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DIY Shelving

POSTED BY Meg Allan, 12 August 2008 | PERMALINK

 

 

This week's Decor It Yourself answers many of your forum requests and tackles DIY shelves. Organize and create new design elements in your home with a few helpful tips from our newest episode.
 

Here are some Threadbangers who have already started solving their storage problems. Forum member Poundcake made a shelf and storage bin with cardboard and old newsprint. A...

Worn Out: Street Style Picks

POSTED BY Morgan Hungerford, 12 August 2008 | PERMALINK

Yo guys! Here are my top 5, very favorite street style looks from the past two weeks of street fashion blogging. As always, I'd love to know what YOUR thoughts are on the below - leave all your sweet nothings, outrageous disagreements, and namecheck your favorite street style blogs in the comments section! Here we go...

 

 

I'm a big fan of the current lace craze, and I dug both these...

Write us an iTunes Review!!!

POSTED BY Kendra Cunningham, 11 August 2008 | PERMALINK

Threadbanger is looking (perpetually) to expand this wonderful and devoted community of ours, usually through portals of internet videos and podcasts (youtube, our own site, veoh, imeem, etc.).

So... who is the megalomania king of internet videos? Yes, that's correct...iTunes. And if you didn't already know, you can subscribe to Threadbanger (its FREE) on your iTunes so everytime you sync...

Olympic Mascot Whip Up Project

POSTED BY Kendra Cunningham, 11 August 2008 | PERMALINK

I always get really into the Olympics and so far this year has not disappointed. Did anyone see Jason Lezak win the 400 meter relay against France? Wow, but anyway I also really love Beijing's mascots. Known as the Fuwa, or the Friendlies, these five little guys, color coordinated to match the olympic rings, are by far the best Olympic mascots I've ever seen. I'm from Atlanta and will never...

DIY Celebrity Style: Vests

POSTED BY Stacy Schlyer, 11 August 2008 | PERMALINK

 

 

One of my sources of clothing inspiration is Lucky Magazine. Not only do they discuss the latest trends, but there's always a great celebrity fashion that graces the cover. This month's look: Milla Jovovich modeling fall's biggest fad, the vest. These garments easy to sew, plus they whip up quickly and are easy to find in almost any pattern book. To try your hand at making your own...

Super Easy/Kid Friendly Printing

POSTED BY Lee Meredith, 11 August 2008 | PERMALINK

It's approaching the end of summertime, and if you have kids you might be trying to come up with more projects to entertain them with; or if you have young cousins/nieces/nephews/etc maybe their parents would love you to spend an afternoon crafting with them, yeah?  I love making freezer paper stencils, but they require the use of an exacto knife, so when I was asked to do the project with...

Janome Contest! : 2 Machines, 2 Winners

POSTED BY Kendra Cunningham, 08 August 2008 | PERMALINK

It's that time again!! And of course by that I don't mean school or autumn or any other such nonsense but, Threadbanger Contest time!!

 

 

This time we're going big, not just one machine but 2 Machines and 2 Winners! and one of them is a Serger! So for all those thread heads who want to take it up to the next level or feel their hand sewing or small machines are holding them back- this is...

Weekly DIY Roundup: Skirt Tutorials!

POSTED BY Lee Meredith, 08 August 2008 | PERMALINK

Oh man, it's been hot! And for me, this kind of weather means skirts skirts skirts! I can never have too many! Especially the cool, flowing, lightweight kind. I'm hoping to find the time this weekend to make a couple from some thrifted bedsheets! So I've rounded up a bunch of tutorials, pattern how-to's, and inspirational designs to help you with any last-leg-of-summer skirt making you might...

Braids on Etsy

POSTED BY Meg Allan, 08 August 2008 | PERMALINK

 

 

For more braiding inspiration, check out how these Etsians interpreted the technique.

 

 


 

 Top by Pretty Raccoon

 

 

 

 

  Dress by Victorian Bird

 

 

 

 

These rad headbands are by Spiffy Me 43 who makes all of her creations with recyced materials.

 


 

Now the question is, who will make the first DIY braided terry cloth sweatband, reminiscent of Olivia...

Nerdy Knitting

POSTED BY Kendra Cunningham, 07 August 2008 | PERMALINK

As knitting has broken away from its typecast role of strictly a grandma thing, and into a popular and trendy craft, knitting has yielded everything from little knitted foods to inappropriate knitted body parts- all of which are affixed with a little smiley face. But my favorite of these knitted makeshift trends definitely has to be in the category of nerdy knitting. Since I am a self-proclaimed...