Month: September 2009

How-To: Make Your Own Bra

Following up on her excellent DIY panties Instructable, user Rachel shows us the steps to making your own perfectly fitting, any-fabric-you-want bra. Because face it, you like to sew, and you can’t find a bra with pirate fabric in the store. More: How-To: Sew Panties How-To: Make Your Own Panties How-To: Make Boy Cut Panties […]

Crocheted horse hats

MAKE’s photo editor Sam Murphy sent us this great photo she recently took in Vienna. She writes: I was on a lightning trip with my fiance and his parents in Germany for my soon-to-be family reunion. We were in Germany mostly, but we hopped on the train to Prague and Vienna. These were the horse […]

Book Review: Cupcake Kit

I love cupcakes, and I love baking, so I’m not quite sure why I had never actually tried to make cupcakes. My mini muffin tin holds tea lights. I didn’t even own a regular-sized muffin tin. But my favorite cupcake place, Love at First Bite, is across the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, and I just don’t get there that often. That’s probably a good thing for my waistline, but nonetheless, I jumped at the chance to try out the Cupcake Kit by Elinor Klivens from Chronicle Books.