Forum Crawling for Tutorials! Part the First
So, those crazy cats over at Threadbanger have a forum dedicated entirely to tutorials. Being the curious cat I am, I just had to check it out, and this is what I found:
Vest tutorial, with video;
For your more casual look, a t-shirt-to-sweetheart tute, and one with lots of pictures.
They sure do like skirt tutorials on Threadbanger. I'll begin with a tute on making a pattern using a skirt of your own. Also:
Massively boofy hankerchief skirt tutorial;
Another video tutorial, this time for a circle skirt
Another skirt tutorial, this time for a short snappy number with a train;
Pleated skirt tute, another shortie that would do well for some extra length;
No sew skirt with threaded seams that would look awesome on a raggamuffin;
Speaking of raggamuffins, jeans-to-short overalls would look damn sweet on the right person;
How to effectively crop a jacket;
Bloomers, although the important bit (the pattern) is here.(PDF)
A simple neck cowl;
Crochet mittens;
Cheap and easy screenprinting;
Screenprinting with a larger screen;
The threadbangers also pointed me to a bunch of tutorials in other peoples blogs:
Shirt collar choker, as shown during Threadbangers Steampunk Week.
Another easy-as-hell skirt tutorial - the pictures show short skirts but you can make them as long as you please.
Making a purse from a map
A petticoat by Anticraft(PDF) - I think we've had this one before, but it's solid gold.
http://www.howtomakeahat.com/ is , unsurprisingly, full of hat tutorials.
Bella Online has a nice spread of free online projects. The six gore walking skirt and the multi pocketed apron are probably the most useful.
Burdastyle's free tute archive contains more than a few useful tutorials. Unsurprisingly, most revolve around buying and then modifying a Burda pattern, but there are some that don't require that. The Old Timey Pinafore, spats, nifty little round-bottomed bag, muffin hat(with video), armwarmers.
Burdastyle also has a few tutorials on altering sleeves for maximum puff - puff sleeve tute, drafting lef of mutton sleeves and princess cap sleeves. There's also a tute on adding drapery.
Tomorrow: I have a good poke about at Craftster.
These are mostly beginner level tutorials. There's very little by way of special equipment or advanced techniques. I'm off to do the bloomers - let's see what else we can come up with!
Vest tutorial, with video;
For your more casual look, a t-shirt-to-sweetheart tute, and one with lots of pictures.
They sure do like skirt tutorials on Threadbanger. I'll begin with a tute on making a pattern using a skirt of your own. Also:
Massively boofy hankerchief skirt tutorial;
Another video tutorial, this time for a circle skirt
Another skirt tutorial, this time for a short snappy number with a train;
Pleated skirt tute, another shortie that would do well for some extra length;
No sew skirt with threaded seams that would look awesome on a raggamuffin;
Speaking of raggamuffins, jeans-to-short overalls would look damn sweet on the right person;
How to effectively crop a jacket;
Bloomers, although the important bit (the pattern) is here.(PDF)
A simple neck cowl;
Crochet mittens;
Cheap and easy screenprinting;
Screenprinting with a larger screen;
The threadbangers also pointed me to a bunch of tutorials in other peoples blogs:
Shirt collar choker, as shown during Threadbangers Steampunk Week.
Another easy-as-hell skirt tutorial - the pictures show short skirts but you can make them as long as you please.
Making a purse from a map
A petticoat by Anticraft(PDF) - I think we've had this one before, but it's solid gold.
http://www.howtomakeahat.com/ is , unsurprisingly, full of hat tutorials.
Bella Online has a nice spread of free online projects. The six gore walking skirt and the multi pocketed apron are probably the most useful.
Burdastyle's free tute archive contains more than a few useful tutorials. Unsurprisingly, most revolve around buying and then modifying a Burda pattern, but there are some that don't require that. The Old Timey Pinafore, spats, nifty little round-bottomed bag, muffin hat(with video), armwarmers.
Burdastyle also has a few tutorials on altering sleeves for maximum puff - puff sleeve tute, drafting lef of mutton sleeves and princess cap sleeves. There's also a tute on adding drapery.
Tomorrow: I have a good poke about at Craftster.
These are mostly beginner level tutorials. There's very little by way of special equipment or advanced techniques. I'm off to do the bloomers - let's see what else we can come up with!