I recently moved into a new apartment in New York City, and since it's New York City, the neighboring building is about 9 feet away from mine with level windows, so i need some curtains.
I found this great tutorial for simple curtains at Craft Yourself Rich by Sew Bettie.
Get some cool fabric, you can buy the chainlink fabric and butterfly fabric pictured above at Sew Bettie's...
I just spent last weekend at the Portland Zine Symposium, selling my DIY zine and swapping with other zinesters, and I wanted to tell you a little about the DIY zine world in case you don't already know about zines. I'll start with the basics - zines (from the word magazines) are self-published books of any kind, usually photocopied, usually smaller than a standard magazine, and usually...
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Here they are my top 5, all-out favorite street style pictures from the last two weeks of street style blog uploads. Be sure to leave love and all disagreements in the comments section below...
I liked these first two for their original spins on menswear. The left photo is from an August 19 post at Pike/Pine, and while I've worn variations of this exact outfit dozens of...
In need of a dress, but don't have a lot of time to sew? If you're like me, projects that give me immediate gratification (i.e. can be made in a day or weekend) are my favorite and a dress like Sharon Stone's definitely fits the bill. To reproduce her style use Butterick 5174 and an animal print from Spandex House such as this purple\blue leopard print or a pink cheetah from...
Complete Embellishing is the first book by crafter extraordinaire, Kayte Terry, the former Visual Manager of Anthropologie. It's a personal and inspiring work, illustrating how crafting and embellishing have been a formidable presence all her life. Sometimes a battle and sometimes a burden, in her introduction she explains how her book is a collection built upon her adventures and...
Sweet news everyone. A friend was flipping through the latest People Magazine Style Watch Edition and low and behold on page 78 was Threadbanger.com....might I add in the "IN' section of Fashion. Check it out....
For quite awhile now my partner and I have been planning to get a cat, and we're finally going for it in a couple weeks! So this week's roundup is all about cat/pet beds! I love Meg's Decor it Yourself idea from a few months ago, turning a vintage suitcase into a portable pet bed, and apartment therapy has a great version:
Pets aren't usually too picky, so a super simple pillow-esque...
Need a super cheap DIY bookshelf that won't take up too much wall space? Check out this instructable tutorial for making "invisible" bookshelves! All you need for each shelf is an old hardcover book (that you don't mind destroying), an L bracket, some screws, glue, and basic tools.
I made those 2 awhile back in my old apartment - I think they look really cool spaced like that,...
nalanifromdahood sent us an email with a picture of the hat she made from her old jr. high school uniform skirt. Such a great idea! i love it! check out the forum thread she started about it. xoxo c
Kira DeLong of Janome stopped the ole Threadbanger HQ with a little surprise...
Threadbanger now has their very own sewing machines!! The wonderful crafters at Janome have TWO different models of special Threadbanger edition sewing machines!
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The first model is the TB 12! A real stone-cold, 100 percent, straight up workdog. With 12 stitches, stretch...
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