Learn how to spray paint your own shirts. Save money and design your own, unique t-shirt. The infamous "Spray Can" Michelangelo gives you an intense lesson with stencils and old T-shirts. Do try this at home!
Not for the faint at heart! Hipsters Beware! Rob and Corinne take to the streets of LA and meet up with the infamous "Spray Can" Michelangelo, and get skooled in his home studio for an intense lesson with Stencils and old T-shirts. DO TRY THIS AT HOME!!!
To kick off our Halloweeny Mayhem, Threadbanger brings you this exclusive interview with Tony Award Winning Costume Designer Susan Hilferty to get you fired up and inspired to start getting to work on your own costumes.
For this years last installment of Halloweeny How To's were showing you how to make yourself undead. Complete with a make up tutorial from the creators of Zombie A GO GO plus a lesson on how to Zombify your clothing.
Inspired by Susan Hilferty's Elphaba costume, Corinne and Rob show you how to make a fantastic wicked witch ensemble. We'll get you my pretty!!
Links in this episode:
www.wickedthemusi cal.com
www.susanhilferty .com
How to make Shirred Fabric: http://www.threadban ger.com/episode/THR_ 20080801
This week, quilting artist Caroline Hwang, shows us how-to do some basic quilting techniques. Rob shares a bunch of great quilting resources and Corinne takes a look at quilts done by the Threadbanger community. Quilting aint just for grannie anymore!
WOOHOO! Rob and Corinne invade the American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan and get a sweet tutorial from the new winners of the Threadbanger/Janome Sewing Machine.
http://www.americ ansewingexpo.com/
http://www.sistah sofharlem.com/
http://www.backto backalapaca.com/
This week Rob and Corinne see whats new over at the Threadless Headquarters in the windy city of Chicago.
By far one of the coolest offices and groups of people ever featured on Threadheads. Plus a viewer request for a some t-shirt re-con yields some pretty awesome results.
* Threadless
* New York Couture
* Intangibliana's Forum Post
This week Rob and Corinne answer a viewer question and show you how-to make a feather head piece out of feather dusters! How resourceful!
American Sewing Expo- http://www.americans ewingexpo.com/
Vote for Change- http://www.voteforch ange.com/
Come hang out at the Make Workshop this week with threadheads for a crucial Sewing Tips 101 plus a tour of the Brooklyns own Sodafine DIY clothing store.
Links in this episode:
Sodafine- http://www.sodafine. com/
Make Workshop - http://www.makeworks hop.com/
Going INSANE cause you don't have a costume yet for halloween. Worry no more cause this week Rob shows us a crazy tutorial on how to make your very own strait jacket.
Having trouble with those baggy shirts? Cant find a decent pair of jeans that fit? This week we answer a viewer's question and solve some size issues, plus how to make a duct tape body form with Anda Lewis, and an exclusive interview with Designer Rebecca Turbow.
Got a question or suggestion? Go to http://forum.threadb anger.com/ - see ya there!
We've been overwhelmed with all the requests for Guy-fashion so this week were taking the que from a couple video requests and making a brimmed beanie hat.
links in this episode:
Busted Tees - http://www.bustedtee s.com/
Cubist Literature - http://www.etsy.com/ shop.php?user_id=353 22
Commando Jeans - http://www.commandoj eans.com/
Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/
The results are in from the Recent Janome Give-away contest. Were announcing the winners and taking a lesson from the winner, who shows us how to redesign a simple shirt into a futuristic masterpiece.
This week we dive into the D.I.Y. world of screen printing. Take a trip with us to our neighborhood screen printing shop to see how the pro's do it , then learn how to make your own prints from home. Also , check out the latest in recent T shirt innovation, and get a chance to win two tickets to this years Maker Faire in San Francisco.
This week is all about Prom! We show you how to take an old 80's dress and make it 2008. Guys, we didn't forget about you! Learn how to make a simple bow tie out of an old scarf.
Ebay Seller Abso Fab Funckenstein
Ebay Seller Arshangl
Ebay Seller American Vintage Co
Ebay Seller Kuku Vintage
Instructables
Madeline How-to Girl Merced
Stuck at Prom
Today we go down the street to forum member Laurel's house of Ferpecto Fashion for an awesome how-to on taking an old pair of men's slacks and turning them into a dress...also know as a slack dress.
