Spark Fun’s LED coffee table, gorgeous… The LED Coffee Table is another massive LED project that we dreamed up a long time ago. It took nearly 2 years to pull off! We use 64 RGB serial matrices, 4 Atari controllers, and an LPC2106 dev board to create a cooperative game of Pong. A bit hard […]
Get ready for fall and knit the Power Station Hat by Knitgrrl Shannon Okey. This pattern is featured in her fabulous spinning/knitting book, Spin to Knit. This simple to knit hat features overtwisted singles that cause the stockinette stitches to angle in various directions. Shannon will be demonstrating how to knit this hat in Season […]
Just a reminder that the extended deadline for Makers for Maker Faire is tomorrow, September 14. Read the guidelines and take a few minutes to apply. C’mon crafty makers, show us what you’ve got! Related: Crafty Makers: What Skills Can You Bring to the Table?
Jezze shows you how to make a fabric paint stamp pad in her tutorial. She writes: Sometimes when you’re printing tiny blocks (to make buttons, for instance) it’s quicker to ink the blocks with a stamp pad rather than a foam brush or roller. I haven’t been able to find any instructions for a home-made […]
Ginger Anyhow explores the world of digital love with her series of embroidered text messages documenting her previous (?) romance sparked and extinquished. Thanks Forrest O!
Czina Likes pointed out these cool illustrations by Jayme McGowan for Small Mag. Jayme’s blog is filled with great projects using paper and collage to make beautiful illustrations.
The next meeting of the Textile Study Group of New York will feature a lecture by quiltmaker Emiko Toda Loeb. Emiko Toda Loeb, Japanese-American quiltmaker, best known for her reversible quilts built upon a traditional “log cabin” foundation using American and antique Japanese fabrics. The two sides of these quilts are so surprisingly different from […]
