I worked as a volunteer during the very first Maker Faire Bay Area in 2006, and I haven’t missed one since! It was exhilarating, and exhausting all at the same time. In between working my shifts at the Maker Check-In, I met Suzy Pakhchyan, of Fashioning Technology, and stitched my very first soft circuit. Since […]
We’re about halfway through our Sew & Sew theme this month, and I’m reminded of a great little resource we published back in April 2007 in CRAFT Volume 03: “Anatomy of a Sewing Machine” by Christine Haynes and Kent Bell. This handy little feature showcased the illustration above, done by Kent, and the corresponding descriptions […]
Each year since 2006, thousands of children across the United States submit artwork representing a plethora of endangered plants and wildlife living on the brink in our fair country. The submissions are amazing, the cause is attention-worthy, and the contest culminates in national Endangered Species Day, which this year happens to be today, May 21. […]
Joy, aka “HowJoyful,” shares a great plush bear tutorial on Instructables, suited excellently for starting out in plush-making in three dimensions!
Motherboard.tv posted this video summing up the people, sound & solder of Bent Festival 2010. I can say firsthand, it was definitely a good time! [via cyenobite]
Sewing for Children by Emma Hardy. CICO Books, $19.95, 2010; cicobooks.com When I first read about this book, it sounded fun; I love to sew and sewing for my son is always a treat. But it’s actually even better than that–it could be titled Sewing with Kids. Each project is simple enough to do with […]
The Twittering power meter from MAKE Volume 18: ReMake America now works with Google Powermeter. This was a bit of a struggle but we did it (code on github). For long time readers of MAKE you’ll likely recall this was a project of ours/mine I co-designed with Limor Fried (Ladyada) and recently Devlin Thyne. So […]
