Cosplay Time!

One of the many future projects added to my list 

Miki from Shugo Chara

This is for a friend I met a few years ago at MTAC

I believe it was 2009

She found me on youtube and our friendship started from there

I'm really excited to be making this for her

I don't make a whole lot of cosplay

Just cause I only go to one con every year (thats all I really have time for)

But this is even better cause I'm getting paid

$.$

But that's not the soul reason to be doing this

This is like my own personal challenge

To make a custom costume for a person that is not myself

What I plan to do is 

-Make or alter patterns

-Produce mock ups

-Set up arrangements/meetings

-Alter again, if needed

-Make again in the real materials needed

-Do anther meeting

-Alter garments if needed

-FINISH IT BEFORE . . . the 20th?

OH GOD I HOPE I CAN FINISH BEFORE THE REALLY BIG PROJECTS GET STARTED!

But thank the LORD that this is a really simple project for me

Just look at it!

It's just a button up shirt, a black vest, and a pair of dark blue knickers!

I have patterns for all of that!! (well I'm custom making the vest)

I think I can do it! 

THIS IS A CHALLENGE AFTER ALL!

XD

Someone pray for me

':<

. . .

Gah I hate that show

Shugo Chara

Thanks for reading

o^._.^o

Lolita Dresses: Large and Pink

Well, it's been a long few weeks

I FINALLY had the time to do SOMETHING now that I'm on my winter break and got all the exams done

I finally got to finish a small project to test out a new pattern I learned how to make recently

And the results were AMAZING!

I learned how to make a "flared skirt" pattern

Its almost like a circle skirt but its made of 4 or 5 different sections (not 1 or 2 like a circle skirt)

I made this skirt with some eyelet lace and long white ruffles

This skirt took me at least 6 hours to complete, maybe more than 6

The ruffles were hand crafted

This skirt is on the etsy shop!

Click on the above banner to lead you the the shop!

Prom Dress 2011

So this week I haven't been doing much of any sewing at all,

which makes me really sad

But I will post this dress that I made at the beginning of the year.

Heres a prom dress I made for the Joann's Prom Contest

Front View

Back View

This is a ball gown corseted top dress with plastic boning and an overlay of red, black, and more black tulle with rime stones as a top layer

Now I'm really sad about this dress for many ill thought of mistakes...

This was one of the many first attempts of making a corset. What I did was that I bought a corset pattern, modified the waist line for a more dramatic curve, and sew an overload of tulle along with a satin under dress.

What I wanted out of the corset was a 2 or 3 inch back gap, a dramatic curve, and, heh make my boobs really pop out...

(But overall I wanted a very tight fit in all places of my torso)

But what happened was that the waist was more snug than tight and breathless, the bust was HUGE, and the hips were awkward and gross appearing

I wish that it would have turned out better cause it would have looked even better if I had just gotten all the measurements correct....

And I wasn't in the top 20 contestants for that contest....

sigh

I might sell this item

If interested or want to know any measurements for this dress,

please contact me through

Etsy.com (link in banner on top of this page)

Facebook.com (Kat's Hat Rack page)

GaiaOnline.com (JapanCandys)

Ebay.com (JapanCandys2010)

Youtube.com? (JapanCandys)