How-To: Make a Shamrock Brooch
If you’re looking for a last-minute accessory to whip up for St. Patrick’s Day, check out Stitcher Scribbler’s tutorial for making these cute felt shamrock brooches.
Month: March 2009
Soda Bottle Coin Purse
Sew a zipper into the space between the bottoms of two soda bottles and voila! A coin purse! I’m also thinking it would make a great electronics caddy, preventing the wiry bits from getting smushed. Via EMSL.
Make: Day recap – kids stuff
Make: Day was held at the Science Museum of Minnesota, a place which prides itself in allowing kids to be able to touch and interact with pretty much anything in the building. Of course, when it comes to kids and hands-on learning, MAKE Magazine and Make: television feel exactly the same way, so we think […]
Make: Day Recap – Studio Bricolage and the Paint Pendulum
Twin Cities DIY group, Studio Bricolage, made a Paint Pendulum for Make: Day. The paint pendulum is a three story-long cable weighted by a 10-pound bowling ball at the end. The bowling ball has 4 remote controlled paint nozzles mounted to it which allows the crowd to control the paint being flung onto a huge […]
Rainbow cake!
I don’t know what the weather’s like where you are, but it’s been pretty gray and gloomy around San Francisco for the past few days, so this fabulous rainbow cake recipe is cheering me up! (Yes, I am obsessed with cake right now.) Be sure to check out the how-to; there are some great step-by-step […]
Maker Faire Newcastle in 3D
Break out the 3D glasses, it’s a few pics from this weekend’s UK Maker Faire in Newcastle. Maker Fair2 in 3D
Behind the Scenes of Fashion Geek: Designing Fashion with Electronics
My new book Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech is out in bookstores now. It teaches how to make 13 DIY electronic fashion projects using things like LEDs, hacked pedometers, and conductive thread. I had a lot of fun making this book, and the best part was designing fashions for other people to make. Fashion Geek […]