Posts tagged: how-to
How to make a blood shooter
By indymogulBackyard FX
"Blood Shooter Build"
By: Erik Beck
Hey everyone, below are the detailed plans on how to make a bloodshooter for your indie film. Remember that none of these plans are set in stone. Be creative and improvise if necessary. If you figure out a better way to build this rig, send us an email or submit a video.
Remember to subscribe to our weekly show, Backyard FX on iTunes and stop by our website, Indy Mogul for other great ideas.
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How to tailor your own shirt
By threadbangerRecently, we received a video submission from John Paul. He wanted to know how to make a baggy shirt fit, because we all know how expensive it is to get a shirt made specifically tailored for you.
We're going to show you a little method that we think is the best called the "Pinch and Pin"
To watch the entire video, click below. Also, remember to subscribe to our iTunes store for more DIY fashion tips or check out our website, Threadbanger.
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How to tailor your own shirt
By threadbangerRecently, we received a video submission from John Paul. He wanted to know how to make a baggy shirt fit, because we all know how expensive it is to get a shirt made specifically tailored for you.
We're going to show you a little method that we think is the best called the "Pinch and Pin"
To watch the entire video, click below. Also, remember to subscribe to our iTunes store for more DIY fashion tips or check out our website, Threadbanger.
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How To Buy Your First Sewing Machine - Sewing for Dudes (and Ladies) No. 1: Gathering Your Gear
By ChrisjobSo, I’m a guy, and a bit ago, I bought a sewing machine.
No one in my family of origin sews, nor does my wife, and I went to an all male high school with no home ec courses, so I was starting from scratch.
I went to the bookstores, the fabric stores, the craft stores, and the library, and was blown away by the available literature, or, by how useless it was to me. It seemed that nothing had been published in the last ten years, and everything w » READ MORE
DIY Wooden Candle Holders
By DIY Maven
If you have some leftover scraps from your latest woodworking project, how about using them to make votive candle holders? They’re easy to produce and beautiful when completed, which means you might want to make a few for yourself and some to give as gifts.
Supplies
1. A chunk of wood the size of your choice. Although, a standard votive cup is about ½ inch high, which means you’ll want to use a piece of wood double that thickness, or so. (My h » READ MORE
How to make a giant sandwich costume
By indymogulHey everyone. We're going to show you how to make a giant sandwich costume because, you never know when a giant sandwich costume may come in handy? I built this for the awesome guys over at Naked Castle. As always we invite viewers to improve our design and send us video clips of your projects. All you have to do is upload, and you could be featured in our monthly user submitted podcast.
You can watch our video below, and don't forget to subscribe » READ MORE
How To Make A Jet Pack
By indymogulHey Everyone! Here are the detailed plans for the Jet pack project. Keep in mind that this is just the way I did it. You an always tweak things to suit your movie needs and of course improve my design. If you do make a cool jet pack or figure out an improvement let us know. We might even feature you in our special monthly podcast.
Check our our website at www.indymogul.com and also subscribe on iTunes. If you want to see this made in action, watch » READ MORE
How To Tie Dye... Punk Rock Style!!!
By threadbanger
Ever wanted to tie dye your own shirts but maybe thought it would be too messy? Well here's a simple and mess free method to a kick ass tie dyed shirt... punk rock style of course!
Below, we'll show you how - including a video of the whole process at the bottom!
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1. You will need an old shirt and a few different cans of spray paint. » READ MORE
My New Craft Room: Window treatments (and how I made them)
By DIY Maven
Now that the big pieces were completed, I could turn to the fluff, which included window treatments. I had just enough fabric left over from my chair make-over to sew a simple valance. And I mean REALLY simple.
All I did was measure the interior width of my window and added about an inch to each side and about 4 inches to the bottom for hemming and attachment. HOWEVER, you could easily use a table runner or even a rectangular scarf for your curta » READ MORE
How to Make a Soda Can Safe
By DIY Maven
Here's a how-to for every 007 wannabe: A hollow-bottomed soda can safe perfect to hide your family jewels. Or you can buy one at Diversion-Safes for about 11 bucks (plus 7 bucks for shipping and handling, of course.)
Pic via instructions at How 2 Do Stuff.
Yarn Curtains: Good Idea?
By DIY Maven
Lion Brand has a tutorial on their website for easy-to-construct ‘beaded’ yarn curtains. The ‘beads’ are made of alternating strings of Lion Boulce and Fun-Fur yarn, although any specialty, textured yarn would work. To keep the strands taut, I’d probably knot beads at the ends of the individual strings of yarn or tie the strings to a tension rod for window applications. A unique dressing to a window or doorway, to be sure, but only if privacy is » READ MORE
