MAKE is @ The NYC Toy Fair 2009 – thousands of toy makers come here each year to show off their latest – our lens on this show is a lot different than any coverage you’ll see anywhere else – stay tuned for posts, images and videos of unique MAKE-style products. DIY kits, science kits, […]
Steph of Lovestitches posted this charming bunting she made using pieces cut from vintage embroidered linens. It would be a great way to use linens that might be stained or damaged in some areas, and gives the effect of embroidery in a fraction of the time.
The people that make our favorite little micro-controller released version 0013 of their software last week. You can check out the details of the new version here, and download it here. I am still reading over the release notes, but it looks like a nice update. In case you were wondering, the image above is […]
I spotted this Make Do Mend Poster by Bold & Noble on Decor 8 and thought how fitting it was since we planned “Mending Month” for March. There are times when you don’t really want to snip up your favorite sweater to refashion it into something else. In March, we’ll show you how to mend […]
American-born artist, Kate Westerholt, lives and works in England where she creates stitched samplers with a dash of modern pop culture. Kate Westerholt creates original samplers with a 21st Century twist. Her work is a kind of cross-stitch time clash – Westerholt playfully adds snippets of contemporary culture to the 18th Century colonial American embroidery […]
I’ve heard concerns from microcontroller hackers that a takeover by Microchip could hinder the openness of Atmel’s microcontrollers. Atmel’s AVR microcontrollers are used in many of the Open Source Hardware projects we carry in the Maker Shed, such as MiniPOV, Arduino, and the Mignonette Kit, pictured above. So is this good news or bad news? […]
The production crew over at Sparkfun put their scrap parts to artistic use – Rather than just toss all the scrap boards/ICs/sensors into a recycling bin, the production artists put on their creative caps and come up with some really cool stuff we like to call “Solder Sculptures.” These pieces range from toy soldiers to […]
