Embroidery resources
Hilary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls has listed out some great embroidery links to sites and helpful resources. I’ve also found this DK Stitch Sampler book to be very helpful and the color photos are really helpful. Link.
Month: August 2006
DIY Alarm system in 3 minutes
Max writes – “Here’s a DIY on how to make an alarm system in 3 minutes. We will use a loud buzzer and some magnetic switchs from Radio Shack to create a simple yet effective alarm system. We will throw in a LCD, keypad so we can alarm the alarm system using a 4-digit code […]
Etsy + CRAFT contest – deadline on Monday!
Hi Crafters – Just a reminder you have now through the weekend to enter in the Etsy + CRAFT contest by Monday, August 21st. Here’s the rules: Using whatever medium you desire (knitting, sewing, jewelry, beading, painting, photography, needlepoint, woodburning, anything!) we challenge you, the people of Etsy, to represent, reinterpret or remix CRAFT Magazine’s […]
NYC in LEGO
Brickshelf has an entire gallery of NYC-turned-LEGO, I think the LEGO lady feeding the LEGO pigeons is my favorite – [via] – Link. More: LEGO articles, oddities and more – Link.
Make Podcast: Weekend Projects – Make A Persistence of Vision Gadget
In this video Jake McKenzie, Matt Dalton, and Bre Pettis show how to put together a persistence of vision gadget that you can put on your bicycle. Persistence of vision is a perceptual process where your brain holds an image in it’s head for a moment. This process is what lets us think that movies […]
HOW TO – Make a sound level indicator
Here’s how to build a pretty neat looking sound meter, I just bought some ear projection that is rated for 30db, so this might be fun to test if they really work with a visual indicator… [via] – Link. More: MAKE electronics archives – Link.
Week of Toys Day 4 – Sewdorky
Mmmmm….donuts. Everytime I visit the Sewdorky website I get a little hungry. Why? Because the donuts look so darn good. The art of crafting donuts by Sewdorky has come into fashion so much so that to counter all the sweet goodness, he’s also come up with the Sewdorky School of Dentistry which features large plush […]