How-to Make a Rockabilly Summer Outfit, Threadbanger Projects

could u swim in it?

why black high-heels? flip-flops might go good with that outfit :]
this video is hilarious

love it! we need more projects like this for summer 2010!!

Love it! I'm totally making this now!
I found it on a spaceship! awesome

anybody try it as an actual suit?

We need more rockabilly clothing DIYs!

I thought this was great! Bad singing and all it was very cute.

hey Ess...i think tht was the point...horrible singing...lol.

my wairst mesurement was four inches. Is that right?

That was hilarious! Great instructions!

:D
hehehe
now i'm going to say that everything i've got was found on a spaceship.
WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE???
^.^ i just love the way everybody did their hair. :3

Singing....bad. Please please please never again! The horror, the horror!

Cool project. Super silly song.

lmao great song

PLZ DONT SING!

I am trying to figure out the waist measurement and my waist is 28" so...
I ended up with 4.62" for the half circle?
is this right?
and am I measuring that from the centerfold outward?

thanx

i've got this old leather jacket that is huge and i would like to make something out of it because i don't want to waste leather I was wondering if you could help me make it rock

I really liked this but I wouldn't think swimming in a bathing suit made from that material would feel right if you swam in it

That. Was. AWESOME. Ryhell High, haha. 
I loved it.

adorable! (and you guys are pretty good singers!)

Super cute, super dorky. Just. Amazing.

hey guys. I wanted 2 kno if there can be a video on how to make harem/ jodphur leggings

loveee the outfit!

i get the circle skirt but the bathing suit part was super fast!!!

hey threadbangers =] i was wondering if you have any ideas of what to do with my old sweatpants. anything would be fine! ill be sure to keep running with scissors. =]

Do it again!  I love the Musical!  How delightful!
One more time please!

wow very cool

This was GREAT!! lol

Wow.  That was awesome!  I couldn't stop laughing...you guys should act more often! :D

I SOO love you guys!!

Pleaaaase more Rockabilly! Especially for plus-size, i've been dying to make something rockabilly like a cute top or cigarette pants!!!

LOL funny but don't audition for amarican idol.

I have always wanted vintage swim wear but they are hard to find...now I can make my own!....hopefully it will come out right

MUITO FIXE!! (Means VERY COOL!! in Portuguese). A big kiss from across the Atlantic. I just love your show!

Another cool Episode....Loved it.... :)

OMG! UBER CUTE! i need ta amp up my sewing skills! ;]

*Applause Applause*  Excellent tuturial, and loved the musical number.  Bravo!

I think this is my favorite episode you guys have done so far! Not only did I love the rockabilly tutorial, but I loved the Grease shoutout! Thanks guys!

Thanks so much for the skirt tutorial! To bad I still stink at making princess sleeves! Any help with that would be great. Thanks a bunch

This video was totally amazing! You guys rock!

Thanks for doing this! Gotta be my favorite episode. You guys all look super duper in your rockabilly style!  Props 

AH! I love your needle pins. So kwute! X3 The swimsuit is absolutely crazy, I love it. I've been looking for easy one pieces that'll flatter my body. AND...now I know what. ^^

eeek! So cute! I love that you did a Grease parody!

do you have a written step by step guide to show how to make the vintage style bathing suit?  i was a little confused, you went a little to fast for me to follow in the video.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!! thank you :)

awesome! the circle skirt part was extra helpful, seeing as i have already managed to ruin a dress by doing THAT part wrong.

it came out awesome, you guys!

carlin you look so rockstar in your rockabilly suit

amazing episode. great job guys.

Oh man, I'm speechless. Totally speechless. The suit is amazing. The singing hysterical. I love you guys so bad!

Wow, that was epic!  Love the musical number at the end and the fact that Erik is pulling a Mili Vanili via Rob's voice.

I just got told to 'SHHHHHH' by a very angry librarian as i was giggling a little too loudly.

absolutely loved that episode, ive been making circle skirts for like, ever, but never  got the waist inner circle type bit right. Now i have the secret equation!!!!!

standong ovation

Laura
Trudy4Life

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That was so cute. I loved this episode. The swimsuit is cute, but a little difficult for me since I am a beginner.

Totally adorable episode guys!

''i don't know i found it on a 'space ship'''

wowwww.... that made me happy XD i seriously ran (and tripped) into my sisters room to show her this :P

HAHAHA!!! I swear, you guys and your fab show are seriously the best thing ever invented!  I don't know what i ever did before finding you!!!!  LOVES IT!  LOVE YOU!

xoxxo Leighly

love this cant wiat to see more hopeing youll do more in this style

Love This!!!

That was seriously my favorite episode ever. :D

This video makes me so happy.

aghhh THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! i requested a highwaisted skirt on the forums and BAM! here it is! this is sooo great! thanks so much for caring so mich about your veiwers and for making ( once again!) a rockin show!

I was watching this and I was like "huh, look at that... I don't think I actually know anything else Pi is useful for, off the top of my head..." LOL. I think this will honestly be the first time I used Pi in a practical irl formula.

i made the skirt last night and i LOVE it! thank you so much!!! good work, guys.

That´s hilarius!! I LOVE IT! Just what I´ve wanted to do for a couple of years. Been thinking of knitting one but this I could be wearing this summer. Thank you so much.

I really, really hate Grease, but that suit design's cool enough to still watch the episode for.

that is exactly what i wanted! thank you so much! *hunts for dad's old polo* BOOYAA!

The whole 'Grease' thing is pretty offensive to the people who actually live the Rockabilly lifestyle on a daily basis. And in all honesty, this is way to much work for something that has only a small hint of vintage style. Much easier to get a repro at Target that actually looks more accurate to the time period.

I absolutely love this episode!! I'm totally gonna sing that the rest of summer XD keep the awesome episodes coming guys!!

totally awesome.  i'm gonna make the heck outta that skirt.

Oh my gosh!  This is my favorite episode!   Three things I love: vintage-style suits, circle skirts, and musicals!  You guys rock!  (sorry for all the exclamation points, but this was just so cool)

Funny as heck but uh...keep your day jobs guys! haha ;D  Great tutorial!

Thanks for the easy circle skirt tutorial.  You explained it very well compared to all the other instructions I have read teaching you how to make them.  Now I don't have to ruin so much fabric because I measured wrong.

wow, this is the best episode ever. i loved greaser-Rob XD
the suit is adorable!!!! i really like the skirt with it too!

Hilarious, and informative to boot. I'm so glad you guys did a circle skirt, mine always come out looking so weird so they end up as scraps... plus the Greaseness was awesome

LOL. well, that was pretty entertaining. love the suit. honestly, i thought you were going to make the pinup suit from the black and lace thing she wore in the beginning. the stripes were awesome too...but now it has me inspired to make a black and lace one (a la ashley paige?)!!

Super cool project!! Threadbanger 4life!! hay can you guys do anything about high waisted shorts or sailor shorts?? thanks

OMG i loved that episode. Must make outfit.You where doing a cool spoof of grease right?

You guys are my favorite! Love this episode!

Looks like you put a lot of effort into this one. It shows!  The bathing suit tutorial went a little fast, but I'm sure everyone knows how to use the pause button by now.  ^_^  Great work! I love your vintage style shows.

LOVED this episode! So funny and a great tutorial! Thank you.

you guys look like you have wayyy to much fun doing this show. great episode.

"I dunno, I found it on a spaceship!"  LOL Brilliant!  :D

soooooo cool i love the skirt, i'm going to make it for the summer!!!

OMG!!
Your guys went soooooo up my alley! AWSOME ROCKABILLY OUTFITS BRAH! ...You guys had me singing and laughin soo dang hard!
 I love ya guys..aha aha aha aha!!

This has got to be my favourite episode ever! You guys rock! I loved all the outfits in this. I'd really like to see more stuff like this. 

Well, I have to go make a swimsuit now, keep up the awesomeness! 

Sending DIY-Love your way,
Marie

gotta love the little GREASE skit very tasteful! love the whole outfit! 10 outta 10

You guys are awesome! But i don't have a sewing machine so i can't do this one either as usual :C

Corrine would you give me a fiftie's makover!

First of all Erik Beck is my dream guy! Geepers!  Secondly when are we going to get a Threadbangers THE Soundtrack??? It must include Craftin Nights and the song from the Williamsburg Fashion Show week

hahahahahahaaaaaaa. I can't stop laughing.  You guys are hi-freakin-lar-i-ous!  The suit and skirt looked amazing.
Man, this episode took me wayyy back to 8th grade when I was in my middle/high school's production of Grease.  Our outfits were definitely not as snazzy.

Have i told you yet?? I learn lots of sewing technic here..that would help me alot...^^ the tute of making da skirt is cool too.. ^^

^^ Exavtly what i wanna see...you guys rocks...^^...and i love the new look of da site ^^...

Absolutely Brilliant!  Amazing!  Spectacular!  Well Done!  Bravo! "Applause, Applause"  Wonderful show & very nice outfits.  Loved the swim suit. Excellent! Keep up the good work, guys.

whoa ya threw the pi at meh (good thing i gotta calculator ;) )

omg, thank you, thank you.  i've been dying for this exactly skirt pattern and figuring it all out slowly in my head.  you guys are rock!!!!  DIY forever!  ;p

Carlin, I got to say that I love you on the show. You are adorable. Great tutorial! I wish I could make it but I lack the experiance and the materials. The bathingsuit and the skirt were way cute.

Aww, Corinne, you're so nice (: Love the tutorial!!

"I don't know. I found it on a spaceship"
hahaha.
halarious and a great tutorial.

Okay so I really liked the bathing suit, but the song has really made my day. You guys at Threadbanger rock!

wow you guys are amazing!... you can really make a crappy day completely turn around! And I swear I don't even have to write about what I want to see next you just read my mind.... Thanks so much

GYAA so cute and hilarious! You peeps are fantabulous. The project and the song are both awesome :D

thank you for making my day!!! this episode is pretty much amazing....

opps i ment almost

i also cryed form laughing at the end.

CORINNE! Your outfit at the beginning is FABULOUS, and this is coming from a pin-up model.

Just when I thought I couldn't love ThreadBanger anymore, you guys come up with this episode!!! Not only was the tutorial hot (as always), you give us the beautiful Grease DIYers' number at the end!! Love it love it LOVE IT!!

DIYer4Life!!
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Oh my gosh, Corinne and Rob. You've gone back to CLASSIC Threadbanger, and I'm loving it! Both pieces are really cute (although I'd use the swimsuit more as a body suit) and, of course, I can't get through the episode without peeing in my pants from laughing so hard! Keep the awesome projects coming!!

Oh my goooood! this is freaking hilarius!!

This is real swell. Super cute suit and song. :D

Ummm, John Travolta & Olivia Newton John couldn't have done it better themselves. Amazing work, team Threadbanger!

what fabric could you use so it won't end up see-through or stretch in the water? I really wanna make this, this was such a great tutorial!

This episode was absolutely amazing! 
I love greaser Erik Beck! 

haha, great tutorial and major props on the song. Made my day!

That was epic! The song at the end just made my day! :-D

Craftastic, I loved it.

Love it! especially the song!

This was the best episode ever!