/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>90383
I was just thinking of using fabric and my only concern would be what glue to use but I guess archival glue would work for that too.

Also I was thinking of using a plain colored fabric and making a sort of hand shaped grip area around the middle where one would hold it out of a different material but I am not sure what kind of material I could use that I could glue to fabric or whether there is a tougher, more durable fabric that I could use for that purpose

This is from a link someone posted earlier and it's such a great idea since I wanted a Kindle cover but they are very expensive and there aren't many options. I got a book to use for it but I kind of want to personalize the cover myself.

Any ideas on how to do that and what materials to use? Hell, I'd even welcome design ideas, the current cover is so boring and plain

Awesome thread so far!

This year I have made a salt body scrub ( http://www.marthastewart.com/265388/body-scrub )
A cupcake liner lampshade, which I couldn't wait until Christmas to gift ( http://www.auntpeaches.com/2010/09/friday-flowers-ruffled-lotus-lantern.html ) - Picture related
And I am making hot chocolate on a spoon, sort of like http://www.parents.com/holiday/christmas/easy-family-get-together-food--crafts--more/?page=10 but with a whipped ganache and nicer spoons, dinosaur mittens for my 5 year old cousin with some felt and this http://www.lhj.com/style/decorating/easy/diy-presents/?page=6 for the Kindle I got my boyfriend for Christmas.

>>14730
Thanks for the tips, I really appreciate it! I thought this was going to be much easier than it's turning out to be but I am still changing that god awful faucet, I hate brushing my teeth in the shower!

>>14649
>>14647
Oh shit, that hadn't even occurred to me! Thanks for bringing it up, I will have to look into it

>>14614
Awesome, sounds great! Thanks for the help!

>>14597
Now that I was actually looking at the picture it seems like the easiest way would be to cut that crap out, but the problem of the bottom screw still remains.

To be honest I have no idea about plumbing whatsoever, will it actually be possible to unscrew that terrible bolt off once I get those pipes out of the way?

Also the new faucet we got already has those flexi pipes so we are set for that!

I just moved into a new place and the bathroom faucet is broken. The handles were destroyed at some point [see picture on the right] and so we bought a new faucet to replace the old one.

Upon actually looking at the plumbing, however, we discovered that the hot and water "pipes", for lack of a better word, are solid metal and bent outwards in a way that it is impossible to pull them through so we can remove the faucet. [see picture on the left]

It does have a very thin, wide nut type of thing underneath but it´s a tight space and we don´t a wrench wide enough to undo it.

How could we fix it without replacing the whole structure?

If we acquired the proper wrench, how likely is it that by undoing the nut that is apparently holding the metal "pipes" in place we would be able to change the faucet?