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Thread Heads Map!

POSTED BY Vanessa Pappas, 18 August 2007 | PERMALINK

Well, thanks to Crazydiaz on the forums, we now have a dedicated map to see where our fellow thread-heads are residing! Come on folks, and put yourselves on the map and find out which fellow thread-head lives near you! All alone? Time to spread the love, share the show, and the DIY or Die spirit!

Tunng -- It's because … we've got hair

POSTED BY Corinne Leigh, 17 August 2007 | PERMALINK

here's the full music video of the Tunng's "It's Because … We've Got Hair"
 
 
 
Directed by James Bates
http://www.jamesbates.com
http://www.myspace.com/setabsemaj
Music by Tunng
http://www.tunng.co.uk
Made with love, magic and woodland secrets
www.atomweb.net
www.myspace.com/thisistunng
www.thisistunng.co.uk
www.fulltimehobby.co.uk
...

Shrink Plastic Tips from Meander

POSTED BY Corinne Leigh, 17 August 2007 | PERMALINK

We featured Meander's Meander's Avatar Shrink Plastic Necklace in this week's episode … here are some tips she posted on the forum for making them. I'm so in love with this project. I remember making shrink-plastic carebears when i was a kid. xoxox c
 
Hey, ya'll! n … n The tutorial request for my plastic necklace ( http://forum.threadbanger.com/showthread.php?t=691 ) is kind of hard...

How to Make a Paper Bag Waist Skirt

POSTED BY Sara Franklin, 17 August 2007 | PERMALINK

This week on Thread Heads, Morgan Hungerford from Panda Head and Muss Clothing teaches us how to make a cool paper bag waist skirt out of an oversized skirt. For more info, check out the video!

 

 

What you need:
Skirt (a size or two too big)
Elastic
Scissors
Straight Pins
Ruler
Sewing Machine

First, you need a skirt that is about a size or two too big. Turn it inside out,...

Hey Granny, Nice Glasses!

POSTED BY Blake Robinson, 16 August 2007 | PERMALINK

I live in Williamsburg -- the hipster center of the universe. The environment is such that one must often give license to the questionable appearances of one's neighbors, chalking it up to a need to distinguish oneself, kids will be kids, etc. Self-expression being what it is, it's hard to reasonably judge anyone for one's appearance due mainly to the fact that you probably look at least...

How To Make Beads from old Plastic Bottles

POSTED BY Corinne Leigh, 15 August 2007 | PERMALINK

Forum member Verdilak posted this sweet tut...i cannot wait to try it out. xoxo c


How to make plastic beads from plastic bottles. Instructions/tute in picture form... much better to understand what I mean heh.











Weasley Track Jacket

POSTED BY Corinne Leigh, 14 August 2007 | PERMALINK

lovelikenails's Avatar lovelikenails posted this awesome track jacket she made. i loooove harry potter...xoxox c

ook soooo a good friend of mine has a green track jacket that has "malfoy" on the back. i got real jealous. so, i decided to find a red track jacket of my own (courtesy of forever 21, only $14.98) and i silkscreened/spraypainted my own favorite character's last name from harry potter.

RON...

How to Dart a T-Shirt

POSTED BY Sara Franklin, 14 August 2007 | PERMALINK

With How To Tuesdays coming to an end, we're wrapping up our weekly Threadbanger special by taking a lesson out of one of our favorite new books, 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim, and Tie Your T-Shirt, and answering a viewer question on how to properly dart your clothing for a better fit. Keep checkin back on Threadbanger.com for more cool shows and remember you can still catch Rob and Corinne every...

ExpertVillage.com: Awesome Sewing Vids!

POSTED BY Corinne Leigh, 10 August 2007 | PERMALINK

ladyjanewriter posted this on the forum:

ladyjanewriter's Avatar

Moderator

DefaultSewing Vids At ExpertVillage.com - Today, 03:10 PM

Cool! I found a link on YouTube for short clips from ExpertVillage.

Turns out they have Sewing how-tos!

http://www.expertvillage.com/search/sewing.htm

Yay!

Ryan's Generation-T projects

POSTED BY Corinne Leigh, 09 August 2007 | PERMALINK

Forum member Ryan Moore ryanmoore's Avatar sent in great pics of all the amazing projects he did out of Megan Nicolay's book Generation-T: 108 Ways to Transform a Tee Shirt.
Thanks Ryan! xoxo c

       
these are clothing items i made from the book
its so much fun
tell me what you think

this one was the first one i made
its the halter
it ties in the back
and oh yeah these...