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This week were hangin' out with the creative folks over at ReadyMade Magazine.Where we're gettin' the scoop inside their latest Re-Fashion issue, and taking on one of their super rad D.I.Y projects.

Having trouble with those baggy shirts? Can't 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.

How to fold the MIT logo in Origami in 3 Easy Steps: In this video I demonstrate how to fold the MIT seal "Mens et Manus", my original origami design, and one of the winning entries for the 2006-2007 MIT Origami contest.

Patricia Zapata of A Little Hut shows us how to create easy and beautiful art with junk mail!

Learn how to help the planet and create homemade recycled paper. You can also use food coloring to change the paper's color.

Create your own dazzling artwork or jewelry with perler beads!

This video series shows you how to make Gothic jewelery for your goth transformation. Learn how to make a Gothic bracelet with skulls and beads.

In this video series, our expert seamstress will teach you how to make a reversible homemade purse. If you are interested in sewing and want to do an easy but interesting project, why not let our expert show you how to make this useful little purse.

If you are looking for an easy sewing project, let Candi Cane Canncel teach you how to sew a pot holder.

For all you whos resolution it was to start making your own clothes and DIY'in, this week were taking a look inside the mysteries of the sewing machine plus a look at our 2008 top DIY web picks.

Thread Heads travel to a craft fair and learn how to sew a zipper on to your homemade clothing.

The summer's fading fast and it's back to school time again. This week we're breaking you off some tips to help you become the most fashionable in your class, plus we show you how to transform last year's threads into this year's cool, new school gear. Class is now in session!

Make a sleeping bag for the homeless out of a quilt. Featured on Thread Heads.

Thread Heads Quickie: turn an old afghan (or some piece of fabric) into a cute little flower applique.

This shows you how to demold a pillar candle from a silicone mold.

This shows you how to use a drill to make wick holes in silicone molds for candles.

In this video series, watch as Manda Claire teaches how to use different techniques and tools to manipulate and design leather goods.

This video series from our expert Candi Cane-Canncel. Candi will guide you through the steps to create your own unique guitar strap.

In this video series, watch as expert craftsman Sean Salazar teaches how to make paper airplanes. get tips on different types of paper airplanes, what the different kinds are used for, and how to assemble various easy kids crafts from your home.

In this video series our expert Terry Turco will show you how to make a sewing tote bag. She will show you how to make the pattern for the tote bag, mark the location of the handles, insert the handles, sew the bottom and the sides, and do a bit of slip stitching.

In this video series, learn the basics of scrapbooking. Our expert, Grace Fraga, shares with you tips and techniques for getting started. Learn how to organize your photos.

In this video series, expert Grace Fraga shows you how to embellish a scrapbook. While embellishing a scrapbook is a very personal project, everybody can use some creative ideas when it comes to decorating your photographs.

In this video series, learn how to fix your old scrapbooks. With the right techniques, you can remove pictures safely and carefully. Our expert, Grace Fraga, shows you how to save damaged scrapbooks.

This instructional video series with expert Candi Cane-Canncel will teach you how to make your own flared miniskirt from scratch. You will learn to measure your hips and waist for the perfect, sexy fit.

Knitting is the perfect way to pass any dull day. Needle your way through this and you will know how to knit the perfect garter stitch.

This is a small sample of knitting, shown from cast-on to bind-off. Topic covers how to weave in cast-on and bind-off ends, and how to avoid those loose side stitches. This is a long overall stitch demo, from just string and sticks, to knitted fabric! Great tips for how to deal with common problems.

Double knitting or reverse knitting is twice as thick and looks like stockinette on both sides. Watch as Amy shows you how to double knit by doing a knit stitch followed by a purl stitch in the opposite color.

Knitting with two colors at the same time is called Stranding (and used to be called Fair Isle). The important thing to know about the stranding method is that it carries both colors through all the time. Watch as Amy shows you how to use this method.

The elongated stitch is a decorative stitch and you can make each stitch as long as you want. Learning how to use this stitch is a great way to ad some variation to your knitting.

This video demonstrates how to make a right loop increase in English knitting. This increase is ideal if you ever need to do two increases side by side without any stitches between them. This is the easiest method to teach children.

This video demonstrates a basic knit bind-off in Continental knitting. This is one of the most used binding off methods. This method would be good for an afghan that you would add edgeing to.

This video demonstrates how to increase a stitch in English knitting. This is a good, all purpose increase, as long as you don't mind a loose increase that can show a small hole. Also remember this is the best method to teach children.

This video demonstrates how to do a basic single crochet bind-off. This leaves a nice edge finish. You don't need to know how to crochet to do this bind-off.

This video demonstrates how to do a double crochet bind off. This method of binding off gives a nice decorative edge that looks nice on pockets.

This video demonstrates how to do a sloped bind off in English knitting.This method is great for shoulders or neck shaping. It avoids the stair stepping that is caused by other bind-off methods. Remember the English method is the easiest way to teach children.

This video demonstrates how to do a basic knit-one-purl-one bind-off. This is a bind off for knit 1 purl 1 ribbing. Knit-One Purl-One Bind-OffA very nice BO for ribbing This is a bind-off for K1 P1 ribbing. If you're familiar with the kitchener stitch, you may prefer to work this BO in this way: Transfer all of the knit stitches to one needle, and behind this needle, place all the purl stitches on a second needle. Sew the stitches from the two needles together, as for the kitchener stitch.

This video shows the Old Norwegian cast-on method. You need to work on needles a size or two up from gauge, because this is a tight cast-on.

This video demonstrates how to do invisible (provisional) cast-on, also known as looped cast-on. This is a provisional cast-on: one that can be easily undone to expose live stitches, and then knit from seamlessly.

Joost Langeveld shows you how to fold an origami Daffodil.

This video demonstrates how to do ribbing. This can be done in a variety of ways, from thin ribbing (knit 1, purl 1) to a thicker (knit 3, purl 3). This is used in a variety of ways one application is the bottom of a sweater and sleeves.