Posts tagged with 'sewing'
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Meet Rob and Corinne, Do It Yourself Fashion, Thread Heads
February 20, 2007An introduction of sorts....A little something to influence you to raid your closets, get your mother's sewing machine out of the attic, and set your web cameras to record.... D.I.Y. or DIE !!!
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San Francisco Fashion, Sewing Lesson, Thread Heads
March 2, 2007Revolutionary fashion and protesting in San Francisco. The Weavings of War, and a devastatingly entertaining lesson on sewing. Watch or watch your back!
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Goodwill, T-shirts, Flower Children, Recycled Clothing, Thread Heads
March 9, 2007A pair of artists take recycled clothing to whole new level with Flower Children. Get your scissors and old tee's out for this one, a viewer question leads to a journey in sewless fashion. To sew or not to sew... that is the question. Get all the links here.
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Craft Congress, How To Tie Dye, Handmade Arcade, Thread Heads
April 13, 2007This week we're headed to Pittsburgh for the first annual Craft Congress organized by Handmade Arcade. Making a viewer's day by giving a lesson in Punk Rock Tie Dye, crusin' the world wide web web, and responding back to our new YouTube viewers!
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Viewer Apprecation Week, Thread Heads
June 29, 2007Happy Viewer Appreciation Week! This week is all about you, the viewer. We are so happy with all the videos, questions, and forum threads that we've gotten in over the past 20 weeks so we decided to have a celebration in your honor. Blow out your candles and make all of your DIY wishes come true!
- Mike at greasyguide.com
- Ashley Victoria
- Rockin Patches
- David Page Coffin
- TVWeek
- Urban Updater
- Craft Magazine
- Samantha Love (animechick12)
- 52 Projects
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Hoodies, Hollywood Renegade, Thread Heads
July 13, 2007In the dead of summer we've gotten more requests for hoodie help than ever before. So were hangin with Katia from Hollywood Renegade for a complete start to finish lesson on how to make one from an old band shirt. Sew or be Sewn! Thanks to Hollywood Renegade Clothing, High Point Beatz (hoodie song), Amy Karol (Bend the rules sewing).
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Crocheted Jewelry, Unico Creations, Book Reviews, Thread Heads
August 10, 2007This week on Thread Heads bust out your crochet needles and get inspired as we hang out with Alicia of Unicocreations. And trust us, this ain't your grandmother's crocheting. She'll be hookin' us up with a quick lesson and a look at her unique jewelry. Plus book reviews, web viewers, some cool stuff from the forum. Tip of the week: when life throws you scraps, make a quilt.
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Simple Stitch, DC, Fashion, Treat DC, Thread Heads
September 7, 2007This week we feature a fan's request to learn how to do a simple stitch and we put it to use by making a pixie hat from a tutorial submitted on our forums. Feature designer of the week is Treat DC whose original style is versatile and as the designer Ms Vong says, anyone can rock them! Plus a quick look at some cool websites and profiles on our fab fan submissions.
- Psychild
- Diana Bobar's So Fash'on
- Style Bytes
- Modish
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Stitch Rock, Craft Fair, How To Sew a Zipper, Thread Heads
October 12, 2007This week Rob and Corinne head to the Stitch Rock craft fair that just happened to be right around the corner from their house and encourage you to shop local and handmade for the holiday season. Plus we hang out with our very own Forum member Kate who shows us how to properly sew a zipper.
- Stitch Rock Craft Fair Delray Beach, FL
- Stray Creative
- Adrianne Ruffin
- Tuffbetty Bags
- Kate McFaul
- Burda Style
- Music Video: Wonder Fools "Bright Star Hope" (Director Eric Powers)
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Stitch Lounge, Sewing Tutorial, Subversive Seamster, Pinoy Blaze Tutorial, Thread Heads
October 19, 2007Thread Heads visit Stitch Lounge, the country's first urban sewing lounge and chat with one of the women who started it all Melissa Alvarado. we take tour of the lounge and review their new book Subversive Seamster: Transform Thrift Store Threads into Street Couture. Also, a glance at their first book: "Sew Subversive". Forum member Pinoy Blaze aka Carlo, pays us a visit at the lounge and gives us a tut on how to make one of his signature pieces. Want the awesome DIY books featured in this episode?...
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Thinking Outside the Donation Box: The Linens Department
December 7, 2007This post here is the first of a small installment called "Thinking Outside the Donation Box", where I'll give you a small smattering of unusual but creative reuse ideas for that which you find at your local thrift!
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Make a point to peruse the linens and housewares section of your own local secondhand shop! It's literally a gold mine when it comes to materials you can utilize in the making of your own completely original clothing.
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Patterns from the Past
December 13, 2007Love vintage clothes? Second hand stores not satisfying your craving for all things vintage? Why not make your own! We talked to the owner of this awesome site for recycled vintage patterns, Michelle Lee.
"Patterns from the Past is a internet based company that sells vintage sewing patterns from the turn of the century to present day. All of the patterns were previously owned by someone else - so this is a very large re-cycling project for me that started over 11 years ago when the... -
Not-Another-Plastic-Bag Tutorial
January 17, 2008I'm sure everyone remembers last year's craze (and backlash) over Anya Hindmarch's wildly-overhyped "I'm Not a Plastic Bag" tote; the for-charity, limited-edition handbag was designed to promote alternatives to traditional, non-biodegradable grocery bags. With the city of San Francisco outright banning plastic bags from grocery stores and pharmacies (and rumors of NYC and other cities following suit), the eco-conscious, wallet-conscious, and less label-crazed among us took the message to heart and...
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Ruffle Vest Tutorial
February 15, 2008
Alright, last week was fashion week in NYC and If you've been keeping up with pictures from the runway shows you'll know that not only are we in for a very dark Fall 2008 (black is the new black, if you were wondering), but ribbons, ruffles, and bows are on the radar, big time. Luckily they're of a quiet and ladylike sort, and they function more as a point of interest rather than a HUGE GIRLY OBSTRUCTION randomly placed on any old garment (well, except over at Benjamin Cho, where things may have...
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Corset Pattern
February 8, 2008(thanks to our new intern Melinda for making this awesome step by step!)
1. First, measure your front from the top of your bust to your waist. draw a line on your pattern paper with that measurement.
2. Next, take your bust measurement subtract 2 inches from that measurement and divide that number by 2.
3. Mark the half way point on the top line. Mark a point two inches to the left of the halfway point and 1-3 inches down (1 inch for A cup, 2 inches for B cup, 3 inches for C cup and so...
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Boxers Pattern
February 8, 2008(thanks to our new intern Melinda for making this awesome step by step!)
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How To Make A Corset
February 8, 2008Hey everyone!
Here are the step by step instructions on how to make the corset! Good luck! For more details, watch the video!
1. Check out our blog for detailed instructions on how to make your own corset pattern. Once you have your pattern made, decide what fabric you want to use for the liner and outer shell. Take your pattern, lay it on your fabric and carefully pin it down.
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How To Make Boxers from Old Pillowcases
February 8, 2008If you saw the video and you want step by step instructions on how to make those rad anti-Valentine's Day boxers, here it is!
1. First you'll need to make a pattern for your boxers. Check our blog for instructions. Once you've made your pattern, pin them on a pillowcase and cut them out making sure to cut through both sides of the pillowcase so you have 4 pieces total.
2. Now lay your identical pieces back on top of one another, pin and sew together the front and back pieces to...
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Deep Thoughts
March 7, 2008
I have never used a "real" pattern. Yes, I've created my own and made nice things from them but never in my life attempted a professional pattern. Shocking, I know. Honestly, they scared the crap out of me. There have been several times that I felt all ambitious and decided to go for it. Then I would pull the pattern out of the envelope open it up and that's about as far as I would get. The most use I've ever gotten out of a "real" pattern is making other patterns out of them and wrapping gifts with...
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SXSW Day 2, How-To make a Slack Dress, Thread Heads
March 11, 2008While in Austin for SXSW the Threadheads are meeting up with one of our forum members, Laurel from Ferpecto Fashion. Today she's showing us how to make a 'Slack Dress' from an old pair of mens pants.
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Low-Sew
March 27, 2008
I'll admit it, I dislike working on time consuming projects. I tend to make things that look like you spent hours slaving over a sewing machine, but were quickly whipped up in a day (or two) just by taking a few shortcuts. About a year ago, a book called Low-Sew Boutique came out that demonstrated how placemats and potholders can be turned into backpacks and hand bags - all in an afternoon. Not only did I love the idea of re-purposing materials, but the best part was, you didn't have to the be the...
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Alternative Materials
April 9, 2008
During the highlight of the Pop Art movement in the 1960's disposable clothing became quite the rage. Paper dresses were sold commercially (Kimberly Clark used this as a marketing campaign and even sold 50,000 disposable dresses for $1.25 each) - and some originals can still be found today, although most are now art objects and not worn.
Creating clothing from alternative material has always fascinated me. I don't dabble in sewing many garments in things other than some sort of cloth, but I've been...
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Patterns With International Flare
April 19, 2008
For many of us who sew, we've become familiar with the paper patterns that we find in brick and mortar stores - commonly known as "the Big 4" (Simplicity, McCall, Butterick, and Vogue). It wasn't until after years of sewing with these envelopes that I discovered there were other patterns out there - those that come in magazines! Not only were there lots of trendy options to sew up, but there were up to 50 patterns available in one issue alone! Now for the bad news - none of them are written in the...
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How-to Crochet a Neckline, Hodge Podge, Janome Winner, Thread Heads
April 18, 2008This week we get an awesome tutorial from Cal of Hodge Podge clothing, how-to crochet a neckline. Plus, Matt, the winner of our first Janome sewing machine give away, shows off his new friend, Jan.
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Tracing A Pattern
April 25, 2008
Last week I blogged a bit about tracking down international pattern magazines. So my question today is, "have you been bitten by the pattern magazine bug yet?" If so, you probably have your first issue in your hands, are looking at the pattern inserts (which looks roughly like a roadmap), and are now wondering "what do I do now?" Here's some tips to get you started sewing up your first pattern:
Like any pattern, you first need to determine what size you'll need. Carefully measure yourself and...
