Peacay at BibliOdyssey has a roundup of illustrations of early microscopes. “They were incredibly small, nay so small, in my sight, that I judged that even if 100 of these very wee animals lay stretched out one against another, they could not reach to the length of a grain of coarse Sand.” [Antonie van Leeuwenhoek […]
Today I’m starting a new feature in my Maker Faire coverage called Families at the Faire. When I attended Maker Faire last year, I wasn’t able to score tickets for my whole family, so I was on my own. As soon as I walked in the gates, I knew that was a mistake. There were […]
Sew up a small pincushion/thread catcher to catch all snipped threads while sewing with this tutorial by Karen of Kquilts Studio. A great tip is to fill the pincushion with emery instead of sand to keep pins sharper longer. Thanks Nirthikaa!
This Sunday, 2 of my favorite things come together: with DIY and hot sauce combined, I turn into Homer Simpson from that episode when he eats a hot pepper. In addition to tasting home brewed hot sauce, there’s also great music throughout the day. You can enter your own sauce the morning of competition, and […]
Bonnie at the Star Wars site, shows kids how to make their own handy lightsaber pencil holder, keeping those pens and pencils together while representing their favorite Jedi, or Sith, at the same time.
Anna from Mochi Mochi Land followed up her Resisty the Resistor toy with Captain Capacitor. She has included the knitting pattern for free to make your own capacitor toy. Related Knitted Resistor
Burda Style writes about Stichting Toekomst Rwanda (Future Foundation Rwanda), “a charity set up by a Rwandan refugee in The Netherlands to help underage mothers and children still vulnerable in Rwanda.” The charity is setting up a sewing studio for the mothers and is collecting fabric and haberdashery donations to take with them. To donate […]
