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This Book Has Real Hyperlinks Sewn With Thread

2:40PM February 10, 2011 | Casey Chan

Maria Fischer, a German designer, created this book, “Thoughts on Dreams”. She sewed “hyperlinks” onto the book with thread so readers could follow a specific link, er, word or phrase. It was part of an art project to highlight key words amongst a bigger story and somehow visualise “the confusion and fragileness of dreams”. More »


SEW: Seamstress Tool By Day, Illuminating Lamp By Night

10:00AM February 15, 2010 | Jack Loftus

If there’s one thing the seamstress community needs, it’s a sewing machine that turns into a lamp. More »


This Is Probably The Cruelest Bomb Ever Invented

7:20AM June 27, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Once upon a time in World War II, British scientists conceived what may be the cruelest bomb ever developed. Inside the bomb, there were needles like these. Poisonous needles which would have been released in a cloud of death. More »


Open Source Embroidery: Technology Embraces Its Craft Side

8:00AM June 14, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

A legitimate artistic movement known as Open Source Embroidery has sprung up to explore the relationship between, no joke, software engineering and needlework. It’s pretty awesome. More »


Gadgets

Dead iPod Cross-Stitch Warms Hearts, Cools Tempers

4:30AM June 18, 2008 | Mark Wilson

Surely at least a few of our readers have encountered the dead iPod icon, and now one crafter has taken it upon themselves to immortalise the moment in cross-stitch. No longer will the sad music player invoke the agony of money lost, but the joy of afternoons at grandma’s and the smell of freshly baked cookies. (It’s just too bad that we listened to our iPod while eating those cookies.) [Crafster via technabob]

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Hand-Sewn Nintendo Entertainment System

9:47AM June 28, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

This two week project comes with a lightgun, controller, and two game carts, Mario 3 and Duck Hunt. The sewn TV has removable felt screens to switch the game, too. [Sewn by Blythe] More »