The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Spring is coming along closer now that daylight savings is in full effect! I’d like to spend Sunday knitting this adorable bunny washcloth by Susan B. Anderson. She also has a pattern to make her easter egg washcloth too!
Peter writes in the comments about Blender. He and his mates did an independent study to learn Blender, an open source software platform for 3D design and animation. The results of their work is a clever short film titled The Night of the Living Dead Pixels. Their video animation was awarded best short film at […]
Josh Kopel, of Dorkbot Seattle, made this lovely ceiling fixture from a colander and a sand strainer he got at RE Store, a used building supply place in Seattle. [via The Genteel Recessionista]
Kristina on design*sponge and designer Thomas Paul get inspired by macarons in this visual feast with accompanying macaron and bittersweet toffee ganache recipe by Tartlette. Oh la la!
Attendees at the last Make:NYC meet-up created and tested a whole fleet of mini sailboats from just cardboard, cups, and glue. They churned out a wide variety of designs each with it’s own approach to harnessing a breeze. Check out a bunch of good pics from the event in the Flickr set.
This isn’t really a mending project, but it’s in the spirit of mending, and helped me teach a valuable lesson to my 13-year-old son about repair and reuse, as opposed to “throw it out and buy a new one.” It all started when I got sick of looking at the brown paper bag of recycling […]
Awesome R/C Delta Wing flyer, dubbed The Towel, you can make in a few hours out of Dow insulation blue board, an R/C rig, and model plane parts. They’ve even put together a parts bundle of all the mechanics and radio for under $100. The Towel V1.0
