Forum Member Feature: PINOYBLAZE

POSTED BY , 30 July 2007 | PERMALINK

Hey, what can I say? He rocks! He has posted more than 200 times so far on the forum and has an average of 15.11 posts per day. Thanks for being such an awesome presence ... we really appreciate it!

A little about PINOYBLAZE ... crafty fashionista

Flickr Tutorials and Awesome Reconstructions

POSTED BY , 29 July 2007 | PERMALINK

hey there everyone! hope your weekend is going great. i just got this email and think it is awesome so had to post. enjoy! xoxo c.....

Hi ThreadBangers.

If you´re interested in tips on shortening and fixing your denims, check out my sewing tutorials at Flickr.

Or my stencil tutorial and gallery

Here are also other pictures of clothes customizing that I have done.

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How To Make a Jumper Skirt out of an old TEE

POSTED BY , 29 July 2007 | PERMALINK

This tutorial was posted by forum member theinnocent9:

How to Salvage a DIY T-Shirt Disaster

POSTED BY Sara Franklin, 27 July 2007 | PERMALINK

A few weeks ago, we at Thread Heads showed a cool way to make your own T-Shirt design with some spray paint and a stencil. This proved to be a little tough when we neglected the fact that you needed to use acetate for your stencil. So to fix up all of those disaster shirts, we thought it our duty to come up with a new design using the damaged project. For more info, check out the video!

How to Make Quilts for the Homeless

POSTED BY , 26 July 2007 | PERMALINK

I'm so happy that so many people are interested in this project *tears well up in eyes*. Lets see how many quilts we can make! Post your pics to the forum. and for written details go to www.uglyquilts.org
much love to to all the thread heads out there,  c

Drawstring Jumper Dress

POSTED BY , 24 July 2007 | PERMALINK

Here is a fun summer Drawstring Jumper Dress that is fast and easy to make. The dress was submitted to Burdastyle.com by Nayatara from Brooklyn, NY. The jumper dress is an adaption of a little girl's summer jumper and the best part is that it does not require any pattern.

You will need 2 yards of 60" wide fabric and cord straps if you do not want to make your own. While Nayatara's...

How to Make Earrings out of Bottle Caps

POSTED BY Sara Franklin, 24 July 2007 | PERMALINK

For more information on this project and more, check out the video!

Materials:
4 Bottlecaps
Old Magazine
Hammer
Nail
White paint, other colors as well
20 gauge silver wire
Earring pieces

 

1. Place a bottlecap right side facing up on the magazine. Use the hammer and nail to make a hole in the middle.

2. Take the hammer and bottlecaps outside. Starting with the...

Ani Di franco shirt re-mix

POSTED BY , 23 July 2007 | PERMALINK

Check out this rad video of an Ani D shirt that loyal threadbanger viewer Pippiejae sent us. Great Work !

Got a Music Video ?

POSTED BY , 21 July 2007 | PERMALINK

This week we featured this bad ass music video from The Willowz. You'll definitely need to check them out if they ever roll through your town. So heres the deal, from now on every week we'll be featuring cool music on the show. So if your band has a video or a CD , send it in and we'll spread the word.....without further ado, The Willowz !

How-to make Overalls out of old Jeans

POSTED BY , 20 July 2007 | PERMALINK

You will need:

two old pairs of jeans

a seam ripper of your choice

scissors

and a sewing utensil

Start with the bigger pair (in this case its the white pair) and remove the bottoms of all your belt loops from the jeans.

Remove the entire top part of the jeans and put it aside till later

Now, rip the seams out of both sides of the first pair of...