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Why having a toddler is like being at a frat party: Suburban Snapshots A little bit of tennis magic: YouTube How they turn the lights on each morning at the Museum of Modern Art: YouTube Please stay in your assigned …

Inspired to read on-line magazines? Here’s a list: Decor8 Drooling over this beautiful sewing kit: Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe Such a beautiful party: LMNOP Chloe Sevigny takes you on a walk through New York’s East Village and visits …

Will you find one of the treasures in your neighborhood? Mighty Girl If there’s already Spanglish, why not Chinglish too: The New York Times What sewing machines and pre-paid cell phones have in common: Harvard Business Review Gummi bear surgery: …

It’s always fun to get a peek into a designer’s process: Tula Pink, via True Up How to convert a pattern into a downloadable pdf: BurdaStyle I really need to get myself a subscriptions to Uppercase Photos of the volcano …

Video interview with Valerie Steele, the director and curator of the Museum at FIT: Italian Vogue Taking this advice to heart, especially when using a rotary cutter: Radiolab Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, in Legos: Apartment Therapy Keds, with unicorns: …

Inspiration to read together: New York Times How long until I can get my hands on Photoshop’s new content-aware fill?: YouTube Did you know you can burn diamonds?: PopSci Selfish Seamstress haiku products to benefit cancer research (but wait, that’s …

A Selfish Seamstress haiku: The Selfish Seamstress Shopping lists as inspiration: Uppercase Pictures of defaced money: Money Mumbo Jumbo What comes after the iPad?: Gizmodo Sewing for a new baby, “You do know they come out naked, don’t you?!”: Colette …

Handmade shoes: The New York Times Don’t underestimate 10 year-olds: No Reservations/You Tube Fire-breathing snowman: Neatorama How to store and organize cats: I Have Seen the Whole of the Internet Cappuccino foam art: Design Inspiration The cars of my youth, …

Save pens; use Garamond: Flowing Data How to report the news on TV: You Tube How a counterfeit bill fights corruption: The World Bank Ever seen a Gandhiwarmer?: Hi Low & In Between White on white: Erasing Moving a giant …

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a: Craftastrophe A giant knitted rock: Craft Business From the annals of brilliant ideas in reusable packaging design: Subtraction A great opportunity for fabric lovers who live in Portland: Heather Ross Make your …

Over the next year, I’ll be contributing a monthly column to the BurdaStyle blog that goes into geek-level detail on fabrics. The column runs on the last Tuesday of each month. The first piece in the series, a basic primer …

A shop to benefit the work of Doctors Without Borders in Haiti: Etsy Tutorial for a cat house: Sewtakeahike Shortbread buttons: Forty-Sixth at Grace The number of Crayola crayons doubles every 28 years: Weather Sealed Carved baseball bats: Craftzine The …