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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The Roaming Lolita

Hello ladies and Gent! (yes, just one, because as far as I know only one guy reads this XD)

So, my Boyfriend is going to be coming to town!  YAY!!!  He is making the long trip over the pond just to see me :D  Now I don't normally post pictures of myself on here, aside from my profile pic, but I need to learn how to take more pictures with my camera!  So during his trip here, we are going to sight see around MD!  During this time I will be wearing some of the garments that I have made, some you have seen and some you have not seen.  I will also have some Bodyline dresses as he and I are going to go to some meet-ups.  He will not be dressing in Lolita (Ren will never let him live it down if I got him in a dress, and of course there would be pictures, but at least I would make him a spiderman Lolita dress!) but we are going to see Mirror Mirror with some other Lolitas and my niece, and he will be wearing a hat that I use for my Pirate outfits, (its unisex, so nothing OTT/Over The Top).  This reminds me, make a pirate Lolita outfit for the Renaissance Fair.

So, I will try to make Daily updates from my boyfriend's computer of the things we have done each day.  Now every day might not be a Lolita Day, but do keep a look out!  Now, I keep saying I am going to work on packing, but now I really need to knuckle down and do it!

Stay Pretty everyone! :P

-Lolita Doll 11

Friday, March 23, 2012

Dress Update

So I have actually been working on my dress, yay me!

So as of right now I only have the muslin mock-up made.  The silhouette (is that right?...) of the dress does not look very Lolita, but it looks like something out of the 1920's, so I still love it!  I have pinned everything together and it looks lovely.  The next step is to cut all my fabric, and then put them together.  90% of the dress is made up of this cream and tan plaid, it much more pretty than it sounds, and then 10% of it is fabric from an old shirt that I loved!  I also plan on lining this dress, so before I sew the actual fabric, I will be sewing the lining.  If there is enough fabric, I would love to make a hat for it, and not a mini top hat, an actual normal hat lol.

As I always promise, I will have pictures of the muslin piece and then pictures of the actual dress once it is finished!  This is the first time I am creating a pattern for something, and honestly it was hard work, which is what I expected, but I didn't think it would be this hard after simplifying the pattern!  Though now that I have done it, I am excited to make a new one, or at least playing with the pattern I created and altering it into something new.

Well ladies and gents, I am going to call it a night because I am sleepy and need rest both for work and to work some more on my dress!  Night!

-Lolita Doll 11

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Stroke of Genius!

So, I am sitting here and possibly thinking of breaking my vow and buying a Lolita dress online.  What stops me are two things.  The first thing being that the dress I wanted, they do not make in my size.  The second being that I could make most of these dresses (well, I think I can).

I find this one JSK that I really want, but looking at it, it looks fairly simple, I could probably make it.  It kind of looks like the dress I want to make, but my design looks rather complicated... Then I realize that revamping the design to make it easier to sew, would not be a bad idea.  I can still keep most of my design but make it easier for me to handle and then after that I can work on some harder stuff.  This might seem like a boring post, or maybe every post I make is boring, but for me this is exciting.  I have off work tomorrow, I know what I am going to be doing all day!

First I have to re-sketch my design.  Then I will cut out a pattern from the muslin that I have, sew it all up and make sure it is fitted correctly.  I can honestly say that I have gone from being horrified at the thought of putting this dress together, to feeling excited again!  Hopefully I will have something for you to look at soon!  Night all!

-Lolita Doll 11

Monday, March 12, 2012

Photo Dump!!!

Ok people!  The long awaited photo-plop!  So I have decided that I am going to just share the things that I have made, instead of waiting for a fashion show.  I realized that my stuff did not look like a collection.  Next year I am going to try and join in my school's show.  This is providing that I actually can afford to go to school and get financial aid.  Now you might notice... that everything I have made has been... skirts... because I am nervous to move on to actual dresses, for fear of it coming out horribly wrong.  After this next skirt I am working on though I am going to try and tackle the dress because even though I am scared of doing it, doing it and failing will make me a better designer and seamstress.  Plus I might surprise myself and it comes out awesome!

Anyway, on to the photos!!!


This is the Story Brook fabric.  I still have more, but I don't have anymore of the trim I used for the hem sadly.

I love how this skirt came out, and so does my mom.  I want to get more fabric and make more of them!



This is the skirt I made for a friend of mine!  I am really glad she liked it.  I am now working on another skirt that looks like this.  Its going to be a little longer and the front will be a bit different.

I still have so much fabric!  But first I need to work on that dress I was talking about.  Now crafts are going to be fewer now because hours for me are going to be jumping up, and it sadly is going to cut into my family time too, but hopefully that is just temporary.  Keep a look out for updates, I will try to make them when I can!

Friday, March 2, 2012

Birthday Gift... Not so Successful

So, it is my friend's birthday, and as a gift I decided to make her a skirt... well I kind of went crazy and now it is just a mess.  So sadly I will have to start over.  I will post pictures of both skirts, the second one is going to be a bit more of a simple design.  In all honesty, the skirt does not look THAT bad... but I'm still not happy enough with it to give it to someone else, which is why I really want to make this second attempt close to perfect.

As for the fashion show, I think we are still going to have it, we just don't know when... or where...  But we can figure all that out later!  Hopefully by the time we do have that all figured out, I will have a nice collection.  As of right now, everything that I have been making, it doesn't really all go together, but that is mainly because I am trying to use up the fabric that I have.  After that, I am going to seriously do some fabric shopping... as I can already see that I am running low, and the fabric that I have a lot of, I don't have anything else that would compliment it.  Shame I had to pick an expensive hobby, but it is cheaper than actually going out and buying new clothing.

Well, it is late and I have to be focused for work tomorrow.  Hopefully I will have some pictures ready for you soon.  Also this new month, at the end of it, I will be spending a week with this great guy that I have been dying to see forever!  With no longer having my own laptop we can't video chat anymore, but that will all be made up for when we finally see each other again!  Goodnight!

-Lolita Doll 11