My love affair with Portland, Oregon grows and grows. Not only are they hosting a fantastic weekend of craft events celebrating the screenings of Handmade Nation, but they are also one of the newest cities to start a Make: group. Make:PDX will hold its first big event this weekend with guests from the Open Tech […]
Continue ReadingIf you’ve ever had a button hole rip out, stretch, or had to replace a button with a smaller one, you know how frustrating it is when they pop open. It’s particularly embarassing on the front of a blouse! To fix this, just use a simple zigzag stitch either by machine or by hand to […]
Continue ReadingGareth @Make: Online writes: We’re excited about our Make: MINImarketplace section, which premiered in MAKE, Volume 17. Got something cool you want to sell, have a service to offer fellow readers, looking for some precious widget that only another maker might have stashed away in the garage? The Make: MINImarketplace offers a place for you […]
Continue ReadingLynsey of Swirlythoughts shows you how to make your own padded envelopes with reclaimed materials. These look so much better than the plain ones you get at the post office!
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Core77 has a neat walkthough of the process required to make bi-metallic coins; how interesting! I agree with the author, I think the mistakes are possibly even more attractive than the originals!
Continue ReadingWhenever my husband’s birthday rolls around, I can count on a few things. First, he’ll definitely want to visit our favorite Japanese restaurant downtown for a rice and miso-laden feast. Second, he’ll almost certainly have a gory horror movie (or a DVD box set full of gory horror movies) on his wish list. Third, his […]
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Happy Birthday Dr. Bunsen! On this day in 1811 was born a pioneer in chemistry, and a maker of tools! Robert Bunsen was a German chemist; he made many significant discoveries, including the use of iron oxide hydrate as a precipitating agent, still used as the primary antidote for arsenic poisoning. He is probably best […]
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