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2026-10-22 19:48:35 UTC

Q5: Some folks play puzzles online, or a game on their phone. How do you pass your non making time?
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2026-10-22 19:36:17 UTC

Q4: Which of your skills make you useful, come the apocalypse? Wrong answers only!
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2026-10-22 19:24:02 UTC

Q3: Which of your senses would you miss the least in your making?
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2026-10-22 19:12:21 UTC

Q2: What’s your Maker Confession? Some tool or material misused, something you’ve cheated to achieve….
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2026-10-22 19:00:06 UTC

Q1: Good evening! Introduce yourself, and tell us who would be your dream person to talk about your making with?
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2026-10-15 19:48:15 UTC

Q5) Someone once admitted to getting in a dry bath and covering themselves with a duvet when stressed or needing a quiet place. Where's your quiet place, when everything is too much? #MakersHour

2026-10-15 19:36:02 UTC

Q4) Design preference; smooth and rounded or angular and aggressive? Thinking mainly cars, and dream cars, but other designed things too! #MakersHour

2026-10-15 19:24:20 UTC

Q3) How did you find us here at MakersHour anyway? Did we not hide well enough?
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2026-10-15 19:12:15 UTC

Q2) This MakersHour malarkey was begun a long time ago, back in the days of Twitter. What's changed in your making over the last decade?
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2026-10-15 19:00:17 UTC

Q1) Alfred and Sue aren't in the office, so @nprofile…fvyv has climbed in through the window and has taken over again!
But, if there was no MakersHour, what would you be doing now instead?
#MakersHour

2026-08-10 09:00:10 UTC

Here are the questions for Thursday, 13th August at 8pm UK time, Tooted every 12 minutes throughout the hour.
Please remember to follow us, and tag #MakersHour.
Thank you.
Q1: Hello, please introduce yourself and share something interesting about a recent make.
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Q2: What modern technology do you dislike, and what would you replace it with?
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Q3: Arthur C Clarke once stated, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." What magical item would you like to see made real?
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Q4: What unusual sources of inspiration do you have?
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Q5: If you had just £10 budget for materials what would you make?
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2026-06-11 19:48:27 UTC

Q5: You are stuck on a deserted island with nothing but your favourite local hardware or hobby store. What do you make to pass the time while waiting for rescue? #MakersHour

2026-06-11 19:36:09 UTC

Q4: Not all of us can, or want to, make for a living working full time. What ideal other job would you like to do to help support your making, Universal Basic Income aside? #MakersHour

2026-06-11 19:24:18 UTC

Q3: If you are completely reinventing your maker self, with a whole new set of skills and knowledge. Describe this new you in the form of your Mastodon bio. #MakersHour

2026-06-11 19:12:08 UTC

Q2: Are you a micro millimetre (10th of a thou) perfectionist in your projects, or you go by eye? And why? #MakersHour

2026-06-04 19:48:07 UTC

Q5: Which of your projects has made you happiest, and why? #MakersHour

2026-06-04 19:36:29 UTC

Q4: Have you ever made something to help with a disability or chronic illness issue - for yourself or someone else? #MakersHour

2026-06-04 19:24:05 UTC

Q3: If someone could make something to make life easier for you, what would it be? #MakersHour

2026-06-04 19:12:19 UTC

Q2: Do you use making as part of your own self care, mental health support, or wellbeing? Or is it all about the make? #MakersHour

2026-06-04 19:00:29 UTC

Q1: Who are you, and what have you done that brings joy to you, or someone else close to you, this week? #MakersHour

2026-05-28 19:48:31 UTC

Q5: What's your plan of action for the possible dystopian future on our doorstep? #MakersHour

2026-05-28 19:36:11 UTC

Q4: I'm struggling through multiple unfinished builds, what are your tips for finishing those problem builds? #MakersHour

2026-05-28 19:24:25 UTC

Q3: With summer holidays, what are the best maker related things/events to visit? #MakersHour

2026-05-28 19:12:02 UTC

Q2: What tips do you have to stay focussed on projects? #MakersHour

2026-05-28 19:00:12 UTC

Q1: Hi all, what have you been making this week? #MakersHour

2026-05-14 19:36:17 UTC

Q4: What other hobbies do you have that use your maker skills? #MakersHour

2026-05-14 19:24:13 UTC

Q3: Who do you see on social media making a great impression in a school/education/outreach setting? What do they do that would’ve inspired you? #MakersHour

2026-05-14 19:12:14 UTC

Q2: How would you go about inspiring older people, elders and retirees, into making? #MakersHour

2026-05-14 19:00:07 UTC

Q1: Hi folks. Tell us who you are, and what you’ve been doing. #MakersHour

2026-05-09 18:37:10 UTC

You may know that @nprofile…000h and @nprofile…yne8 (me) are planning on moving to rural Wales next year.
We will have less time and considerably less bandwidth, certainly to start with.
I am looking for someone who would like to take over this account and host Makers Hour when we go, to keep it running.
There is time to learn the ropes and give it a trial run if any of you are interested.
Please let me know if you would be interested, I would hate to lose Makers Hour just because we have moved house.
Thank you.

2026-03-26 20:48:16 UTC

Q5: This ‘dishcloth’ thing came about from my misreading last week. What funny or confusing misreadings, potential or actual, have you had in your making? Instructions, measurements, or whatever you casually read during your projects.
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2026-03-26 20:36:26 UTC

Q4: What sort of messes does your making produce, that you could use a dishcloth for cleaning up? The dishcloth might not be the best thing, but it is all you have.
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2026-03-26 20:24:16 UTC

Q3: Dishcloths, the unsung heroes of the washing up bowl. How might you clean the things you have made? Please share your cleansing secrets.
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2026-03-26 20:12:15 UTC

Q2: Given a new dishcloth, what would you make from it, in your usual style? Your other working materials are a given.
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2026-03-26 20:00:18 UTC

Q1: Hello fellow dishcloths*! Tell us what you’ve been doing this week.
*The new term of endearment for us all.
https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour/116257639087292428
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2026-03-19 10:00:23 UTC

Here are the questions for tonight, 19th March, at 8pm UK time, Tooted every 12 minutes throughout the hour.
Please remember to follow us, and tag #MakersHour.
Thank you.
Q1: Say hi, and tell us what you’ve been doing this week. #MakersHour
Q2: Were you a maker as a child? If so, what? #MakersHour
Q3: How many tools do you have? To the nearest significant figure… #MakersHour
Q4: If you are struggling with a make, what do you do to over come it? #MakersHour
Q5: They say "The pen is mightier than the sword", what would you make to prove that right or wrong? #MakersHour

2026-02-05 10:00:49 UTC

Here are the questions for tonight, 5th February, at 8pm UK time, Tooted every 12 minutes throughout the hour.
Please remember to follow us and tag #MakersHour.
Thank you.
Q1: Hello, let's talk about our own favourite projects.
Share a brief description of your favourite, and what it means to you.
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Q2: Was your project uniquely your design/idea, from others' guides, plans, or patterns, or a mix? What influenced that for you?
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Q3: Did you, would you, share your project plan for others to make? How would you feel knowing someone copied, or was influenced by, your work (with credit)?
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Q4: If you were asked to recreate your project, for some reason, would you decline, remake faithfully, or change it in some way? And why?
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Q5: Is your favourite a special long term passion, or just the latest in a long line of favourite projects, soon to be superseded? What might a future favourite be in either case?
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2026-01-19 10:00:16 UTC

Here are the questions for Thursday 22nd January, at 8pm UK time, Tooted every 12 minutes throughout the hour.
Please remember to follow us, and tag #MakersHour.
Thank you.
Q1: Hello. Looking at ‘it’.
‘It’ is the thing that helps or hinders your making. A process, innate ability, something scary, imposter syndrome, etc.
Tell us what your ‘it’ is.
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Q2: Does ‘it’ only affect one aspect of your craft, or all aspects of your creativity and making, and how?
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Q3: Is ‘it’ something you can actively avoid or call upon while being creative, or can you not influence ‘it’ at all? Tell us how that works for you.
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Q4: Do you have a trick or process you can use to heighten or mitigate the effects of ‘it’? Please share your ideas.
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Q5: If you could change your ‘it’ for some other ‘it’, what might that be, and why?
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2025-04-03 19:48:39 UTC

Q5: If someone admired your making or crafting and wanted to try it out, what suggestions would you have for them to try it for themselves? Would you have any cautionary advice?
#MakersHour
@nprofile…vdh0

2025-04-03 19:36:03 UTC

Q4: Double up: If you could combine two of your makes to create a third thing, what would it be?
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@nprofile…vdh0

2025-04-03 19:24:06 UTC

Q3: What do you do when you need an alternative boost of inspiration?
#MakersHour
@nprofile…vdh0

2025-03-06 20:00:05 UTC

Q1: Introduce yourself and describe your making, crafting, creative style in the form of a verse.
#MakersHour
@nprofile…vdh0

2025-01-30 20:48:01 UTC

Q5: What’s the most unexpected thing that has happened in the course of a project? Funny, surprising, shocking, scary, dangerous? Give us a laugh, or a cautionary tale.
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2025-01-30 20:36:17 UTC

Q4: Is there a material or substance that other folks might easily use in their creative projects that you feel you will not want to include in your own, and why?
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2025-01-30 20:24:10 UTC

Q3: Many of us use more than one material, or have more than one creative skill.
Have you created anything that combined more than one skill, or material type? Would you like to? Tell us about that.
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2025-01-30 20:12:02 UTC

Q2: Is there something that makes your creations ‘uniquely you’? Is it a technique, style, or a material?
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2025-01-30 20:00:11 UTC

Q1: Introduce yourself, and tell us about one of your earliest making/creative projects.
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2025-01-16 20:49:35 UTC

Q5: Your local council has asked you to make something small for a time capsule! What would you make? #MakersHour

2025-01-16 20:36:08 UTC

Q4: You're the Monarch, President, or Prime Minister of your country for the day! You can make or change one national law before they're on to you - so what's it gonna be? #MakersHour

2025-01-16 20:24:02 UTC

Q3: Project A needs Thing B before you can finish it, but you don't know how to do it. So, do you get someone else to do it for you, or do you learn to do it yourself? Why? #MakersHour

2025-01-16 20:12:12 UTC

Q2: Have you had any trouble with losing your muse/mojo? What usually knocks your creativity? #MakersHour

2025-01-16 20:00:02 UTC

Q1: Who are you, and what is ‘the next big thing’ that you are about to, or want to, start working on? #MakersHour

2025-01-09 20:12:06 UTC

Q2. Spread lurve!
Recommend a creative artist/maker you follow on the Fediverse.
Aha! But ‘not’ someone who takes part in #MakersHour!

2025-01-02 20:48:12 UTC

Q5 #MakersHour: Do you make new year’s resolutions or plans? Tell about some you have made.

2024-12-19 20:48:25 UTC

Q5 Where would you look for the surprise present that you suspect has been hidden for you, and what might it be? #MakersHour

2024-12-19 20:36:16 UTC

Q4 If you were to gift one piece of advice about making that you know someone would find useful, what would it be? #MakersHour

2024-12-19 20:24:15 UTC

Q3 If Santa’s elves could bring you anything to help you be more creative, what would it be? Money, practicality and it actually existing do not need to be considered. #MakersHour

2024-12-19 20:12:10 UTC

Q2 Have you ever used recycled material or unusual methods to wrap a gift? If so, tell us about it. #MakersHour

2024-12-19 20:00:16 UTC

Q1 Who are you, and are you feeling festive? If you could have your dream party, what would it involve and what’s your festive snack or drink of choice? #MakersHour

2024-12-12 21:02:02 UTC

Thank you all for a lovely #MakersHour.
I hope you all had a good time pondering questions about time.
See you all next week.
xx

2024-12-12 20:48:10 UTC

Q5) If you could travel in time, when would you go to and what would you do? #MakersHour

2024-12-12 20:36:05 UTC

Q4) Time and space are relative. Does having more space make time go faster or slower? #MakersHour

2024-12-12 19:00:45 UTC

One hour to #MakersHour! Just one hour to tonight's Makers Hour folks.

2024-12-11 10:00:34 UTC

Here are your questions for this week, Thursday 12th December, at 8pm UK time.
Questions will be Tooted every 12 minutes throughout the hour.
Please remember to follow and tag us in your responses, and also use the #MakersHour tag, if you are taking part.
Thank you.
Q1) Who are you, and what have you had time to make or create this week? #MakersHour
Q2) What have you not had time to make or create this week? #MakersHour
Q3) How much time does it take to create the things you make? #MakersHour
Q4) Time and space are relative. Does having more space make time go faster or slower? #MakersHour
Q5) If you could travel in time, when would you go to and what would you do? #MakersHour

2024-12-05 20:12:05 UTC

Q2. How long have you been making your creative creations? #MakersHour

2024-11-28 20:36:30 UTC

Q4 Have you ever been in someone else’s making environment that you really admire? What was it that you liked?
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2024-11-28 20:24:09 UTC

Q3 Can you share any space-saving or organization tips for your working space?
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2024-11-28 20:12:06 UTC

Q2 Do you like to work on one project at a time or many? How do you manage the space when juggling multiple projects?
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2024-11-28 20:00:14 UTC

Q1 Welcome! Introduce yourself, and show us where you create most of your projects (workshop, bench, sofa?) and/or what you’re working on!
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2024-11-21 20:48:15 UTC

Q5. If you could learn to make one different thing from another creative person, what would it be, and who would you want to be your teacher? #MakersHour

2024-11-21 20:36:12 UTC

Q4. How do you decide what you’re going to make next? #MakersHour

2024-11-21 20:24:11 UTC

Q3. What/who got you into creative making, and why? #MakersHour

2024-11-21 20:22:36 UTC

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@nprofile…uvkp
I particularly love that square stone on the left.
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2024-11-21 20:12:09 UTC

Q2. Do you sell your creative work, and if so what’s your best seller?
If you don’t sell, have you considered it? #MakersHour

2024-11-21 20:00:06 UTC

Q1. Who are you, and what do you most enjoy creating? #MakersHour

2024-11-18 10:00:09 UTC

Here are your questions for this week, Thursday 21st November, at 8pm UK time.
Questions will be Tooted every 12 minutes throughout the hour.
Please remember to follow and tag us in your responses, and also use the #MakersHour tag if you are taking part.
Thank you.
Q1. Who are you, and what do you most enjoy creating? #MakersHour
Q2. Do you sell your creative work, and if so what’s your best seller?
If you don’t sell, have you considered it? #MakersHour
Q3. What/who got you into creative making, and why? #MakersHour
Q4. How do you decide what you’re going to make next? #MakersHour
Q5. If you could learn to make one different thing from another creative person, what would it be, and who would you want to be your teacher? #MakersHour

2024-11-12 10:00:29 UTC

Here are your questions for this week, Thursday 14th November, at 8pm UK time.
Questions will be Tooted every 12 minutes throughout the hour.
Please remember to follow and tag us in your responses, and also use the #MakersHour tag, if you are taking part.
Thank you.
Q1 Welcome to #MakersHour, what have you been making this week? Please introduce yourself and show us your creations!
Q2 Often our imaginations exceed our bank balance, so what are some of the ways you get creative in stretching your budget for making? #MakersHour
Q3 What’s the biggest, and the smallest, thing you’ve ever made? #MakersHour
Q4 We all have our comfort zone with our skills; how often does your making take you out of that, and do you seek to do it on purpose? #MakersHour
Q5 What do you do to get your creative mojo back when the inspiration has gone? #MakersHour

2024-10-10 19:24:05 UTC

A3 What got you into your creative field? Did someone teach you, are you self-taught, or, both?
#MakersHour
@npub18x6…awnc

2024-10-10 19:12:05 UTC

A2 Is your making/creating/crafting your job or a hobby? Is it a side-gig? And does that change how you think about your projects?
#MakersHour
@npub18x6…awnc

2024-10-10 19:00:20 UTC

A1 Who are you, and what do you make, create, or craft? #MakersHour
@npub18x6…awnc

2024-10-03 19:00:17 UTC

Q1 Welcome along to #MakersHour. Please introduce yourself and let us know what creative thing you have been doing this week.
@npub18x6…awnc