New Lolita Skirt for Sale!

Hello with a new skirt!

 

 

A three tier skirt made of a cotton material, pastel pink lace that has been hand dyed, and white ribbon! Half elastic and half flat waistband with two white buttons and a 4 inch zipper.

 

 

 

 

 

The roses print was what inspired me to make this dress! So pretty!

 

This dress took me a few months to finish. Only cause I had to finish the first semester of college. I FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO GATHER NICELY! I am so proud of my self! This skirt was kinda a wonderful accomplishment of this particular technique.

 

:D

 

Remember this?

 

 

I will also be posting a preview of my Chrysalis Cosplay. Its maybe 3/5 done. 

 

 

 

More on that soon :) 

 

 

 



New Lolita Skirt: Elegant Roses

Latest project!

Roses are Pink Elegant Lolita Three Tiered Front Panel Dress

This dress was a challenge for me

I'm not so proud of the result, but I learned to like it

It's pretty nice when you add all the petty coats underneath (right photo),

but by itself (left photo) its ok

This is a specific design I came up with myself (assuming that this wasn't thought up from a big time lolita designer first)

This is another one of my half elastic half flat waist band skirts

The a front panel has three tiers with lace covering the seems

The sides also have a twill tape (I forgot what its real name is) on the side seems to add a little more elegant detail

And there is also 4 inch long ruffles and white lining

Here are my notes on this skirt if you are interested in the process and thought pattern

Please check out my etsy shop if interested in this dress

http://www.etsy.com/listing/89237205/roses-are-pink-elegant-lolita-three

 

:D

Next Project: Steampunk

Really exciting news

The next sewing project will be to completed a heavily planned Steampunk outfit for 2012's MTAC (local anime con)

The theme for this years con is "Omega" or the end of the world

And for one of the days, I will be a Murderess Steampunk

:D 

Happy thoughts!

So heres a sketch of what I have in mind

It's looking kinda plain right now with just a corset and a skirt,

but once I can achieve the major elements, the little details will soon make this whole ensemble completely awesome!

So the bustle is a single layer with no ruffles, but antique 100+ year old lace along the hem

Don't ask me how I ended up with lace like that

It is at least 3 or 4 inches wide

The dress itself will be a forest green

Something to really compliment the color of the lace

The corset I am hoping will be brown and made of leather

My concern with this is that will my sewing machine work with real leather?

I mean I will use fax leather if I have too

I once used pleather (I think thats what it was): or something similar to leather

and that worked

I just had to place paper on its right to get the dog foot moving

But otherwise that worked

I'm kinda hoping for a miracle.

There will be a belt along with this as well! I'm really excited to make this!

There will be a compartment for the following

-Phone

-Money/Important Cards

-Pocket Watch (with a little window to show off the gears)

-Belt loops to clips things onto

- More loops for fake or real weapons

And I can save a place for my broken and pathetic fox tail

My pets tore it up so it looks more like a deformed bunny tail

T^T

But overall I'm really glad that I'm going to do this project!

My only worry about after the project is that how in the hell will I wash this skirt with such delicate lace?!

The thought scares me to be honest

I'm sure that this will all be worth it when I wear this to MTAC or the annual Renaissance Fairs or just any other occasion appropriate for steampunkness!

o^._.^o

~ !Nyan! ~

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!

Lolia JSK Pattern Tutorial?

So I've been searching for a way to make my own pattern for a JSK Lolita dress

and I think I finally found my solution...

Although it is not very specific, and in Spanish

 it's better than nothing right?

I will try to translate this by Google Translate

or by asking my Spanish Teacher to translate for me

UPDATE 12.6.11

This is apparently in French

*face palm*

Once that is done, I can make a pattern of my own from this little tip

And once I do that and make a dress of my own, I will share to you all my findings!

:D

THERE IS HOPE FOR ANYONE WITH MY PROBLEM!

o^._.^o

~Nyan~

Damn Good Lolita Fabric

So I wanna keep posting as much as I can, but right now I'm working on a project and I'm not finished. I'm still in school so I'm not sewing as much as I want to.

But to keep this blog going, I'm going to show you what I bought at my local fabric store

TADA!

Beautiful rose fabric! Awesome for Lolita stuff!

:D

My only concern for this fabric was the small rose strips. I couldn't tell if the strips was up or down or left to right, but I'm pretty sure its left to right (picture shown) 

None the less, it was a beautiful print, I only wish it came in black, then I would have been very greedy and made some lolita for myself

Which I haven't done yet and really should do soon

T^T

43''- 44''

If anyone who comes across this blog lives in Tennessee, the store I got this from is "Textile Fabrics" in Berryhill, all the way in the back with their 50% off racks! I always enjoy a good search in the discount areas of stores. You never know what you will find in the old dingy bins with a red tag!

The original price was $12.98 a yard

o.o

but I got this for at least $6 a yard and I got four yards, so the checkout price was $28

I didn't think it was too bad :/

It's ganna make a damn good skirt!!

Well, that's my update for now

o^._.^o

Lolita Skirt: Heavenly

Here is the latest of off the sewing machine

A Heavenly White Lolita Skirt 

Half Flat/Elastic Waist Band

Made from bedsheets, clean of course, inspired by the pattern on the fabric (see very last picture)

This skirt was made for someone who REALLY loves huge skirts, this width is 134 inches!

Fabric is slightly heavy, but its no problem for someone using a couple of good and puffy petty coats. Model is wearing a single medium petty coat.

Features include:

Linning

Ruffles

A back view

3 rows of elastic for a tight and comfy fit :D

Measurements: 

Waist Band Details

Size: 26-30 inches 

16 inches Flat

10 inches Elastic

3 1/2 Length 

Dress Details

Total Length: 20 inches

Ruffle Length: 4 inches

Now on the Etsy Shop!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/87049626/heavenly-white-lolita-skirt-with-ruffles?ref=af_shop_favitem

o^._.^o

Nyan with ya soon!