Mended headphones!

I’m probably missing an obvious category for this, but I figured it counted as an accessory!

I have these trusty old Bose headphones, which I LOVE, except for the flimsy pleather they use (and honesy some of the plastic leaves a but to be desired, too).
They’ve been flaking off little black specks for a good long time, so I decided it was time to replace those bits and soup them up a little too.

Here’s a “before” (well, I guess, “middle”) photo:

I ended up taking them WAY more apart than I actually needed, as is my style :upside_down_face: so I ended up spray painting the outside shells with colorshift paint I had left from spiffing up my AlphaSmart.

I was originally going to replace the entire headband thing on the top, but once I removed the disintegrating fake leather, I realized the foam and core were fine, so I jusf hand-sewed a nee crude cover with a bit of the Arts &Crafts club fat quarter from Nerd Games Summer Camp

(It’s crude, I know. But it’s fluorescent thread!)
There are also little extra “belts” on the ends because I was just making it up as I went.

I added some stickers of made by some local artist friends (and a pair of ear cushions that I ended up just purchasing because these things were really apparently not built to be repaired/refurbished at home :roll_eyes:) and bada bing, bada boom! I have non-shedding headphones again!


(also, apologies if my photos repeat or don’t make sense. I’m dying over here without that ole preview button!!)

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Awesome refurb. I love the stickers and shiny new paint job and what a great use of the September art club fabric!

I love that you mended your headphones. They look so artsy now, and it’s such an upgrade to their function. No more shedding!

Great fix! They look cool and repairing is so much more environmentally sound that replacing.