Another Make: City group has formed, in Portland, OR. They’ll be holding their first “official” meeting on April 5th, 3pm, at the local TechShop in Beaverton. The last speaker is YOU. Bring your projects and show them off! Please RSVP on Upcoming.org or Facebook The MakePDX website has additional information including instructions to RSVP.
From now until September 7th, you can catch the Fashioning Felt exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in NYC. From the site: This exhibition will explore the varied new uses of felt—an ancient material, believed to be one of the earliest techniques for making textiles. Made by matting together wool fibers with humidity and […]
Aimee of Home Spun Threads has a PDF pattern to make these cute baby kimono shoes for sizes 0 – 6 months. [ via Whip Up ]
One of my favorite projects in the magazine over the past five years was the Tabletop Biosphere in Volume 10, written by Martin John Brown. I think the interns enjoyed building the project as well — they had to go out and scoop scum out of a pond, plus they got to visit the cute […]
The first ever Make: Day was held two weeks ago at the Science Museum of Minnesota, and featured over 20 Makers, 3 musical acts, and tons of interested MAKE enthusiasts of all ages. The response to Make: Day has been fantastic, and we’re hoping Make: Day will become an annual event. Check out the highlight […]
Sean Ragan made this lampshade from soda pull tabs, interlocking them in an interesting way: Careful study of the photograph will probably tell you all you need to know about the chaining technique. Each tab is bent to approximately 120 degrees and then snipped at the top. The top loop of the tab is then […]
Kristin of Craft Leftovers shows you how to mend a fabric tear that’s near a zipper which she fixed in her friend’s favorite purse.
