Posts tagged roundup

• 11 Jun

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  They had to end sometime...

  Hi Threadheads!  Just wanted to peek my head in here and let you know that my weekly roundups have come to an end.  The bike roundup 2 weeks ago was my last, of 109 roundups I posted here every single week for the last 2+ years.  I had a great time doing it, but was really starting to run out of

• 28 May

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Bike Projects!

     This cold pacific northwest Spring is no fun at all, but I am really looking forward to it eventually warming (and drying) up here, and planning on riding my bike a ton this year!  I found a good variety of bike-related projects for you, starting with the fiber-crafty ones... Love this

• 21 May

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Light Switch Plates!

     Switch plates are so much fun!  I designed this knit light-switch cover for my monthly club members and was so into it that I kept going and covered some more plates with various paper images... So then I started searching around the crafty web and found all kinds of great tutorials an

• 14 May

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Mac Projects!

     I saw this iPod Fleece Blanket, made by 7th and 8th grade students, featured on Craft: blog recently, and was reminded of some other cool Mac-related craft projects I've seen around, so I did some searching and rounded up a bunch of them for you!  Featured are a variety of crafty thing

• 07 May

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Mother's Day Corsages!

     I wanted to do something Mother's Day themed this week, and last year I did a Mother's Day Gifts roundup (which included this corsage by Jenny Ryan), so when I saw Craft: blog's Vintage Mother's Day Corsage by Jessica Wilson, I thought there's a perfect roundup for the week!  There are

• 30 Apr

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Headboards!

     I just moved and our new bedroom layout is in need of a headboard, so I've been checking out some crafty options to decide what I want to do for mine.  Some super cool ideas out there!  One of my favorites is this book headboard by jessyratfink on instructables:I love this apartment-f

• 23 Apr

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Knit Triangle Shawls!

  I know triangle shawls have been a big knitting trend for awhile, but I've still never made one - they seem like such a perfect Spring accessory, I'm feeling the urge to make my first one!  But which do I choose? There are so many fabulous patterns!  I've rounded up an assortment of different styl

• 16 Apr

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Paper Quilling!

     I came across this Craft: blog post about Nava Lubelsky's quilled paper artwork yesterday, which inspired me to look further into quilling!  Above is Nava's work made from her 1998 tax file, and below is a detail shot of her piece made from cut and shredded rejection letters:So, if you