How-To: Custom-Fit Reversible Coat
I’m blown away by Instructables user analogcatastrophe’s design for a custom-fit reversible coat, made from two fleece blankets she thrifted. The project came in under $5! Cute photo trick, too.
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Ada Lovelace Day, celebrating women in technology
What’s Ada Lovelace Day? Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging (videologging, podcasting, comic drawing etc.!) to draw attention to the achievements of women in technology and science. Who was Ada? Ada Lovelace was one of the world’s first computer programmers, and one of the first people to see computers as more than […]
Intern’s Corner: Building the Geared Candleholder
Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Eric Chu, engineering intern Building the Geared Candleholder by Benjamin Cowden in MAKE Volume 21 is one of my proudest builds, but it was no walk in the […]
Flashback: Reclaimed Vase
This month, with our UpCraft theme in full swing, we’ve seen a lot of really clever ideas for refreshing the old while keeping the landfills light on materials that can be reused. I love Natalie Friedman’s crafty project from CRAFT Volume 09 on how to transform a detergent bottle destined for (at best) the recycling […]
Tricks of the Trade video: Two bikes, one lock trick
One of our wonderful MAKE magazine illustrators, Tim Lillis, who does the Tricks of the Trade cartoon in each issue, did a video version. I really like it and hope we get to see more. Tricks of the Trade: episode 1 More: Indirect Collaboration talks to Lego Group rep
How-To: Wooly Willy Table
I loved my Wooly Willy magnetic drawing board when I was a kid, and I’ve heard this larger-scale Wooly Willy Table by Noah at Instructables is even more fun.
How To: New Journal from an Old Book
Transform a musty old tome into a cute and useful new blank book.