I hate to see beautiful pieces of old technology sent to the landfill so I’ve decided to rescue as much as I can from obsolescence. This mid-century phone now functions as a personal bluetooth stereo system. The speakers are in the handset with a subwoofer concealed in the base. Volume is controlled with the dial, and to turn it off you simply hang up the receiver. Awesome is calling, are you ready to answer?

I took a long trip through Europe a couple years ago.  Naturally I couldn't go without full-size stereo sound, but I wanted to pack light.  So, I built myself a stereo system out of a great old vintage suitcase.  I used a miniature amp, and 4 sonic transducers to turn the sides of the suitcase into speakers without sacrificing any interior space.  It's amazing the friends you can make when you bring a dance party to a hostel.  

What do you do when your music collection is too vast to be contained by the Apple products currently on the market?  Well, naturally you make your own version.  Thanks to some aftermarket parts from Hong Kong, now this capacious musical repository lives in the dash of my car so I can drive coast to coast without hearing the same song twice.  

So I have this friend who's a little obsessed with audio, and a lot obsessed with owls.  Turns out with enough walnut veneer and trickery, you can merge the two.  The built in bluetooth, and subwoofer are great, but the real selling point is the light show that comes from underneath.  Whooo wants to party?

So, you want to try quilting for the first time you say?  How about making something with the same square footage as a San Francisco apartment?  Fearless ignorance sometimes works out in your favor.