How-To: Beach Towel for Two
Here’s a handy project tutorial for sewing an extra wide beach towel, perfect for large picnics or beachy snuggling, sans sand.
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Mario Hat Pattern
Amberlee of Givers Log hosted what looked like a fantastically fun Mario birthday party for her son earlier this spring. Along with awesome ghost balloons, mushroom cupcakes and a rad “brick” pinata, she made fleece Mario hats for each guest. She’s updated her party post to now include a pattern and instructions for making the […]
How-To: Sewn Snack Bags
Amy at Angry Chicken has a great video tutorial on how to make your own sewn snack bags so you can avoid using plastic bags. Great for kids’ lunches and snacks.
Embroidered Digital Commons
Embroidered Digital Commons is a participatory artwork facilitated by Ele Carpenter. You can sign up to embroider a patch of text for display at the AND Festival in Manchester UK this coming October: The Embroidered Digital Commons is a collectively stitched version of the Raqs Media Collective’s text ‘A Concise lexicon of / for the […]
CNC Sewing Machine
MAKE and CRAFT author Andrew Lewis writes: We’re all working on some pretty cool projects over here at the moment, but this Arduino powered sewing machine is my personal favourite. I took an old zigzag sewing machine and kitted it out with servos to control the needle position and fabric feed. CNC sewing machine
Embroidered Pillows And Alphabet Wall Hanging For Baby
Doe-c-Doe has been sharing gifts she made for a recent baby shower this week on her blog, and I’m loving the projects. Forget about the baby, I want a set of these adorable embroidered pillows she made, using vintage coloring book pages, for myself! I used images from a vintage coloring book, scanned them, re-drew […]
Superhero Mask
Putting on something unusual that you don’t normally wear makes you feel different, and that’s good. Masks are great for achieving this different feeling. Jacqui has a tutorial for a child’s superhero mask on her blog Hazelnuts. Star-framed eyes: Rad.