I came across these little components from Chibitrontics the other day and the very concept was juicy. As somebody who does a lot of prototyping for sewing and crafting project the interchangeability of these components was really intriguing. The best information on on the stickers is on their crowdsupply.com page. [via hackaday]
Category: Found
Electric ornaments… because why not. A new freebie.
I posted a little freebie up on instrucables.com complete with .dxf files and paper patterns.
Badass 3D printed Sugar Skull
This has to be simply the best mash up of tradition and modern technology that I have ever seen in a sugar skull. The folks over at The Sugar Lab (Cubify) commissioned this amazing sugar skull by Josh Harker. Want so want! [via Mad Art Lab]
Added funk to a boring blazer
This could be groovy… could be over the top… but is sure a quick and satifying way to modify a blazer pretty darn quick.
Swants! The stylish way to save the planet
A little bit about waste reduction the fun way. The rich world… mostly western generates an obscence amount of textile based landfill trash every day. There is a short story about it here on UpWorthy.com. A ton of other documentation about what consumer culture does to people and the planet when it comes to clothes is …
Mind blown: DIY laser guided scissors
This is great… I can’t wait to go make mine. As anybody who has spent countless hours cutting patterns knows staying accurate pays off. Two ways to be ultra accurate; one go really slow and careful; two use better tools. I am not a patient person when it comes to cutting so route number two …
Damn right, Take Back Halloween
Sexy taxi driver, sexy nurse, sexy zombie… the “sexy” costume market is anything but sexy. Especially when manufactures take it to awful kids costumes. The initiative to make all women’s costumes sexy dumbs down women AND costumes. Arrrrrgghhh. This was brought to my attention this morning. TakeBackHalloween.org. It is an awesome site. So many great ideas! Ideas that acknowledge …
Bricks! Now more than dead weight
I was starved for visually appealing ideas that I could use with all the salvage bricks in my garden. This is a bit of work but I love how this looks! Reading Light Melbourne has come up with something awesome and original. [via Mr. Kate]
LED Prosthetics for an awesome halloween make-up
This is a super neat idea that could be leveraged as is or in less expensive formats. Generally just super cool as always from Becky Stern. [via makezine.com]
The mystery of the ruffler foot… solved.
This is an awesome ruffler foot tutorial from see kate sew… simple and straightforward with solid visuals!
Waterproofing electronics
Rustroliums’ NeverWet. Okay… I want to play with this stuff bad. It officially goes on my wish list. You should check out the write up they did on the awesome experiment. I found it while shopping for LED’s. [via adafruit.com]
WTH…Sharknado Headwear
As TTITD (aka Burning Man) fast approaches the those of us in the bay area develop a keen I for costuming options. This particular headpiece tickles me to no end. It was spotted @ Comic Con by Grant Imaraha. Sharknado poeple. You can’t escape it. [via Makezine]
Creepy awesome thread by Catherine Rosselle
I came across this embroidery by Catherine Rosselle today. I was blown away. It was just one day after I hosted a hand sewing open lab. I am very inspired by this work. [via Makezine]
Look Shiney! Quantum bits.
Oh, shiney and blinky and they respond to vibration, Quantum bitsfor a mere $19.95. I am not sure what I will do with these but they sure are fun looking… I am thinking about how I can embed them into vinyl layers of clothes, or fill a channel with them and go rock it. [via …
She. Knits. Corsets
Wow. Just wow. With the advent of steampunk I have seen a lot of corsetry in the last couple of years. But these corset from Pop Antique is pretty original. [via Dr. Shiny]