Steampunk week on Threadbanger and IndieMogul

Threadbanger hosted a Steampunk week with IndieMogul. Check out their videos with many tutorials, links and projects. Can you feel it? Steampunk has so arrived. I case you have never heard of Steampunk, you can see my previous posts to read all about it. Start from the bottom..

Melted plastic bags styled with lego bowties

Make your t-shirt a changing canvas for your Trashion Plastic Artwork! 10 minute fun with cutting plastic bags and melting them to t-shirts. This technique is not permanent. The plastic will stay on a few uses and should be removed before washing the garment (it will come off in the washing machine). Check out my tutorial on Fusing plastic bags to t-shirts and knitwear. This will look great with my lego-bowties! I´m planning to make a few of these bowties for sale in my Etsy shop.

Nice and Shiny fashion home projects

Nice and Shiny is a street fashion blogger from Winnipeg Canada that also bloggs about her DIY projects. Her latest project is the measuring tape belt in true Jeremy Scott vibe. I´m totally taken by all her DIY fashion projects. Love the cartoon heeled wedges, Pocahontas fringe top and Pleat tee.

Zipper necklace tutorial on Cut Out and Keep

My zipper necklace tutorial can now also be found from Cut Out And Keep craft community Projects.

ReadyMade magazine Re-fashion issue

ReadyMade magazine Re-fashion issue feature this trashion decor project, using belt buckles as crafty storege solutions. ReadyMade also features other cool DIY projects, "MacGyver" challenges, gallery for your DIY project pictures, discussion forum and designer features. Plus of course they blog.

Jackson Pollock jewelry with nailpolish

Bits and Bobbins tips us off to re-vamp your jewelry with colorful nailpolish Jackson Pollock style. The tutorial is made by Fops And Dandies. Love this! Fantastic re-use idea, that is also very trendy considering all the paintstained fashions we´ve seen this summer season. And you can make these in one evening. If you do not have any extra nailpolish at home, you can find some for sure at your local thrift store or fleamarket. I´m also quite sure that this same technique can be applied to other accessories like bags, belts and shoes (maybe not not textile covered..). So you will have a matching set!!



Dolce & Gabbana SS2008 collection:

ThreadHeads - Refashion Jeans into Shorts and a Hat

For more Threadbanger episodes, tutorials and craft artist interviews go to their website.

Cut Out and Keep craft tutorial favorites

I´ve posted all my trashion tutorials on Cut Out And Keep craft community. I feel that it is an easy-to-use website with just the thing when looking for new craft ideas and instructions. Many craft sites have tutorial forums, but I find them a bit hard to use since you have to post all instructions and images by using html-code and you can´t browse projects wit pictures. With Cut Out And Keep the text and image uploading is easy, you can edit your posts when needed, you don´t have to size down your images and you can post as much steps as you want. You are also able to favorite the how-to´s you like and search them by category or other tags, like material. They also feature tutorials and instructions for cooking! Here are some of my favorite how-to´s from Cut Out And Keep craft community.

Scrap textile coasters tutorial by Jewels.


Elle magazine tie-on slippers tutorial by Tissuepapers A.


Comb bracelet tutorial by Impybat.


Square yo-yo´s tutorial by Sunshine h.


DIY dress form / fitting dummy tutorial by Myam


Leather belt cuff tutorial by Tucker.


Coloring and shrinking plastic tutorial, for jewelry and craft projects by Impybat.


Guitar shaped bag tutorial by Myam.


DIY inspiration scrapbook tutorial by Cat Morley.


DIY envelopes tutorial by Cat Morley.


Plastic cup light fixture tutorial by Sparkleball Lady.


Denim storage boxes tutorial by Holly B.

Third zipper necklace finished!

My third zipper necklace finished! This one will be sent to London to Susie Bubble who writes StyleBubble fashion blog. This piece is made from 12 jacket zippers handswen together. As you can see The necklace can be worn in many ways. Detail in front, back, under one arm and so on. There really is no "right way" to wear it. My necklaces are very adaptable to different kinds of outfits. The best way to wear them is attach them to the garment with safety pins to keep it in place. In the last picture you can see my best Agyness Deyn impression :))

This necklace is heavy for a piece of jewelry, 525 g (= 1,15 lb / 18,5 ounces). But after you attach it to your garment with safetypins (so it does not move) you can hardly notice it because the weight is distrbuted evenly around your shoulders. I´ve worn these with t-shirts and ball gown dresses. The zippes are layered so that the reverse side is all canvas (see necklace tutorial). This way it does not itch or irritate your skin because no metal areas touch it. It does not heat up in sunlight It´s actally very cool to wear outdoors.

Click to my Zipper necklace tutorial to see how I make these. If you want me to make you one, send me mail. I make custom orders!

DIY tutorial: Marc by Marc Jacobs Lego Belt

I´ve done stuff from legos in the past but doing a lego belt buckle?? I´ve tried to figure out the fastening since I saw these in Marc By Marc Jacobs SS08 summer collection. Then I was doing some google searches this evening for something complitely different and stumbled upon Morgan´s lego-belt tutorial. How simple solution! I mean it is always like that isn´t it? Simple just works! Great job girl! Now the only question is how will a make this work for a belt buckle for guys??

Zipper collar for Susie

I feel like a million bucks right now. StyleBubble aka Susanna Lau, my favorite fashion blogger posted about my zipper collars! The next one I make will be hers. I got the zippers today and it will take about a week for me to get this done. I cannot take full credit for the original design since Comme Des Garçons (SS05 collection) was the first designer behind this kind of zipper-use. Since so many have wondered how these collars are done, I decided to take pictures of all the making-of steps and post them to My Flickr site, Cut Out and Keep craft tutorials and of course here to my blog. I hope they are of some help to you in case you want to make one for yourself.



The collar is made from 12 jacket zippers (70-80 cm long). First they will be taken apart and then pinned on to a dummy to get the organic form. After taken off the dummy the whole thing has to be sewn together by hand. I tried to use a sewing machine, but the shape did not come out as fluent as I wanted. Handsewing it is.

When finished, the collar can be used as a necklace or attached to dresses.



Links to my zipper-posts:
Zipper collar inspiration
My first zipper collar
Zipper collar with my crochet gala dress
The second zipper collar I made for a friend

My work is originally meant to inspire others to start crafting and creating things for them selves, so if someone sees my work and copies it, I´m just happy. But, with this technique it´s a bit difficult to make the collalrs exactly alike... That´s the beauty in crafting and DIY. 100% copying is impossible :)

Sew, Mama, Sew - Sewing tutorial competition

Sew, Mama, Sew hosted a tutorial competition in April. The winners have now been announced and all the entries can be viewed from the sew,mama,sew blog. Here are my favorite DIY tutorials.



The gathering apron tutorial by Sarah.


DIY Fabric toe separators tutorial by Marmalade Kiss.


Jeans bum crack ending tutorial by Whosies.


Eylet Brooch tutorial by Thefray.


Clothespin bag tutorial by Christy´s Creations


Hobo-lunchbag tutorial by Sewing Notions.


Hand-dyed Fabric Trims tutorial by LittleBlackKitty.

The art of shortening jeans - Darts

How many times have you left a great looking, worn down pair of denim in to the shop because the legs are too long? I love denim and it kills me every time I see (an expensive) worn pair of denim shortened just by CUTTING them. I´ve been working with denim for years and shortened more jeans for my friends that I can remember. So far I have come up with about six dfferent ways to shorten them (depending on the fit, wash and style).



Darts are the perfect solution when you need to lose a lot or just a little length from the back leg of your jeans, but none from the front. The leg will curve to the back but it will look surprisingly straight when the jeans are worn. Fast, simple and hardly visible!

This is the second denim shortening tutorial - DARTS at Cut Out and Keep craft community. The photos and instructions can also be found from my Flickr Trashion Tutorial Set. The first tutorial was about shortening bootcut jeans.

Isn´t it amazing where 1 1/2 inches (8cm) on extra-length just disappheared! And no cutting needed. So... If I ever wanted to open the darts up again to add length, it is possible! I use only one dart (sewn to hem) if I need to shorten the denim 1/2 inches (3cm) from the back, but leave the front un-touched.

The art of shortening jeans - Bootcut

Picture: www.diesel.com, Doozy 71J

How many times have you left a great looking, worn down pair of denim in to the shop because the legs are too long? I love denim and it kills me every time I see (an expensive) worn pair of denim shortened just by CUTTING them. I´ve been working with denim for years and shortened more jeans for my friends that I can remember. So far I have come up with about six dfferent ways to shorten them (depending on the fit, wash and style). Here´s the first tutorial for shortening abraded/washed bootcut jeans on Cut Out and Keep craft community. The basic idea is to be shortened with an "invisible seam".



Bootcut jeans cannot be shortened with a straight seam because the sewing lines are not the same length. In this tutorial you´ll see how to shorten jeans with a curved seam - no matter how flare legged your bootcut jeas are!

When you are done the jeans are about 3 cm (1/2 inches) shorter from the heel than in front, but they seem to be the same lentgh when you have the denims on. Except that the heel won´t slip under your foot all the time. :) Finally you have bootcut jeans that can be worn with flats and high heels. And nobody notices the extra seam in the bottom...

New tutorial on Cut Out and Keep community - Pressing neckties

Many have asked me how I did my tie-dress. Here is a tutorial on what happened to the secondhand neckties before I pinned into shape on the dummy and formed my dress top. It does not matter if the ties are of different widths or they are slightly dirty. You will not notice this after they have been scrunched and pressed.



Check out all my trashion tutorials on Cut Out and Keep crafts community. More pictures can be found from my Flickr "Tie feathers"-set.

The bunny ear hoodie by Meredith S.

Meredith S. has made a tutorial on how to pimp your hoodie with some bunny ears. Tutorial at Cut Out and Keep community, BUNNY EAR HOODIE.

Trashion Cartoon tutorial - Boxy t-shirt

This is an old project of mine, the 80´s boxy t-shirt. I thought you would enjoy a new tutorial made in cartoon form. I think this looks funnier, so I´m propably making more of these cartoon-tutorials from later projects as well.

You can find all the original tutorial images also from MY TRASHION TUTORIALS.

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Cut Out + Keep Projects Craft community

Cut out and keep is a fun craft community where after creating your profile you can easily make tutorials of your craft projects. Just protograph every step when you´re doing a new project and then upload the images + step by step instructions to Cut Out + Keep.

I´ve uploaded two projects so far: Spraypainting accessories and my boxy-t-shirt tutorial. I´ll be entering more soon.

You can find all my Cut Out + Keep tutorials and projects HERE. Check out also my craft tutorials on Flickr.

Pressed "feather" ties trashion tutorial

A lot of people have asked me how I constructed the ties to my first tie dress. Well I made a TUTORIAL about it. First they all have to be opened up and all insides taken out. Then iron them. Now fold them from the middle and sew a tread on to the edge to be able to scrunch them. Pin the tie to your ironing board and press it with loads of steam (use a pillowcase if your iron does not have a teflon surface).



See the complete tutorial HERE.



This dress below is my latest project from pressed ties. I plan to make the top as a separate "shoulder piece" so I´m able to attach it to a number of dresses with safetypins. If you want to see more pics of the making of-steps, click HERE.

Making stencils and printing fabric

I have posted my "Stencils from photographs" tutorial to my Flickr site. I shoes how you can transform basically any photo to a stencil by using Photoshop.



Many have asked me how the finished stencil can be printed to T-shirts and other clothes. I have not made a tutorial about it but after 30 min of netsurfing I found this Fabric printing tutorial by Girlx512 in LiveJournal Craftgrrl group forum and this stencil printing tutorial by Melissa Clifton. Very well presented!

And if you really get into fabric printing, here is a cool first project. For those couples who don´t see each other every day. Introducing the Missing Husband Pillow. Seen in Craftzine.com.