Many of you out there probably experienced the SKINNY JEAN craze. Some of you love, some of you hate it and some of you are still trying to find skinny jeans. I've been getting a ton of comments on my site, Urban Updater, from people who can't find them! Well I found an answer for you on Cut Out + Keep..... they have a skinny jean tutorial! So why spend the money searching for them in stores when you can make them yourself? Click on the picture for the full tutorial!
If you're one of the many people who just can't seem to find the perfect Christmas / Hanukkah present for someone this season, Craftzine.com can help. Everyday, they have holiday gift guides which feature unique and well, clever gifts anywhere from edible gifts, to crafty tools and gifts to make. Keep checking back and we'll be sure that you'll find something to give.
Here are a few of my favorites:
1. Skooba DIY Laptop bag: I don't know about you, but I've never found a laptop bag that I absolutely...
Simple Macrame' Bracelet (or necklace)
Get out your hemp twine. if you don't want to use hemp there is a wide variety of colored cord you can chose from. the thicker the cord the bigger your bracelet or necklace.
Cut off two long strands.
Take one of the strands, fold it in half and loop it over a rounded stick such as a paint brush or pencil.
Do the same to the other strand. Now, you have four strands hanging down.
Take the right strand, pull it over the two inner strands...
Megan Nicolay's How-to make a hot bikini out of old tee shirts
First, you need 1 extra large T-shirt..but if you like the mismatched look decide on two different colored shirts.
*important note* for this lesson's purposes we are going to refer to the yellow shirt as the top shirt (yellow shirt = top shirt) and the white shirt as the bottom shirt (white shirt = bottom shirt). 
Cut the bottom hem off both shirts
Creating strips for the bathing suit ties:
Now take the top shirt and cut 2 one...
Welcome to How To Tuesdays, Threadbanger's summer special. Today we are going to answer a viewer's question and show you how to make an awesome pair of board shorts out of an old business suit.
Clothing You'll Need:
An old suit
A hawaiian shit
A tie
1. Put on the pants, measure and make a mark about 2 inches below the bottom of your knee
2. Lay the pants flat and draw a straight line using tailor's chalk and a straight edge.
3. Cut the pant legs off at the line and turn them inside out....
Many of you have wondered how to make flowers and other embellishment for appliques out of crochet. Well, look no further, we, at Threadheads have found a great way to make these cool things. It's simple, fun and its even better if you can re-use yarn from and old crocheted blanket or sweater (which is what we did.)
If you want to learn more how to make your own fashionable crafts, be sure to subscribe to our show on iTunes, and keep checking back for more tips and resources as well as a new "how-to"...
Hey Thread Heads,
You might remember Tracey from ThreadHeads Episode 7: New York fashion. What we didn't tell you is that she sent in another video on how to hem a pair of pants. This is a great bit of knowledge, especially for myself, since I have to hem almost all of my dress pants (and some of you may be able to relate). Hey, it looks much easier than it is because you gotta get the measurements exactly right or else you'll end up with one pant longer than the other.
So many thanks to Tracey from...
Recently, we received a video submission from John Paul. He wanted to know how to make a baggy shirt fit, because we all know how expensive it is to get a shirt made specifically tailored for you.
We're going to show you a little method that we think is the best called the "Pinch and Pin"
1. First you will need to take your baggy shirt, turn it inside out and put it on.
2. Make sure you have a friend help you with this step. Get our a bunch of pins and then pinch the excess fabric and pin it so it...
It's amazing the things you can find in the dumpster. We found some expired coffee grounds that were thrown out and decided to use them to making an old pair of worn out jeans look vintage and hip. Below, we'll show you how - including a video of the whole process at the bottom!
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1. First off, to make the dye, you will need 2 bags of coffee grounds (About 10 oz each), preferable...
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