How To Enter the T-Shirt Hacks Speed Contest

How To Enter the T-Shirt Hacks Speed Contest
Have some old or boring t-shirts lying around? Then use them for your next DIY project! Cut 'em, sew 'em, dye 'em, print on 'em, add electronics, or decorate 'em with LEDs, googley eyes, and fringe -- whatever you need to make them fabulous.

So do you have some tips for making a dull shirt fantastic? Prove it, and win a custom laser-cut stencil that you can use to apply your favorite design to just about anything!


The requirements are pretty simple: modify a t-shirt in a creative way to give it a new look. You can use more than one shirt or add anything you like, but the result should still be wearable. Put the instructions and pictures in an Instructable in the T-Shirt Hacks speed challenge in the next couple weeks and you're good to go!


Prizes:

Voting Prize: One custom laser-cut stencil for applying designs to shirts or any other piece of clothing and an Instructables Robot t-shirt.
Value: $40

Pageviews Prize: One custom laser-cut stencil for applying designs to shirts or any other piece of clothing and an Instructables Robot t-shirt.
Value: $40

Random Prize: One custom laser-cut stencil for applying designs to shirts or any other piece of clothing and an Instructables Robot t-shirt.
Value: $40

Runner Up: An Instructables Robot t-shirt.
Value: $20

Open to enter: 2008-03-20 12:01 AM PST
Deadline for entries: 2008-04-06 11:59 PM PST

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Step 1Official Rules

1. All federal, state, and local taxes on prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. No purchases are necessary; void where prohibited by law.

2. Participants agree to abide by all decisions of Instructables, contest co-sponsors, and judges, which shall be final and binding with respect to all issues relating to this contest.

3. Prize is not transferable and no cash alternative or prize substitution is available. Instructables and contest co-sponsors reserve the right to substitute a similar prize of equal or greater value if the prize listed is unavailable for any reason. All potential winners are subject to verification at the discretion of Instructables and contest co-sponsors.

4. Winner agrees that prizes are being provided "as is", and Instructables and contest co-sponsors make no warranty, representation or guarantee regarding the prize, including but not limited to its quality, condition, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

5. Instructables and contest co-sponsors are not responsible for problems including (but not limited to) damaged, incorrect, inaccurate, lost, delayed, or defective entries, or for injury or damage to any computer resulting from participation in this contest. Entries that have been tampered with or altered are void.

6. Instructables reserves the right to modify, cancel, postpone or end the contest at any time as necessary, at its sole discretion, or to disqualify any participant or winner, at its sole discretion, deemed to have cheated, destroyed, obstructed, or otherwise acted illegally or in bad faith in relation to this contest.

7. Instructables reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be in violation of the Terms of Service; to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; to be acting in a unethical or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.

8. By submitting an entry and entering this contest, you represent and warrant that: you are over the age of 18, or entering with the knowledge and permission of your parent or guardian (subject to verification), and that the entry does not contain or incorporate the intellectual property and/or confidential information of any third party.

9. By submitting an entry and entering this contest, you hereby grant Instructables a perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable, worldwide, royalty free right to publish and distribute your entry for their promotional purposes.

10. Governing Law: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the official rules, or the rights of entrants, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with, the substance laws of the State of California and any applicable laws and regulations of the United States.
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23 comments
Apr 8, 2008. 7:35 PMjoejoerowley says:
Is the runner up for votes or page views? (please same votes, please say votes :)
Apr 9, 2008. 9:38 AMfungus amungus says:
Runner-up is for votes
Apr 9, 2008. 6:20 PMjoejoerowley says:
Nice! Thanks! :)
Apr 6, 2008. 11:42 AMGorillazMiko says:
*sigh* I have my idea and everything, but I am just so busy.
Won't be able to post it today... but it'll be up someday, hopefully.
Mar 25, 2008. 4:37 PMthydzik says:
What are the rules concerning submitting old instructables to the competition?
Mar 25, 2008. 8:56 PMfungus amungus says:
The date range is from March 20 to April 6. So no older Instructables.
Mar 25, 2008. 6:32 AMlawizeg says:
We should have a flashlight contest.
Mar 25, 2008. 8:14 AMfungus amungus says:
I will gladly throw that in the Bucket of Contest Ideas.
Mar 22, 2008. 8:43 PMHazardRush says:
what is the max size of the stencil?
Mar 25, 2008. 8:13 AMfungus amungus says:
Ah, good question. Since there should be some margin around the sides, the max would be 8"x20". That would be huge, though.
Mar 21, 2008. 1:10 PMdotancohen says:
Please don't do something stupid like put circuit boards or other electronics on your shirt. Lots of people have been detained for this, and rightfully so. The 'freedom of expression' does not negate your responsibility to make yourself NOT look dangerous.
Mar 20, 2008. 8:52 PMGunk on Floor says:
Lol, I added my instructable before I saw this page, and had no idea it still had to be wearable as a shirt. I thought it meant to make it into something new and exciting using the shirt as raw material. Maybe mine will still work in the contest.
Mar 20, 2008. 9:46 PMBigCoCo says:
I thought the same thing until just now! I was all excited about my instructable idea, and then I re-read the contest rules. The disappointment runs deep in my heart right now :(
Mar 20, 2008. 9:55 PMBigCoCo says:
right after my last post i looked at the comments on your instructable and they seemed to be pretty accepting of the fact that you hacked a t-shirt for a different reason than to wear it... did they too make the mistake of not fully reading the rules, or should I rebel, add my instructable anyway, and then hope others follow?
Mar 21, 2008. 8:41 AMGunk on Floor says:
I've seen many instructables that are included into contests that do not fully accept the rules. I would just go ahead and add it anyways. Both of our instructables are made from shirts, and both of them reuse them after they're dead. I see no reason why they wouldn't totally qualify. Besides not being wearable. Though I could add arm straps to mine. Good luck with yours, because that was the first thing I thought of doing, was to make rags out of them. Maybe we'll both prevail and they'll count them in the contest.
Mar 21, 2008. 4:21 AMjessyratfink says:
The ones that aren't wearable will probably just not be counted at the end. But I'm sure you guys can come up with something!
Mar 21, 2008. 8:33 AMgamer says:
ill try to make something reasonable this time :P
Mar 21, 2008. 4:22 AMjessyratfink says:
Yay! This was going to be what I did next anyway. I just finished a huge floor pillow last night and I need something else. (Yes, still working on the Robot. I want it to be super awesome before you guys get it. :P)
Mar 20, 2008. 7:21 PMYummyPancakes says:
Would this count for jackets? I was thinking of putting some radio of telephone electronics in there.
Mar 20, 2008. 5:53 PMsanty22 says:
man i have some t shirts and lots of ideas for them!
Mar 20, 2008. 5:49 PMdsman195276 says:
hmm. maybe i could make a shirt with pics of my knex stuff on it. that would be cool(but i would get weird looks at school lol) :)
Mar 20, 2008. 5:49 PMGorillazMiko says:
Awesome! Hopefully I can get a few, or at least one up.
Mar 20, 2008. 5:47 PMjoejoerowley says:
Looks Like a Lot of Fun!!! Thanks for all of the new contests!

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