ThreadHeads: Prom Refashions (Video)
It’s Prom season at ThreadHeads where you’ll learn how to take an old 80’s dress and make it chic for 2008. For guys, make a simple bow tie out of an old scarf.
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Inspired by CRAFT?
We like to think crafting’s become pretty fashion forward, no? Here’s some proof. Spotted at the Paris 2008 Fall Fashion show was this knitted boot (right) at the Hussein Chalayan show. Could Chalayan have been inspired by Tina Marrin’s boots from CRAFT:01 (pictured left)? Link.
Doily Racerback Tanktop
Amy at Craft Chi has a tutorial showing you how to make this cute refashioned tank top embellished with thrifted lace doilies. Link.
Vickie Howell & Lena Walker Smith: Real Women Wear Knits – CRAFT Video Podcast
MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes Vickie Howell and SWTC stylist Lena Walker Smith had a fashion event called “Real Women Wear Knits” at Stitches West in Santa Clara, CA last Friday. I got a chance to check out the fashion show where 200 audience members and myself watched as […]
MetaPatterns Spring/Summer 2008
Check out the great free knitting patterns on the new site MetaPostModernKnitting. The new Spring/Summer issue features some great patterns like this Runway Bolero and the MetaPostModern Legwarmers. Link.
Mixymo’s Dress of Scraps
Craftster user Mixymo made a New Year’s Resolution to get rid of all her scrap fabric somehow. Here’s how she did it: by cutting the scraps into countless petal shapes to make this amazing dress. Wow! More pix and details at the source. Link.
Handmade Oscar Dress
Juliet wrote to tell us about crafter and artist Elsa Mora, who made her own dress to wear to the Oscars last night (her husband is a film producer). It’s so nice to see someone step outside the box for once with what they wear to a big awards show, and the fact that it […]
