While we were in Austin for Stitch, we grabbed an embroidery lesson from Austin Craft Mafia member Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching. We'll also take a look at some crafty local stores in Austin, check out a viewer submission and answer your questions!
The Thread Heads go to San Fran to cover THREAD, a huge showcase for emerging designers. Interviews with THREAD founders, various indie designers, and Rob and Corinne get a punk make over.
This week's featured music vid comes from the group Honey Root
Honeyroot - Heavy Drops
Music Video for Honeyroot single Heavy Drops
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Today's episode of the Rachael Ray show featured a segment about YouTube "experts" and Rob and I had the privilege to be a part of the show and answer a couple questions. Definitely head over, check it out and VOTE FOR THREADBANGER! To come back to do a segment on a future episode of Rachel Ray. Also be sure to hit up the other YouTubers we got to meet and their awesome podcasts.
We are super excited and honored to have been a part of the show. Thanks to everyone on the Rachael Ray staff....
the highly anticipated book KnitKnit: Profiles + Projects from Knitting's New Wave (Stewart, Tabori and Chang) and author Sabrina Gschwandtner will be hosting the their first book signing this thursday, September 13th accompanied by KnitKnit artists Jim Drain, Cat Mazza, Teva Durham, Wenlan Chia, Joelle Hoverson, Knitta, David Gentzsch, Beryl Tsang, and Lisa Anne Auerbach. go HERE for a complete list of all upcoming KnitKnit events and locations. and definitely be sure to check out the book....i...
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"...
DIY SCREEN PRINTING
INGREDIENTS
- embroidery hoop (as big as you want your image to be)
- mod podge; water resistant glue
- thinly woven mess fabric
- fabric ink
- computer and printer
- pencil
- iron
- old paint brush
First, decide on an image and print it out. For this method of screen printing, the simpler the image the better. Before printing, make sure it is the exact size you want your print to be.
Now, take your embroidery hoop and separate the inner hoop from the outer hoop.
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last night, i made my first batch of all organic cupcakes! i haven't made cupcakes since i was about 10 years old and was feeling all nostalgic so i decided to go for it.
for the cake batter, i took the easy way out and used an organic vanilla cake mix from Dr. Oetker.
i made the icing from scratch and it tastes soooooo good. the recipe is below (all the ingredients are organic)
best icing ever
1 and 1/2 cup of softened (not melted) butter
3 cups sifted confectioners sugar
1/4 cup of milk (cow,...
i am so happy that people are being inspired to make their own versions of the lessons we put up! here's a couple of video responses we got to episode 10 through youtube...AbiGirl88 and jivinjsworldtravels. thanks to everyone who is commenting and creating!! it is so exciting!
xoxox
c
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