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31 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Win the Sistah's of Harlem Book: T-Shirt Makeover!
The Sistahs of Harlem book giveaway runs along the same lines as our Summer Rayne Oakes book giveaway (which is still going on by the way). We're sending 5 of our lucky Twitter followers a copy of the Sistah's T-Shirt Makeover that features 20 ways to transform your simple T into a ki
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31 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
PTB March Challenge Winners!
First off, the winner of the short challenge is: madonnaontherocks with his amazing recycled pendant: There was only one entry for the long challenge, but that doesn't mean we can't show it off. tsavorite-fist created these pair of boxers stenciled with... motor oil? I'm impressed!
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30 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
DIY Graphic Coasters: Style Me Pretty
A couple weeks ago I posted on some terrific woven button coasters. The coasters pictured here, of the graphic variety, also look easy and of endless possibility. Plus, I've come across a ton of questions in the forums asking for how-to's on old paper. This craft is listed in Style
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30 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
News from Abroad: Stiches and Craft Show in Melbourne
Ever wondered if DIY goes down under? Well the Stiches and Craft Show recently hit up Melbourne Australia to massive crowds (the picture above was just before opening). The Craft Bars, where people could complete a 30 minute craft from a "cocktail style" menu were packed and craft
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27 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Weekly DIY Roundup: Sock Monkeys!
When I saw Threadbanger blogger Heather Mann's awesome Jemaine Clement sock monkey (from Flight of the Conchords) I decided I had to do a sock monkey roundup! You can see some traditional sock monkey love on sockmonkey.com (and lots more sites if you do a search) but I'm going to show you non-tra
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27 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Our Top Ten Favorite T-Shirt Recons OF ALL TIME!
Kat Von D's T-shirt Cutting Class Ryan Moore's Shorts from and old Tee link to forum thread How to turn a T-shirt into a sexy dress with Gianny LZombied's No Sew Dangerous Skirt and Top link to forum thread How To Make a Bikini, Bklyn Renegade Craft Fair, Threa
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27 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Not Yo Mama's Craft Fair! In Jersey City, tomorrow!
All East Coast craft kids be aware: Not Yo Mama's Craft Fair is open tomorrow, Saturday March 29th, from 10 am until 3 pm. Located half block from the Grove Street PATH station at the LITM restaurant-gallery (140 Newark Ave between Erie and Grove Sts, Jersey City, NJ; 201-536-5557), th
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26 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Dye Eggs With Silk Ties
Recycle thrifted silk ties! Wrap a piece of silk around eggs to dye them with beautiful and stunning patterns! I found this project on Martha and it rocked my world so I had to try it myself!Project Materials: Raw eggs, on handSilk ties, blouses, or boxers, on hand or thriftedCheesecloth, old nyl
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26 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
PTB March Long Challenge
Hey, everyone! The long challenge for this month is due this Saturday at midnight EST. Long Challenge: Budget: $15 Make some pajamas! This can be a long sleep shirt, drawstring pants for men, a shirt/pants combo, or your traditional footies. Must incorporate some sort of pattern, checks, polka dots
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26 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Independent Handbag Designer Awards from Handbag Designer 101
The Third Annual Independent Handbag Awards is accepting designer submissions until April 15th. These awards, which commence June 17th at The New York Historical Society provide an opportunity for emerging independent designers to be recognized and stand out! Here are some of the indie and eco-fr
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25 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Win Summer's Book, Style Naturally!!
I love this book...full of pictures, tips, stories and printed on recycled paper! You cannot beat that. How do you win???? Well, we will be randomly picking 5 people who follow us on twitter to recieve a copy of the book. Already follow us on twitter? GREAT, you are in the running! Don'
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25 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
April Fools' Day Pranks and Gags, Etsy
Get subversive this April 1st with tons of gag gifts on Etsy. I adore the Crabby Poop Bunny (above) and Peppermint Denture Soap, and you can vote on your favorites until March 30th as well. There's 60 to choose from so far! The winners will be posted in the gift guides on Etsy. Seri
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24 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Crazy for Quilts 2009 Contest! The Alliance for American Quilts
The Alliance for American Quilts (AAQ) is hosting a quilt contest with wonderful prizes: 1st place is valued at $750 - $1000, 2nd includes a generous array of quilting tools and supplies valued at $500 and 3rd includes EQC software and books valued at $250. There are two easy categori
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23 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Fused Plastic Shopping Bag
How-to make a shopping bag out of fused plastic:*For the small shopping bag you will need 8 fused squares for the body of the bag and two fused rectangles for the handles.* For the large shopping bag, you will need 12 fused squares for the body of the bag and 4 fused rectangles for
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23 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
ETSY on CNN! When Crafters Meet Programmers, Interview with Rob Kalin
Breaking news! ETSY founder Rob Kalin talks to CNN about how he launched the online handmade marketplace to much success - for both ETSY and the independent crafters and designers therein. Congrats to ETSY and everyone involved! Embedded video from CNN Video
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23 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Celebrity DIY Style: Courtney Cox Color Block Dress
Sometimes the best dresses are simple enough to let the fabric speak for itself. Courteney Cox started filming her new televison program, Couger Town, and wore a stunning color block dress while shooting scenes. Recreating this dress starts with finding a basic 'sundress' style patte
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21 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Best Dollar Store Crafts of the Week
Check out some of the best dollar store craft projects from this week!Cuddly Portable SpeakerBuy a cute stuffed animal and cheap portable speakers to increase the cuteness factor when you listen to music with your iPod or laptop. This is a great boyfriend or brother gift! Total cost for project: $2W
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20 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Seventeen Magazine: Threadbanger Shoutout!
In Seventeen Magazine's awesome April issue readers submitted different tips for goin' green. Colleen, from Crystal Lake, Illinois (that's where I'm from too!) gave a shout-out to Threadbanger! Colleen said, "I like to make my own clothes to be more green: threadbanger.com teaches me how t
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20 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Weekly DIY Roundup: Unwanted Vinyl Record Projects!
I asked my online friends what they wanted to see me round up and heard them reply "old records!" which just happens to be a craft material that I know and love!! (I love collecting and listening to vinyl too, but I craft with the ones no one would want to listen to!) I'll start with the m
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19 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Old Soda Bottles? Make a Pop Purse!
80% of plastic bottles aren't recycled, but if you have two empty 20 ouncers lying around you can do your part! Green Upgrader and Craftzine found this modern design that can serve as a coin, jewelry or even a little mp3-player caddy! Just cut the bottoms off of two bottles, sew on a zipper an
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18 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
TBGuild: Contests, Themes, Promotion !
If you missed the first blog about the guild banner contest, you haven't completely missed out! The Threadbanger Guild will be having more contests coming soon!But right now, let's announce the winner of the banner making contest: minniq !She's a digital media artist, and does all kinds of digital a
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18 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Book Release: 100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet
Just in case you finished stitching up Lee's DIY Round-Up designs last Friday, St. Matin's Press just released 100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet just in time for spring! The book features full instructions, yarn requirements and suggested skill levels. All of the flowers are featured in
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17 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Worn Out: Street Style Picks
Yo guys! Here, as always, are my favorite snaps from the street style blogs from the last few weeks. Leave your OH YESses and OH NOOOs via the comment section, and be sure to rep your top street style sources there as well. Here we go: You may have noticed this last time we talked, but I am on a s
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16 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Book Review: Button It Up
I was so excited to finally receive this book, after having known it was coming out for many months before its release, and having been getting more and more into buttons in the last year or so. Susan Beal's Button It Up is a gorgeous book, filled with buttony eye-candy, as well as h
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16 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Celebrity DIY Style: The Fedora
I've always loved hats (in fact I have quite a collection) and I'm sad that I don't see enough of them atop many heads anymore. That's why when I saw a photo of Gwen Stefani stepping out with her fantastic fedora, I got excited - maybe hats will make a comeback after all! If you're i
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14 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Project Jenny, Project Jan: Pins and Needles
Rob and I just made costumes for Project Jenny, Project Jan's latest music video with director Kathleen Grace for $99 Music Videos. This is not that video, but I love the use of yarn, gloves, and socks. Keep a look out for the new video and a behind the scenes look on how we made the costumes.
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14 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Project ThreadBanger: March 2009
Hey everyone! Just a reminder that the Project ThreadBanger Short Challenge is due tonight, midnight EST. Short Challenge: Budget: $3 Create an item of unisex jewelry, incorporating at least one "traditional" recycled item. Unisex means appropriate for both males and females. Jewelry includes brace
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13 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Weekly DIY Roundup: Flower Projects!
Spring! It's sunny out! Flowers are blooming! So this week I bring you a roundup of assorted flowery projects - knit, crocheted, sewn, paper, and real flowers! I'll start with the knitting... I think this centerpiece by Berroco above is beautiful. Here's a pattern for
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12 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Spring Has Sprung
Can you feel it? Spring is HERE - love is in the air, the layers are coming off, and the flowers are blooming - both literally AND figuratively. One of my absolute favorite Spring 09 runway shows was Fendi - it was feminine and flattering and oh-so-pastel, but what really nailed it for me were the a
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12 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Threadbanger Guild!! Promote Your ETSY Shop
If you have an Etsy account, check out what is going on in the ThreadBanger Guild! A great way to promote your shops to other Threadbanger members and show off what you have to offer. Thanks to Goofipinay, Addie_Marie, Gothictany, B!OH@Z@Rd, and everyone else who helped put this together
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11 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Build a Slouchy Spring Bag
Getting yourself a new spring sack is easy! To create this large, crescent-shaped hobo bag you will need a large square scarf of about 81 cm or piece of fabric or tablecloth of 114 cm. If you don't have either of these items lying around, decorative scarves are plentiful at thrift shops and fabr
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10 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
How to Make a Woven Button Coaster
Did you know March is button month!? If you're looking for a simple way to celebrate I suggest this meditative coaster project suggested by Apartment Therapy and CraftStylish. Materials:81 four-hole buttons (if you use something larger than 3/8-inch buttons, you can probably get away
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10 Mar
Blog: Decor It Yourself
Chubbycraft's Picture Frame Face-Lift
This up-grade is simple yet satisfying. A regular over on Nest, fellow blogger Chubbycraft took some standard frames and turned them into her favorite color with one spritze of her spray-paint can.
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09 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Celebrity DIY Style: Kate Bosworth's Recycled Zippers
I never thought of myself as a zipper fanatic, that is until I found myself purchasing zippers in bulk from ebay last week. While I have projects in mind for most of my new notions, I'll probably have have more zippers than what I know what to do with. So the other night, I started searchi
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09 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
David Bow-Tie Sewalong with BurdaStyle!
One of our favorite blogs and pattern sources, BurdaStyle, has launched a heartfelt event that nearly all sewers and stitchers will have a stake in. In the United States alone, cancer accounts for 1 in 4 deaths, and 1.5 million new cases will be diagnosed this year. BurdaStyle wants to donate
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06 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Celebrate Spring! Simplicity and BurdaStyle Combine Patterns!
So, spring has sprung, or at least winter's on its last leg. Speaking of legs, spring means exposed knees, and I know you want to show em'
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06 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Weekly DIY Roundup: Crochet Kitchen Stuff!
After Heather's awesome crocheted rag rug tutorial, and then the kitchen and bath roundup, I got inspired to do a crochet roundup of items for the kitchen, because there are so many out there! There are a ton of great free home decor patterns on crochet me, like this Coffee Hotplate Doily designed
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06 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Book Review: Hookorama
I got this awesome crochet book at a local independant bookstore here in Portland, and it's totally making me want to pick back up my hooks after the last few years of mostly only knitting. It's a follow-up to the knitting book Knitorama by the same rad author, Rachel Matthews.
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05 Mar
Blog: Decor It Yourself
Apartment Therapy: Kitchen & Bath Round-Up
March is kitchen & bathroom month at Apartment Therapy, so here are some of my favorite DIY ideas that go along with their theme. This shopping cart island is up-clycled and adds storage to your kitchen. This how-to and OUR kitchen up-grade cover your chalkboard paint needs.
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04 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Win the Handmade Nation Book!
We are giving away 5 copies of the Handmade Nation book! To win follow us on twitter! We will randomly select 5 of our new twitter followers who sign up from now, March 4th 2009, till March 18th 2009. TWITTER, TWITTER, TWITTER!
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04 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Crochet a Rag Rug
Over the years, I have filed the idea away in my head of making a rag rug. The project I really wanted to try was a Martha Stewart bath mat made from braided towels. I have had that project on my mental list for years now. However, the thing that held me back from actually MAKING a braid
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03 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Sewing and Stitchery Expo!
This past weekend we attended the Sewing and Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, Washington. We had a great time and met a bunch of great people! Above is a picture of Rob and I with Project Runway Alum Jillian Lewis. We are wearing outfits we made for the GO RED fashion show to benefit the Ameri
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03 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Worn Out: Street Style Pics
Yo guys! As ever, here are my top 5 picks from the last two weeks of street style blogging - and this time around it's all about the MEN. Be sure to leave your thumbs up/thumbs down in the comments section, and share share share any online sources YOU love for men's fashion inspiration. Here goes:
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02 Mar
Blog: ThreadHeads
Celebrity DIY Style: Breakfast At Tiffany's
I'm guessing at some point in time most of us have wanted to be Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Although I've never played out my own secret desire, some people take a special occasion such as Halloween or say a 30th birthday to dress up as Holly Golightly. Thinking of ful
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