I was one of the thousands of people swooning over the Lego sewing machine from Carrie Bloomston of Such Designs that has swept through Pinterest and other social media. I was thrilled when Betz White posted about her own Lego sewing machine, and linked over to Carrie’s new step-by-step tutorial for making your own version. […]
Playing around with mathematics using the ubiquitous hula hoop.
Make a cute, breezy shirred dress in one hour. Perfect for summer!
With a URL to die for, the recently-launched diy.org attracted some 3,000 kids in its first week and a half online, including youngsters from Asia, Europe, and South America. Using their parent’s email address to register, any kid can upload digital photos of their handiwork to the site and share the URL of their page with whomever they like.
And we’re back with our twenty-ninth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Makezine, our Facebook page, and Twitter.
I absolutely adore this french knot blouse from Jessica at Running With Scissors. It’s simple, classic, and beautiful, and shows off handmade skills with a subtle elegance that’s perfect for both running errands and going out for a nice dinner. Head on over to her site to check out more photos and see how she […]
Here’s another interesting physical computing platform; the PIC-based Create USB Interface. The original design was made by Dan Overholt as a bridge between computer and world for musical and artistic applications. Seeed Studio has an updated design called the CUI32Stem, which has been tweaked to work well with the thirty-something sensors and actuators in their […]
