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    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:

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    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...

    How to Make a Vest out of a T-Shirt

    POSTED BY Sara Franklin, 07 August 2007 | PERMALINK

    We're bringing back the Vest in a whole new way. Move over Ferris Bueller, this quick and easy t-shirt restyling will have you stylin' in no time. More more information, watch the video!

     

    First, get a T-shirt.
     
    Draw a line up the middle with a fabric pen.
    Now, get your scissors and cut up the shirt along the line you just made.
     
    Then, cut off the...

    First Timer

    POSTED BY Rob Czar, 07 August 2007 | PERMALINK

    Just found this awesome Punk Rock Tye Dye job from Lauren who just found Threadbanger. This was her first project. Congrats. ... and here's to many more ! -Rob


    Best Forum Pic of the Week

    POSTED BY , 31 July 2007 | PERMALINK

    This was posted by Coffee Coffee's Avatar

    Great Picture!

    P.S. The awesome wrestling mask is one of Coffee's DIY projects