By Phil Hecken The depth and breadth of the Uni Watch readership talents and expertise never cease to amaze me. This past summer, when I ran the “Design-An-MLB-Jersey” contest, there …
Category: DIY Projects
Jumpin’ Jimmer Mothervilker
By Phil Hecken, with the Mothervilker Mr. 5 & 1 himself has been busier than a March Hare these days, but a couple weeks ago he told me he was …
Uni Watch DIY Projects: One Last NFL Blast
Before the Super Bowl completely fades from our collective memory, I want to showcase a pair of DIY projects today — one of them Super Bowl-related, and one of them …
Beerfest of Champions
By Phil Hecken Although DIY isn’t my cuppa, there are many of you fine Uni Watchers out there who do love to create your own jerseys, uniforms, and assorted paraphernalia …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Could the Dream Hit the Curveball?
[Editor’s Note: Last week I mentioned that DIY submissions had slowed to a trickle. Reader Kenny Montross responded with a really good contribution that I’ve decided to run today as …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Letter Perfect
[Editor’s Note: It’s been a while since we’ve had a DIY entry, so today we have a guest-written piece from Steve Dodell, who wanted to match the dugout jacket NOB …
Will It Go Round in Circles
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry by Kirsten Hively, who will enlighten us regarding an intriguing category of items that are sometimes rendered in sports-themed designs.] By Kirsten …
If you build it…
By Phil Hecken, with Jim Vilk Here on Uni Watch, we often kid Jim Vilk on his lack of fashion sense and general and unwavering ability to make bad jerseys …
New Trends in Office Decor
[Editor’s Note: Greg Allred, shown above, is the guy behind this site, which is devoted to the Birmingham Americans and Birgmingham Vulcans, both of the old WFL. He’s also accumulated …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Ryco Redux
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Ryan Connelly, who’s bringing us up to date on his latest DIY projects. Enjoy. — PL] By Ryan Connelly There was …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Jasmine or Earl Gray?
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Joe DeAngelis, who did a DIY project nearly 20 years ago — and who, I’m fairly certain, is the only DIYer …
Putting the Y in DIY
Got a note the other day from Terence Kearns, who wanted to tell me about his latest DIY project. Along the way, he raised an interesting question. Take a look: …
For the Love of Little Men
By Phil Hecken, Jim Vilk and Chris Markham Growing up in the 1970s, before the advent of video games, I had what a lot of kids my age had, one …
And for the next contest…
by Phil Hecken I’m pleased to announce the next Uni Watch contest, and this time we’ll be having an awesome prize for the winner. I’ll be teaming up with UW …
Emptying the Notebook
Been a while since anyone has submitted any childhood uni drawings, so I was happy to get a communiqué from Aaron Staenberg, as follows: My parents were going through some …