MarySews Giveaway!

Trisha from MarySew is doing an awesome steampunky giveaway!

Wish me luck!

National Crisis

...because the greatest fashion designer still existing on this planet won't work for Dior ever again. I was absolutely inconsolable. After smashing our best porcelain and spending a week locked in my bedroom crying, I finally found enough strengh to blog again (ok, I'm just a little drama queen. In fact, I just kept going normally to school like everyone else). I just hope I'll find another inspiration for elegant, mature and lady-like fashion...

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Nevertheless, there are also some good news (as hard as it may be for you to believe). I got some very nice and beautiful lace - for free! I especially love the purple one. I already have quite a lot ideas for it, but they're not perfect yet. Maybe for a skirt or a jsk? We will see. About the red one, I'm not sure what to do with it, as I normally don't wear anything red. Probably it's time for a wardrobe makeover...

Then I bought a bit a lot of fabric - very light, soft gabardine in black. I'm going to make a Gothic Lolita jsk with it. Since I was unable to find nice lace or trimming in black, I decided to cover it up with ruffles, so that's why I bought 3 meters (as a precaution). I love gabardine, because it's lightly elastic, it falls really beautiful and you never have to iron it.

The new burda style was unavoidable - how might I reisist a bridal special? Not that I'm going to be married ever, but the patterns are just so lovely.

The last bit of my money, I spend on socks. The sock-obsession seems to be a very popular malady in the Lolita scene (^.^) at least, I don't know a Lolita that doesn't like socks or tights, and so do I. I bought white knee socks - actually, I prefer overknees or tights, but I realized that it's almost impossible to find white opaque tights. Or does anyone of you have tip for me? I needed them because I'd like to make a classic Sailor coord with my new maritime deux-pièce.

The second pair are knitted black overknees.



Have a good time!

xoxo



Jungle Drums - Something To Cheer You Up

An explorer is deep in the jungle, being led by a native guide. They are hacking their way through dense tropical growth when suddenly drums start pounding in the distance. The explorer freezes. His guide reassures him: "no worry. drums good."

"The drums are good? No danger?"

"Yes, drums good. Keep going."





The explorer takes a deep breath and they trudge on. As the jungle gets thicker and denser, and dusk starts to fall, the drums continue, pounding louder, ever closer. The explorer asks again, "Are you sure those drums are okay... nothing to be afraid of? It sounds like they're getting louder."

"No. no worry. Drums good."

They continue on.





As night falls and they start to break camp, the drums become even louder, more intense. The explorer cannot shake a sense that they spell impending doom, but his guide continues to reassure him: "drums good."





Then, just as darkness settles most completely over the jungle, the drums suddenly stop. The guide's face goes ashen, a look of horror in his eyes! The explorer asks, "What? What's the matter? The drums stopped-- is that bad?"





The guide responds, "When drums stop, very bad! Bad thing coming! No good for anybody!"





"What!? What is it? What happens after the drums stop!?!"





The guide responds: "Bass solo."

 

Found on Anny's blog

Inspiring Sunday: Misty Circus

Killin' Joke

This just makes me lol everytime I see it.

Maritime Times

I finished my Jacket-And-Skirt-Project!

The cut for the jacket is quite simple, waist-high with a lapel collar. I took this pattern from Burda, but I had to make some adjustments, yet I'm not 100% content with it.

Lovely buttons, aren't they?

The sleeve

For the inlay, I used royal blue satin. It's such a wonderful colour, isn't it?

The skirt is a highwaisted one with shirring on the side and lacing over it. In the middle of the back, there's a zipper.

For the hem, I used this time a special machine stitch which makes an almost invisible hem. It goes much faster then by hand and you can see the little stiches only if you're looking very closely.

The inside

Inspiring Sunday: Courtney Brims

Hey my dears!

I hope you had a nice weekend. I'm currently lying in bed with a very annoying flu...

Today's Inspitation Post is about Courtney Brims, an artist I recently found. Her artwork is really stunning. Enjoy it!

Pinkish Delight

Who said that laptop bags have to be always black?

Because I was so curious myself about how it would turn out, I started yesterday with my laptop bag and the couldn't stop sewing...

I love it (^.^)

The lace is actually a pale pink and not white. As a lining, I took the very very last bit of the cream fabric I used here.

Teaser

This is going to be great, I promise!

But before I can finish it, I'm waiting for a farbic order on the one hand, and, on the other hand, I have to slide in another project. I have an own notebook now (my first notebook, only for me! Love it), but instead of buying a laptop bag, I had the glorious idea of sewing one. So it won't be an ordinary one, I'm going to lolify it (^.^). It'll be pink. Oh yeah!

When I bought these (lace and zipper were reduced, yay!), I also bought this lovely white cotton, an oddment. I'm thinking about maybe sewing a shiro jsk. Or, at least, a skirt. (I just notice I have already quite a long to-sew-list. Anyone interested if I posted it?)

Then I found these two darlings in a thrift shop. They now store some of my jewellery and accessoires.

Inspiring Sunday: Steampunk Pieces Of Art

Somehow, I have a lack of inspiration lately...

So let's go back to good old Steampunk, interpreted by my all-time favourite corset designer, Bibian Blue. Enjoy it!

Pictures via Facebook