Free Pattern: Needlepoint Holiday Ornament
Craft Leftovers is offering a free pattern for making this colorful needlepoint holiday ornament.
Year: 2008
Flat light bulb
I am in love with Joonhuyn Kim’s flat lightbulb via Hackedgadgets. flat bulb is designed by korean designer joonhuyn kim. unlike ordinary bulbs its volume is 1/3 smaller, reducing the cost of packaging and transport. its slim shape allows bulbs to be easily stacked and prevents breakage as it does not roll. his work was […]
Open Source Hardware on New Hampshire Public Radio’s “Word of Mouth”
Now we’re talking! This is great! Open Source Hardware on New Hampshire Public Radio’s “Word of Mouth”! The Italian design firm Arduino makes one of the hottest circuit boards used by gadget builders today. Since mass production began two years ago, the company has sold about 50,000 units – not bad for a small start-up […]
Planeboat Memories
Photograph by Albert W. Starkweather It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … boat? Technically, it’s a planeboat. And to Dave Drimmer of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the live-aboard craft was home for 20 years. The vessel has a colorful history. Its name, Cosmic Muffin, comes from singer Jimmy Buffett, who caught a glimpse of […]
Best of Maker Faire: photos, and then some
I understand Maker Faire Austin is done and gone, but I’m still thinking about how much fun it was. Over the next week or 2, I’ll continue to share some highlights from the most make-tastic event Austin’s ever seen. Here’s a nice photostream from Aaron, one of many Maker Faire visitors who sported penchant for […]
Stylish Change
Photograph by Studio M, Tom McInvaille Stacey Lee Webber likes her work long, repetitive, and painstaking. Just look at the life-sized carpenter’s tools she silver-soldered out of pennies. Only pre-1982 coins — minted from 95% copper — would survive her acetylene torch’s high heat, so Webber spent hours flipping and sorting bucketfuls of mixed years. […]
Passage Quilts
Bits and Bobbins posts about these moving and extremely beautiful “passage quilts”, which are made from the clothing of those who have gone through a passage in life (death, birth, marriage, etc.). From the Passage Quilts website, these quilts: “[begin] with the architecture of the clothing, these quilts are pieced without a predetermined pattern. this […]
