Soft d20 Ball
The blocks were so much fun to make and enjoyed playing with them I thought it was worth trying a similar project. This time I made a icosahedron (d20 dice), one of the 5 Platonic solids. Maybe I will work backwards…
Soft blocks
I visited my local fabric shop and bought some lovely striped fabric from the sale basket. It’s soft and stretchy—I suspect it’s a blend of cotton and some elastic fibre like elastane. Of course, I didn’t know what I would…
Bear Shirt
I really enjoyed making the Dinosaur Hoody last Christmas so I cut out the pieces for a shirt with a snazzy bear pattern. Life got in the way and the pieces sat in a box waiting to be sewn together.…
December 2024 Sewing
The pattern is from The Great British Sewing Bee: Sew Your Own Wardrobe and is intended to a furry bear onsie. I didn’t have suitable fabric for that and since the baby it was for has parents with space-related PhDs…
Christmas Cards 2024
In previous years I used my plotter to create my Christmas cards. After starting a new job the plotter is temporarily unavailable so I decided to get them printed professionally, it certainly made my life easier! After 7 years of…
Wooden Tumbler Lock
I loved FarmCraft101’s videos on his wooden locks and wanted to make my own one. At the time of starting it, I was in between jobs so it kept me entertained and a welcome distraction from LinkedIn. I decided to…
Dinosaur Hoody
My Christmas project this year was to make a hoody for myself. The pattern was from WardrobeByMe and was quite easy to follow, although the hoody caused me a lot of confusion. I used to make my own juggling balls…
Wood Universal Joint
I roughly followed the design for two connected universal joints described in Making Mechanical Marvels in Wood. It doesn’t serve any purpose at all except to amuse me for a few minutes if I’m bored! Further reading on universal joints…
Christmas Cards 2022
The Christmas cards from 2021 went well so I thought I’d do a new design for 2022. This year the robot has a helper to pull his sleigh. I used the same machine as last time (a clone of AxisDraw).…
Horse spaghetti portion
My mum has a hungry horse called Basil. I thought a spaghetti portion measuring device for their kitchen should have an option for a greedy person (or nag)!
