How-To: Resize an 80’s Sweater
Julie at Julie-Bird resizes an 80’s sweater in five easy steps by using a sewing machine. It’s a great way to mend those worn out large sweaters you have to keep them going!
Year: 2009
Maker Shed weekly wrap-up
This week in the Maker Shed we introduced the new Arduino Duemilanove and the Doomsday Sound kit. Also, we posted our first Maker Shed survey so we can better understand our audience. It’s a great way to let us know what you like, and you can even enter to win 1 of 5 Maker’s Notebooks […]
Reports on the LilyPad workshop at ETech
I had the pleasure of assisting Leah Buechley with her LilyPad Electronic Fashion workshop at ETech. A couple of the participants wrote up their experiences. Writing at The Daily ACK, Alasdair Allan had this to say: The aim for the workshop was to produce a “soundie”, a garment which produes a sound when touched in […]
Makers birthdays: Albert Einstein
Happy Birthday Al! On this day, in the year 1879, a person was born whose name would become synonymous with our popular concept of genius. When we take a closer look at Albert Einstein’s contributions to science, it’s plain to see why. Within a single year, working at a Swiss patent office, Einstein wrote a […]
Make: Talk episode 2 show notes and next episode
Make: Talk Show Notes, Episode #002, March 13, 2009 Mark, Dale, and I had fun this past Friday on our second episode of Make: Talk. We’re still working out some of the technical bugs and tweaking the format, but we’re excited to have this opportunity to touch base every week, with each other, our contributors, […]
Special Crafty Book Deal on AlterNation
For those of you who love to refashion, author Shannon Okey is giving you a special deal on her book, along co-author Alexandra Underhill, AlterNation: Transform. Embellish. Customize. 25+ DIY Fashion Projects. Shannon writes: In preparation for some exciting upcoming stuff, we are clearing out our stash of signed copies. If you would like to […]
Val ties the canoe
For the past couple of decades, Val has been using this knot to tie down everything from canoes, tarps and other implements of camping and boating. Last summer, I captured it on camera as he showed it to me and Mark. Whenever I see somebody driving down the road holding a mattress on the roof […]