I was excited to hear that the first ever QuiltCon, organized by the Modern Quilt Guild, will take place in my old stomping grounds of Austin, Texas. The event touts awesome speakers and teachers, like Denyse Schmidt, Anna Maria Horner, Elizabeth Hartman and more, and will include a juried quilt show and special quilt exhibits. […]
On today’s Ask MAKE, a reader writes: “I have a box full of old vacuum tubes and would like to do an LED tube mod but I have no clue as to how to wire, power supplies, etc. Could you help me as far the nitty gritty on making this project work?
I’ve got ’80s heavy metal on the brain right now, thanks to Van Halen visiting Detroit on Monday. AND THEN I saw Kathy’s, of Merriment Designs, Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me” sugar cube wrappers. So, yep, still have heavy metal on the brain. Check out her blog to print your own wrappers and […]
Proof that you don’t need to swap personality for safety—no matter how early in the morning—our own Lish got her hands on some fancy patterned duct tape and shared this duct tape coffee cup sleeve tutorial on her blog. My mom would absolutely love the Hello Kitty version, but I’m partial to the multi-font rock […]
Are you looking for a great kit to introduce your children to making? The BeetleBot, available in the Maker Shed, is a simple kit to make a quick and basic obstacle-avoiding robot – no soldering required!
Last week, we featured Pickles, the pug crochet hat Etsy model. Now, Laughing Squid introduces us to Toki Nantucket, the dapper cat in hats and bowties over on CatAtelier on Etsy. I’m really wishing my cat was open to accessorizing right about now …
Pete Prodoehl of Milwaukee, WI, who runs a web development company, is branching out into the DIY biz by selling his Button kit, which creates a one-button keyboard used for, among other things, triggering photobooths. Along the way he’s blogging his experiences following Chris Anderson’s Ten Rules for Maker Businesses: Make a profit. It takes […]
