Engenhocas ajudam o Mundo! E Thermite, a Dinamite dos Pobres, e o Cu-Box-i4 Pro

Mais de 50 Campos em que os Inventores, Fabbers, e demais Engenhocas podem ajudar a resolver problemas prementes deste Mundo?

É MUITO BOM!

50+ Global Issues Makers Can Solve

Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka 

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab—along with USAID’s Global Development Lab, The Lemelson Foundation, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Dalberg Global Development Advisors, The Good Company and OMG—has put together a list of challenges primed for Makers to solve. They call these “Top 50 Game-Changing Technologies for Defeating Global Poverty.” These are summarized in a 20-page list, and then fully explored in the full 600-page report. They shared this list “because the problems we all seek to address require urgent action,” and they invite the problem-solvers of the world (you, dear readers!) to “begin the conversation.”

http://makezine.com/2015/02/15/50-global-issues-makers-can-solve/

Cá vai uma contribuíção da minha parte, desde há muito que se partem Rochas com fogo, e depois àgua, ou com cunhas em madeira, que se encharcam, mas depois, veio a Dinamite.

Mas em regiões onde não haja Dinamite, para Obras necessárias, ou até para destruír Minas já detectadas, (mas feito com um rastilho longo), que tal usar Ferrugem em pó, alumínio em pó, e gesso para o mesmo efeito?

Ou seja... Thermite! 

E de forma a ser moldado em qualque forma sólida.  

Atenção, no entanto, isto pode não ser tão perigoso quanto a Dinamite, mas é, à mesma, para ser manuseado por gente séria, e responsável...

Cast Thermite

Zlwilly 

There are plenty of Instructables and other how-to's on making Thermite, the incendiary mixture that can not only raise, but also burn, eyebrows. (The concept for this Instructable came from 'the Anarchists Cookbook', and since it doesn't give many details...here's how I do it.) Now, there's nothing wrong with powdered forms of Thermite, that's how I got started a few years back, but sometimes you just want something rock solid that burns nice and bright/hot.

That's where Cast Thermite comes in. And the best part is, If you have some thermite on hand already, it's pretty easy to make! If you don't, never fear, for I will be starting at the beginning with nothing but the raw materials.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Cast-Thermite/

 

E mais um Computador para competir e/ou ser conjugado com o Arduino e o RaspberryPy, este Cubo, o Cu-Box-i4 Pro vem com muita coisa mais, e a um preço bastante razoàvel:

Box-i4Pro, the small cheap computer in a cube  

Lara Lopes

You’re probably pretty familiar with the success of the likes of the Rasberry Pi and Arduino boards, tiny little computers packed onto a single bare board lapped up by digital enthusiasts and hobbyists. Well, the CuBox-i4Pro is not all that different except it’s packed nicely into a case and this small cheap computer in a cube not only packs quite a bit of power it comes at an incredibly reasonable price.

It’s created by Israeli startup SolidRun who created the first Cubox back in 2013 and we’re now on version i4Pro. The cube measures just 2.17” (55 mm) in width, length and height and packs Bluetooth and Wifi capability. The system comes with Android pre-loaded on a 4GB micro SD card and can also run Debian Linux.

hhttp://interestingengineering.com/cubox-i4pro-cheap-computer-in-a-cube

Reparar rodas dentadas? E 2 pró Raspi, um Forno Português, e um Centralizador

Este Instructable, pela sua simplicidade e eficiência, é uma Obra-Prima de Reparação Engenhocas... 

Olhem que usar os dentes das outras Rodas dentadas, como Molde para a roda dentada partida, é de puro Génio!

Broken Gear Repair

Fab Muchada

Simple way to fix broken gear

you need a plastic steel epoxy, Popsicle stick, any mixing medium for your epoxy mixture and brush and detergent soap or dish washing liquid.

www.instructables.com/id/Broken-Gear-Repair/

Duas dicas de Fernando Mattoso Lemos, 2 Adaptadores que unem o Arduino ao Raspberry Pi;

O primeiro, é o Raspio, um projecto que já ultrapassou quase 3 vezes o seu Objectivo de 3.456 Libras, e pode funcionar autónomamente, uma vez programado, ou comiunicar com o Raspi, como periférico:

RasPiO Duino Affordable Arduino Programming On Raspberry Pi

Alex Eames 

I want to get you into the wonderful world of Arduino programming, using your Raspberry Pi as the programmer. There's so much you can do with the ATMEGA 328 microcontroller - it complements the Pi perfectly and for many applications it doesn't even need to be connected to the Pi, once it's programmed. So I've designed the RasPiO Duino, which...

• Has a capable microcontroller: ATMEGA328P. 32KB flash. 20MHz
• 6 analog inputs for reading sensors (light, temperature,  pressure etc.)
• 14 digital input/output pins for controlling and switching things
• 6 PWM outputs for variable LED brightness or motor speed control
• Can control up to 12 servos
• Can exchange the microcontroller as it is socketed
• Fits on the GPIO header and is programmed directly from a Raspberry Pi
• Uses the Arduino Integrated Development Environment for programming
• Is very keenly priced

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/raspitv/raspio-duino-affordable-arduino-programming-on-ras

O segundo, é o Arduberry, que já está à venda, com uma Empresa fundada para isso, e tudo:

Arduberry: Raspberry Pi and Arduino for the Rest of Us

Students, hackers, tinkerers unite!  The Arduberry is the shield you’ve been waiting for.  The Arduberry connects the Raspberry Pi and Arduino.

We love Arduino and we love Raspberry Pi.  We thought they should be together.  The Arduberry marries the Raspberry Pi and the Arduino.  Simple, elegant: all you need and nothing you don’t.

https://www.dexterindustries.com/Arduberry/

Um Instructable dum Forno Português, da autoria dum Entusuiasta Estrangeiro!

Ora toma!

Eis como podem fazer um Forno que serve para vários fins, bem à moda do Desenrasca Lusitano, que nos tem aguentado a todos nós, como Nação e Diàspora, contra ventos e marés, pela bonita idade de 800 anos...

How to Build a Portuguese Wood Fired Brick Pizza Oven

grillsnovensllc 

Welcome!
In this instructable we will describe how to build a real Portuguese brick pizza oven.
Portuguese ovens are characterized by higher dome than the Italian / Neapolitan ovens. What this means in practice is less intense heat. In all of these ovens the heat is reflected from the dome back onto the cooking floor and the lower the dome the higher the heat. While the Italian pizza ovens are made primarily for pizza (they cook other foods too, but most people buy them for pizza) the Portuguese ovens are made with cooking a variety of foods in mind: slow roasts, lasagnas, bread etc. For all of these you will need less heat than for pizza and hence a Portguese ovens can come in handy.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-Portuguese-Brick-Pizza-Oven/

Este Instructable, vem com o seu Ficheiro 3D, por isso, podem finalmente usar as vossas Impressoras 3D num Instructable que faz sempre falta, uma gigajoga que acha os Centros em peças duma forma simples:

Center finder

mobilow

I love tools and every now and then I also love tools to make live easier. This one is based on a one time tool from woodpeckers but not available anymore. So I decided to made one by myself using my 3D FDM printer.
Its a handy tool to mark the centre of a workpiece, just place the two legs around your piece and mark a line or point or draw a line with a pen trough one of the holes in the middle bar. Due to the parallelogram, the center is always found automatically.

http://www.instructables.com/id/center-finder/

Caixas Laser automáticas! E uma Odisseia em papel, mais a Voltera, e Lego cilíndrico!

Vocês têem tudo à vossa espera, quando procuram no Google, ou outro Motor de Busca!

Exemplo: Eu queria uma caixa, a partir das medidas que eu queria, e pimba! 

Foi só pôr no Google "laser cut box generator sgv", e encontrei isto, faz uma caixa em 3 métodos, e consoante não só as dimensões, mas se são externas ou internas, e a expessura da placa que quizerem:

About MakerCase

MakerCase is a web-based application for designing laser-cut project cases.
Makercase runs in a web browser and automatically generates a blueprint for laser cutting based on the users specifications. The user enters the desired case dimensions and material thickness, and MakerCase automatically generates a three-dimensional model of the case that can be freely rotated.
MakerCase lets users create cases with flat edges or interlocking edges using finger joints or t-slots for retaining nuts and bolts.
Users can also add holes and engraved text to individual faces of the case using a graphical drag and drop editor.
When the case design is complete, the MakerCase flattens the three-dimensional model into blueprint and generates an SVG file that can be sent directly to a laser cutter. For cutting, MakerCase can be configured to compensate for the beam width of the laser and convert any engraved text into vector paths.
Makercase was written in 100% javascript, using jquery, three.js, and JCanvas on the client side and node.js on the server. More information on writing digital fabrication applications may be found at my web site 

http://www.makercase.com/

Dica do nosso amigo Alan Metcalfe, eis um Site Japonês bacano que reflete uma Obra que vai desde este Revólver(!), a um Trirreme Grego, passando pela Robot de Metrópolis e tudo o mais que figure em Filmes...

Pena é que seja em Japonês, mas vão lá, que podem fazer o Download dos planos, e, Cortesia do Google Translate, podem perceber o que lá se escreve:

uhu02 Paper Craft

It is a production diary of precision Paper Craft (model) with a focus on items that appeared in the movie

Favorite film director Guillermo del Toro of hero Hellboy "uncle Hero ??" Hellboy is the gun to use in order to defeat the demon. Cool I also of that cylinder gun of medium-broken expression, compare the magnitude and big !! noisy cricket more than anything else is Rekizen.

http://uhu02.way-nifty.com/die_eule_der_minerva/015.html

Translated to English Google Translate Link

E o nosso amigo Fernando Mattoso Lemos está impaciente de ver isto, aqui, eu já o tinha visto, e agora há tempo, eis uma Campanha que estourou e ganhou a quantia-alvo, logo, logo, em pouco mais de  MEIA-HORA...
Categoria!

É uma máquina CNC de Desenho de Circuitos, em Tinta Condutora, mas tembém permite a Soldadura, com uma Pasta especial, de Circuitos já com os componentes!

Por isso, faz tanto Circuitos Protótipo, como solda Circuitos pemanentes, para Pequenas Séries.

Voltera’s Circuit Printer Launches on Kickstarter, Smashes Goal in Minutes

Mike Senese 

The Voltera V-One circuit printer, one of our favorite finds at CES this year, just launched its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter — and hit $100,000 in 35 minutes.

The Voltera system provides multiple capabilities: It will print the traces for your prototype circuit board (at 8mil space and trace), dispense solder paste to allow you to place SMD components on professionally manufactured boards, and provide heat for reflowing those electronics onto boards. And it prints multiple layers with a transparent ink.

https://makezine.com/2015/02/10/voltera-circuit-printer-kickstarter/

E, para Sobremesa, dica do Site 3Ders.org, este fantástico Conjunto Lego-compatível, obra de Jan Jurjen Zwaard, para construír à roda, sim, peças que fazem Cilindros, e até, redomas!

Man 3D prints support-less curved lego blocks; builds Naaldwijk Water Tower

Kira

The of classic cubed shape of a Lego construction is timeless and instantly recognizable, yet it does create some limitations, particularly if the object you are trying to build is known for its smooth curves. Thankfully, curved Lego has arrived thanks to Netherlands-based 3D print designer Jan Jurjen Zwaard.

After attempting to 3D print curved Lego using an existing model designed by Steve Medwin on Thingiverse, Zwaard ran into some complications. “When I printed it, I found out that I wasn’t able to remove the supports very well,” he explained to 3ders.org. “Since I know how to use Solidworks, I was able to create a model myself in such a way that I didn’t need the supports.” After designing a few different sized models, Zwaard was able to successfully print his own modified, interlocking building blocks.

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150208-man-3d-prints-support-less-curved-lego-blocks-builds-naaldwijk-water-tower.html

CNC faça--você-mesmo! E um Teléóvel/Celular impresso em 3D, uma Impressora 3D Steampunk, e uma fábrica de Placascaseira!

Isto é um mundo de coisas boas!

Um Site duma Empresa que tem de tudo um pouco, para tudo de Robótica e CNC..

É bom!

19 Secções de máquinas e ofertas diferentes, ou para vocês comprarem Kits desde Fresas, e Cortadoras/gravadoras Laser CNC(!)...

...A componentes Pneumáticos e Hidráulicos, passando por Componentes deImpressora 3D, Electrónica, Hardware e Software.

E tudo para construírem vocês as Máquinas que quizerem!

Vão lá!

Who are we?

This website endeavor was started in late 2006 with a passion for building DIY CNC machines and sharing the knowledge so others can benefit. The main purpose of this website (the mission) is to offer free to low cost solution to provide automated fabrication to hobbyists. The products on this website are the hard to find parts that match (fit and function) the common level of the machines on this website and of the general DIY CNC machines found on the internet. We have a passion for designing these machines and products necessary for the easy assembly of these machines with explanations and tutorials with easy to read instructions. The customers and users of this website have made hundreds of suggestions and I have received more than 4000 testimonials. The individuals out in the world that actually built the machines on this website is vast and these responses encourage the updates and tutorials to spread the knowledge of CNC Machines and related technologies.

https://www.buildyourcnc.com/default.aspx/

...Dica do nosso amigo Eddy de Ridder, eis um Telemóvel, ou Celular, ou caixa de chatices, faça-você-mesmo!
Pode parecer limitado, mas é configurável, e serve perfeitamente para quem não tiver paciência para aprender "modernices", ou como aparelho de reserva.

OwnFone launches custom 3D printable mobile phone on Kickstarter

A simple phone that will only allow you to contact a handful of people, and that won’t let you surf the web every five minutes? What’s the appeal of that? It might not seem like much to today’s teenagers, but if you stop to think about the advantages the OwnFone offers, you’ll be surprised about how useful it actually is.

Launched in 2011 by the English designer Thom Sunderland, the OwnFone is a deviously clever and surprisingly single concept. These 3D printed phones are approximately the size of a credit card, and feature a set number of numbers it can dial, like a child's parents, health care workers and the emergency number. Each button has been programmed to phone the person mentioned on it (the 'mom' button only phones your mom), and can even be modified to feature braille, rather than letters.

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150206-ownfone-launches-custom-3d-printable-mobile-phone-on-kickstarter.html

Os seguidores do Movimento Steampunk vão adorar esta Impressore 3D, que não fica mal o lado da Mobília Antiga, até parece parte dela!

Jules Verne Needed This Gorgeous Steampunk 3D Printer

Jeremy Cook 

3D printers and steampunk don’t generally go together (feel free to correct me on this), but for some reason this one fits in quite nicely. It’s based on a Printrbot Go, which is built into an unstained folding wooden case. John decided to stain this case, and after adding a few bumpers, the closed 3D printer looks like something out of the 1800s… That is unless you’re looking at the LCD display in the upper-left corner of the box.

Although he never removed the LCD display, (As John points out in the comments below, the LCD was an upgrade, the GO did not come with one)John did replace the bluish one that came with it with an amber-colored display. It still might not pass inspection before the age of transistors, but it does at least fit the color scheme. To compliment, and perhaps distract from, the LCD, analog temperature and humidity dials were added on the opposite side of the enclosure. This decision was justified by the fact that these variables could affect print performance.

makezine.com/2015/02/03/jules-verne-needed-this-gorgeous-steampunk-3d-printer/

Uma Placa electrónica envolve componentes que é dolorosamente complicado de colocar, sem uma Lupa de Relojoeiro, nos nossos dias, de tão pequenos que são...

Mas esta Máquina, faz isso por nós!

Indispensável, hoje em dia, em Garagens, Oficinas, Laboratórios, FabLabs e tudo o mais...

LitePlacer 

The Low Cost DIY Pick and Place Machine

LitePlacer is a pick and place machine aimed for a prototype building stage. LitePlacer:

• is accurate! – Reliably places 0402 passives

• is easy to assemble! – No special tools or precision instruments needed

• has vision! – Two cameras

• is affordable! – DIY kit is 1199€ / $1349

http://www.liteplacer.com/

Edddison? E como apertar os òculos, mais um Manual sobre Impressão 3D, e o novo Raspi

Não, não é um erro de Tipografia, é um Programa que permite criar, a partir do Google Sketchup, um app de realidade virtual, para desenharem e inter-agirem, com o que estão a desenhar, e também para demonstrarem um pruduto vosso em Feiras Profissionais, a Clientes, etc:

edddison LT for SketchUp 

edddison extension for presenting 3D sketches and ideas with your own SketchUp data. The platform allows easy navigation through SketchUp models. Suitable for SketchUp 8, 2013 and 2014 on Microsoft Windows 7 & 8. 

 http://edddison.com/products/edddison-sketchup/

Uma ideia simplesmente genial, e genialmente simples, como terem os vosso òculos apertados sem mais problemas, e sem moerem os Parafusos desses óculos...

Tão simples que eu também fiz!

LOL

 

...Fui buscar as sobras que ficam no bico das Seringas de Silicone, cortei, do Silicone transparente, e já não me caem os òculos do nariz!

É bom!

Fix Loose Eyeglasses with a Rubber Band

zimitt

This instructable is for an almost free fix to an extremely annoying problem of loose glasses.
No, its not a rubber band around the back of your head. ::-)
I like to wear vintage eyeglasses and often they will be stretched out and end up further down my nose than I'd like, often when my hands are too busy to push them back up.
A lot of the newer frames have great spring loaded hinges that will alleviate the problem. What can I say, I love the classics, and the challenge of restoring a great pair of old spectacles.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Fix-Loose-Eyeglasses-with-a-Rubber-Band/

Imprimir em 3d, ou mandar imprimir, não é tão fácil como parece...

A Sculpteo oferece-vos mais um Manual Grátis para garantirem uma boa Impressão 3D dos vossos Objectos, por isso, vão lá buiscar um:

Design Guidelines for 3D Printing

Taking a design from screen into being can be a complicated process, but it doesn’t have to be!

With our eBook Design Guidelines for 3D Printing, you have all of the information you could need when it comes to designing a model for 3D printing. With the help of our in-house design team and our production gurus, this eBook covers everything from design best practices to Sculpteo’s online repair tools to the physical limitations of the printing process.

Each of Sculpteo’s 7 materials are covered individually, with an at-a-glance style reference for you or your company’s 3D designers. With that information, you can quickly account for important design factors such as minimum clearances, file size and material strength as you choose the optimal material for your project.

We’ve also included two ’Bonus’ pages which you’ll want to keep by your side if you’re planning on uploading a file to Sculpteo or completing an FDM print. These bonus pages are a sort of checklist which will ensure that your model is ready for a flawless upload.

http://www.sculpteo.com/en/get/ebook/Design_Guidelines_for_3d_Printing/

...E as boas notícias não páram, dica da Element 14, eis o fenomenal Micro-computador, a Placa Raspberry Pi 2, a 35 Dólares!

Raspberry Pi 2 on sale now at $35

Eben Upton

Let’s get the good stuff out of the way above the fold. Raspberry Pi 2 is now on sale for $35 (the same price as the existing Model B+), featuring:

• A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (~6x performance)
• 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory)
• Complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1

Because it has an ARMv7 processor, it can run the full range of ARM GNU/Linux distributions, including Snappy Ubuntu Core, as well as Microsoft Windows 10.

...

Raspberry Pi 2 is available to buy today from our partners element14 and RS Components. Remember you’ll need an updated NOOBS or Raspbian image including an ARMv7 kernel and modules from our downloads page. At launch, we are using the same ARMv6 Raspbian userland on both Raspberry Pi 1 and 2; over the next few months we will investigate whether we can obtain higher performance from regular ARMv7 Debian, or whether we can selectively replace a small number of libraries to get the best of both worlds. Now that we’re using an ARMv7 core, we can also run Ubuntu: a Snappy Ubuntu Core image is available now and a package for NOOBS will be available in the next couple of weeks.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale/

Imprimir em Metal, mais um método! E Bicicletas, em Madeira, impressas em 3D, e Um Concurso de Design.

Dica de Peter Smith, eis mais uma Impressora 3D, para Metal!
Já antes referi várias, 

• http://faz-voce-mesmo.blogspot.com/2013/12/uma-impressora-3d-para-metal-avanca.html
• http://faz-voce-mesmo.blogspot.com/2014/08/imprimir-em-3d-em-metal-e-como-e-feito.html
• http://faz-voce-mesmo.blogspot.com/2014/11/imprimir-em-metal-um-jogo-de.html
• http://faz-voce-mesmo.blogspot.com/2012/09/3d-em-faianca-metal-fluido-rostok-mais.html

...Mas esta é dum género que imprime em Argila de Metal, que, quando levada ao Forno, produz uma peça em Metal. 

Idealizada para a Joalharia, também podera servir para outros fins, como mecanismos para Protótipos:

MiniMetalMaker - 3D print with metal clay

The Mini Metal Maker is very exciting to me because it is a unique combination of an artistic material with the field of 3D printing. The Mini Metal Maker prints 3D objects from digital files directly in metal clay, rather than in plastic.  Once these clay objects air-dry, they are fired in a kiln to produce beautiful solid metal objects of high purity and precision.  Using metal clay essentially replaces the entire wax-casting or lost-wax process ordinarily needed to do this. The Mini Metal Maker will add new capability for the DIY inventor or artist by making fabrication in metal easy and direct.  It will be a boon for anyone interested in creating their own gears, miniature mechanisms, or printing detailed jewelry or metal ornaments.  The Mini Metal Maker is built around the concept of using the minimum number of parts,  reducing the cost to produce and also eliminating many chances for error during assembly.  



 

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/minimetalmaker-3d-print-with-metal-clay

Vamos às Bicicletas, esta primeira, fetia em Ovar, e em Madeira! 

Destaque também para o excelente Blogue, Café Portugal:

foto João Baptista

Ovar - Das mãos de João nascem bicicletas em madeira com toque de modernidade 

Ana Clara

Na rua Zagalo do Santos, em Ovar, João Baptista dá vida a um conceito que alia tradição e modernidade. Das suas mãos nascem autênticas preciosidades de duas rodas, feitas em madeira, com selo clássico, e onde cada pormenor conta. A empresa, Mud Cycles, dedica-se à construção de bicicletas, «com formas e estética únicas, e executadas numa combinação de peças recuperadas com outras manufacturadas de raiz». Ana Clara; Fotos - João Baptista | sexta-feira, 16 de Janeiro de 2015 A aventura de lançar a Mud Cycles nasceu em 2011, na altura, um projecto virado para o restauro de mobiletes e bicicletas antigas. À medida que a empresa foi evoluindo, explica João Baptista, foi abandonando os restauros para se «dedicar exclusivamente à criação de produtos originais. Sempre achei o processo criativo bastante mais motivador do que o simples restauro de objectos antigos»», diz. A construção de bicicletas de madeira foi uma aposta que surgiu em 2013. E explica por que decidiu encetar este negócio: «sempre adorei trabalhar em madeira e achei um desafio muito interessante aliar isso à minha paixão pelas duas rodas». 

http://cafeportugal.pt/pages/iniciativa_artigo.aspx?id=8633

Agora, a partir dum vìdeo sobre uma Bicicleta impressa em 3D, cortesia de Mech BM, eu fui farejar à Net, e descobri isto!

3D Printing, Make this Man’s Lightweight Bike a Reality!

Andrew Wheeler

Matt Clark from San Marino, California has designed a plastic bicycle, called the Innerframe, to prove that bicycle production could be greatly improved and streamlined using specific materials and methods to improve quality and significantly lower costs.  Though it is not 3D printed, the Innerframe features an extremely rigid, lightweight construction that Matt believes would be highly conducive to 3D printing.

Matt has been working on this design since 2008, and he’s starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. While the goal of Matt’s original prototype in 2008 was to produce a seamless, rigid design impossible to accomplish using traditional bike manufacturing methods, the recent development of 3D printing may change that. Matt imagines 3D printing the bike vertically, producing the interior as well as the surface exterior at the same time.

http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/01/27/3d-printing-lightweight-hollow-bike/

...E para acabar, e só porque achei piada ao raio do Gato com Bigodes, cá vai a notícia deste Concurso, da Zazzle, de Design em Tecido:

“Sew Good” Fabric Design Challenge 

Liz R. 

 

We’re wrapping up our unofficial “Fabric Week” here on the blog with our very first Design Challenge of 2015!

Fabric design winners will be determined both overall, and in 5 different categories where we think fabric will be a huge hit. Here are our categories and some design ideas to get you started.

Categories:

1. Pattern (Ideas: Chevron, Ikat, Damask, Gingham, Plaid, Paisley, Floral, Houndstooth, Suzani, Tartan, Camouflage)

2. Theme (Ideas: Vintage, Retro, Rustic, Modern, Chic, Cute, Funny, Funky, Geeky/Nerdy, Trendy, Novelty, Inspirational)

3. Personalized (Ideas: Photo templates, Name templates, Monogram templates, Logo templates, Wedding, Anniversary

4. Seasonal (Ideas: Fall, Spring, Holiday, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Valentine’s Day, Halloween

5. Other (Ideas: Upholstery, quilting, crafting – any great idea you have that you don’t see here!)

Now, onto the good stuff. Here are the prizes your best fabric design could win:

Three (3) Overall winners will receive:

• Personalized photo shoot of winning fabric design
• Winning design featured on Zazzle.com home page
• Exclusive Instagram, Facebook, Google+ posts
• Featured winning designs pinned on Pinterest
• Dedicated email blast featuring winning fabric design
• Exclusive blog post featuring inspiration Q&A from winners
• Premium placement in on-site curated fabric experience, including link to all fabric designs in your specific store
• 2 yards of your winning fabric design on Combed Cotton

http://blog.zazzle.com/2015/01/30/sew-good-fabric-design-challenge/?roi=echo7-15485772496-40390786-4f3853d0ac6f7fed1f6be00c32491556