded 8 point star.

How To: Origami a star destroyer air plane

This video origami tutorial shows how to fold a star destroyer paper airplane out of a single sheet of square paper. Never bold another boring paper airplane again. Watch and follow along with this instructional video to learn how to fold an origami star destroyer paper airplane.

How To: Do the Bunny Hop

This beginner Hip Hop dance is called the Bunny Hop. It is not like the old Bunny Hop we use to know. It is a line dance that consists of two sets of hopping in a square. Have fun.

How To: 5 Tips That Make Cooking for a Crowd Easy

Even those of us most comfortable in the kitchen can be daunted by the idea of cooking for a whole houseful of people. Whether you have a large, well-equipped kitchen or a small one with just the essentials, it can prove to be quite a task to prepare food for a dozen or so people. It takes a certain type of recipe that allows for mass production, in respects to both technique and ingredients. And what I've provided below includes several recipes that you might normally make for just a family ...

Polenta vs Grits: Why Grits Wins (Even When a Recipe Calls for Polenta)

Polenta can cause risotto-like anxiety for the most experienced cook. First of all, making polenta is time-consuming—it can often take upwards of 45 minutes (unless you use this shortcut). And in the midst of this long cooking time, you're constantly stirring to keep the polenta from becoming lumpy. Even after taking the utmost of care, the polenta can still turn out too loose, too firm, or too grainy.

How To: Replace bObsweep's Bumper

The bumper for bObsweep Pethair and Standard are installed the same way. It holds the sensors that allow Bob to see any obstacles in his path. If a repair of the wall detection sensors is needed, the steps for replacing the whole bumper are the same when working on either bObsweep model.

How To: Save your life by sawing your trapped arm off à la Danny Boyle's 127 Hours

How far would you go to save your life? For James Franco, who plays real-life hiker Aron Ralston in Danny Boyle's "127 Hours", staying alive means cutting off your own arm with a dull pocketknife. If you've seen the movie (or even heard about all the people who fainted and threw up after watching it), you know that it presents one of the most grueling self-amputation and bone breaking scenes in movie history.

How To: Make a fish man movie or Halloween costume

The video is an episode of Indy Mogul. It opens with a man who tells us the topic of this show is to help people make fake prosthetics for a fish-man costume for Halloween. After an intro showing us that the show is about making homemade special effects and props on a cheap budget and a disclaimer the show tells us the ingredients we'll need to make the prosthetics. They are: clay, sunglasses, latex sheet, quarter-inch foam, styrofoam head and bald cap, and liquid latex. The show then demonst...