Posts tagged skirt

• 09 Apr

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Spring Sewing Projects!

     I decided to plan a 24 hour Make-a-Long for tomorrow (Saturday), and while participants can spend their time making anything they want, I'll be focusing on mostly clothing/sewing projects, since that's a crafty area that gets often neglected by me... I've done tons of sewing project rou

• 09 Nov

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Skirt Your Scarf

   "Second Runway's Lisa Venne shows you how to turn last year's scarves into a cute skirt with very little sewing. Second Runway is an eco-friendly fashion show to benefit Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota! Revenue from Goodwill stores supports their mission to provide job training and employment supp

• 01 May

  Blog: TB Projects

  Weekly DIY Roundup: More Skirts!

  Last August I did a skirt tutorial roundup, but Spring means skirt-making season for me and there are a bunch of new ones out there now, so I wanted to do another one!  I wrote a tutorial on Craftstylish for one of my favorite skirt designs, made with 2 t-shirts - super easy and comfy!That first ro

• 03 Dec

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Cool Website Alert: BurdaStyle!

     If you're into sewing, this is a must-bookmark website! It's an "Open Source Sewing" site, with tons of free patterns and how-tos! I love this "Danielle" dress - like all the patterns, it's in printable format, and you can view user creations to get an idea of changes you could make,

• 12 Sep

  Episode: ISpyDIY

  Fashion Week, Fall 08, Lace and Exposed Zippers

  This week Corinne teaches you how to make a lace skirt inspired by the designs of the Fall collection from the previous New York Fashion Week shows.Betsey Johnson at Fashion Week Mood FabricsModGreenPod FabricSew a ZipperNearSea Naturals

• 12 Sep

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Lace and Exposed Zipper Dress

    To create a Betsy Johnson inspired skirt- you’ll need some black lace and fabric of a dark bold color. First you have to make a pattern, a step by step explanation is already on one of Corinne’s earlier blogs. You’re also going to need a zipper, Corinne uses one that is 36 inches long and

• 21 Dec

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  How to Make a Sweeney Todd Inspired Dress

  For more information and to see how we created a Sweeney Todd/Victorian-inspired shirt for Rob, watch the video!     Materials: standard bridal petticoat Rit dyerubber glovesold towelnewspaperlarge potsaltdetergentstirrerscissorspinssewing machine1. First put down some newspaper, put

• 02 Dec

  Episode: TB Projects

  Old Sweater, Shrug, Skirt, Holly Jolly How To

  For the first episode of Holly Jolly How-to's we show you a quick way to convert an old sweater into a matching shrug and skirt set. Now you can stay warm without losing any of your cool factor.