Rostichery shows you how to make this beautiful and easy one-seam convertible dress. I love that it’s so easy to make, yet can be worn in an endless array of combinations. Variations of this type of dress have been around for years (some of them selling for hundreds of dollars!) so it’s great to finally […]
Chickpea Sewing Studios created this fun and easy reversible placemat tutorial for The Sewing Republic, who turned it into a video you can watch here. Related: • Patchwork Placemats • Turn a Placemat into a Totebag
More crazy jet-powered action, this one a pulse-jet strapped to the side of a 1950s cruiser bike. Jet bike,75 MPH
Andrew Salomone made this “Offline Oracle” take on a Ouija board. He made it as an “internet substitute” art piece. He writes: The point of this piece is that access to information clearly does not make us smarter, if we are unable to figure out how to apply the information we have to some useful […]
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have come up with a way of making solar photovoltaic cells more efficient by making them fuzzy with nanowires. Boosting solar cell efficiency The idea is [to] use nanowires to more efficiently conduct electrons from the collection surface of the solar cell to an electrode. Contemporary thin-film […]
Crochet and felt this purse organizer with the free pattern by Jo of Little Projects.
Amy Butler is offering up some great free sewing patterns on her site, including the cute business card keeper and Amy’s Nigella quilt above. [ via Whip Up]
