In this intermediate soft circuit tutorial, I show you how to make a light-up patch that can be used on your backpack for fun and bike safety. If you missed my LilyPad Arduino 101, you may want to watch that first. The theme of this year’s Maker Faire is “Re-Make America” so I thought I’d […]
Hannah Kopacz of Made with Love by Hannah shows you how to make this colorful Felt Appliqué Hex Sign Rug in this week’s CRAFT Pattern Podcast. In this PDF are full instructions as well as the pattern pieces to make up this cool rug. You can also catch up with Hannah on her craft blog, […]
Get started with the LilyPad Arduino! It’s a sewable microcontroller that lets you embed lights, sounds, sensors, and much more into your wearables, perfect for clothing and accessories. In this video I’ll show you how to attach the LilyPad and power supply to each other, and upload a basic program that blinks an LED. You […]
This week’s CRAFT Pattern Podcast features this adorable embroidery pattern “The Party’s Over” by Tamie Snow of Pimp Stitch and Roxycraft. Stitch this on a favorite bag or clothing, or on a piece a fabric to adorn on your wall. Find more patterns and how-to’s on embroidery at the Pimp Stitch blog! Download the Pattern […]
This week’s question is from Violet: Quite often when I’m crafting, I find that I have a need to sew a “loop” of elastic – similar to what you’d find inside the waistband of your favourite ‘jamma pants. I slightly overlap the two ends of the elastic and, using my machine to run a quick […]
In this week’s video, I’ll show you how to turn a 2D barcode into a knitted scarf! This is a fun way to get information from a garment into an electronic device, such as a cell phone equipped with a barcode-scanning camera. Anyone who takes a picture of my scarf can decode the message. I […]
We are so happy to feature this Loop-d-Loop Curtain project from Susan Beal’s new book, Button It Up: 80 Amazing Vintage Button Projects. This beautiful curtain is an easy no-sew project by simply using two tea towels. Just glue on the button design enclosed in the pattern. Be sure to add your finished curtain to […]
