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What sparks joy in you?

Many things bring me joy: The feeling of strength, flexibility and balance when I hold a difficult balance pose for the first time Watching a butterfly emerge from its chrysalis and take its first flight

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Check – Evaluating your Design

After you’ve made your product, it’s time to check how well it met your goals and design intent. If you made this for a customer, you will want to ask for their feedback. A tip

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How Sewing Relates to Engineering

There is not one route to becoming an engineer. I’ve noticed that many of my women engineer colleagues share a passion for sewing or quilting, and with good reason. Sewing is a self-directed hobby that

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STEM vs STEAM?

Do the Arts have a place with Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math education? There’s a debate going on… what’s the right name, what’s the right focus–STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) or STEAM (Science Technology Engineering

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Believe it’s Possible

Can you get your dog into this box? The challenge… It’s one of many dog tricks… get all 4 of your dog’s feet into increasingly smaller boxes. But for a long time I couldn’t help

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Design Cycle

Let’s talk about the design cycle for a minute. Deming used a “Plan–Do–Check–Act” process in Continuous Improvement. It’s a very simple design cycle and can be adapted for almost anything. PLAN – this is where

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