| Friday, January 8th, 2010 |
sew_loli
[ iriscostume ]
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3:27p |
Introduction - woops late
Name: Trace
Location: New Zealand- christchurch (southisland - flat swamp)
Years of Experience: heaps but not sewing loli. I spose it makes it easier, but each style has its own skills. Ive only just started in the last year. Its hard to get commisions for this style around here. Equipment of choice: gathering foot!! Apparently there is a pleating foot too! But i use an industrial som im not sure if they make one for ind. http://mmmcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/07/ga thering-foot-vs-ruffler.html phwoar imagine it!!!!. I love the invisible zip foot too.
Specialties: I dont know yet!! Im more interested in the garments that making accessories.....
Things I know that I can help you with: dont know if it really applies here, im not used to all this shirring, elastic waists etc! I can make custom patterns from a designer pic with great joy. So i geuss if someone isnt sure how to make a replica, or has an idea but isnt sure how to translate it into reality - i would fall into that catagory. Style(s) of choice: I love the overall concept of Mary Mag. It has a tailored look. But i also love BTSSB ....
How did you get into sewing lolita stuffs?: I first saw lolita about 10 years ago in a gothlolita bible that a friend bought back from Japan. I had never seen anything like it!!!! I was sewing lots of goth/pvc victorian style stuff at the time. I just love the sweetness and "SQUEEEE" of it all :) Current Mood:  giddyCurrent Music: radioHead |
| Thursday, January 7th, 2010 |
egl
[ fragile_purity ]
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| Friday, January 8th, 2010 |
sew_loli
[ iriscostume ]
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| Thursday, January 7th, 2010 |
50bookchallenge
[ slimequeen ]
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7:03p |
#2: The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
This first book of Stewart's acclaimed Arthurian Saga examines the childhood and maturation of Merlin. From his birth, Myriddin Emrys is set apart from other children, and not merely because he was born a bastard to a Welsh princess. He is strange and precocious, using his intellect even when his burgeoning magical powers didn't serve him. After his grandfather the king is killed, Merlin flees from the household. God leads him on a strange path northward into foreign lands, but Merlin doesn't fear. He has seen his own death, and he knows that in the intervening years Britain will change and he will be an instrument of many kings. Honestly, I avoided reading this book for years because I think King Arthur has been done to death. I thoroughly enjoyed the first 3/4 of the book since I wasn't familiar with Merlin's mythology and thought the plot came together beautifully. However, as Uther became a central figure, I liked the story less. This is completely my own bias. Mary Stewart is an excellent writer, and it's easy to see why this series has remained a consistent seller for decades. However, I won't be continuing with the next volume. Current Mood:  thoughtful |
egl
[ terbear03 ]
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50bookchallenge
[ harmonatrix ]
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7:55p |
Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom
 Book# 2 of 50; 616 of 15,000 Pgs by December 2010; 2nd Read Title: Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom Author: Julie Kenner Genre: SciFi / Fantasy Add'l Info: Paperback; 307 pages; Kate Connor, Demon Hunter Series (1 of 5 (so far)). Synopsis:( From The Book )My Thoughts: Rating: 8 out of 10 Since I now own two more books in the series, I've decided to read the first 3 again. This is my second time reading this book, and I enjoyed it just as much as I did the first time. Kate's sarcastic wit, love of family, and (rusty) butt kicking abilities, are an odd but fun mix! Admittedly, some of the plot points are predictable, and I found the final scene in the book a bit lacking, but over all, Carpe Demon is a great introduction to Kate and the cast of characters that make up her life in San Diablo, California. In Depth: I'm actually not going to do this part this time, as I don't think I can do so without possibly spoiling book 2 in the process. That's the drawback with knowing some of what's ahead. Up Next: California Demon: The Secret Life of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom X-Posted @:
As well as: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) 15000pages & ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) harmonatrix
May also be x-posted @ books & readplease
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egl
[ elerronyar ]
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sew_loli
[ 1267389 ]
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Do any of you make handbags/purses? I am interested in attempting to make some more structured ones but I have no idea where to start. How do you make sure it keeps its shape/stands up and doesn't just fall into a wad of fabric? I thought about using some kind of interfacing but it doesn't seem quite stiff enough. I've also considered skipping straight to vinyl because it seems it would hold its shape better but it intimidates me. |
egl
[ akuneko42 ]
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5:39p |
Cute Find!
I don't know how many of you crochet, but as I was wandering around Ravelry I found this lovely pattern for a fawn that looks exactly like Ap's Milky Chan! Pattern is not free and can be found here: http://www.pepika.com/pattern-fawn.html |
egl
[ 1267389 ]
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6:26p |
I just found this article on the New York Times website. It is primarily about the Japanese fashion industry and most labels' reluctance to expand overseas, but it makes passing mention of Misako Aoki's visits to other countries as an ambassador. ( article for the link-phobic )source |
50bookchallenge
[ lemaster_69 ]
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5:46p |
A good start
I skipped the challenge last year but decided to start up again this year. 1. An Unchanging Faith in a Changing World by Robert Bowman and Stephen Boa. Nonfiction book about cultural challenges to traditional Christianity. 2. Reclaiming Virtue, by John Bradshaw. A philosopher looks at prudence and how we can develop what's described as moral intelligence. Current Mood: contentCurrent Music: none |
sew_loli
[ kimkicksbootie ]
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50bookchallenge
[ make_meabird ]
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2:44p |
Book 1: Stones from the River
 Stones from the River Ursula Hegi Historical fiction 525 pages  Returning to Burgdorf, the small German community she memorably depicted in Floating in My Mother's Palm, Hegi captures the events and atmosphere in the country prior, during and after WW II. Again she has produced a powerful novel whose chilling candor and resonant moral vision serve a dramatic story. With a sure hand, Hegi evokes the patterns of small-town life, individualized here in dozens of ordinary people who display the German passion for order, obedience and conformity, enforced for centuries by rigid class differences and the strictures of the Catholic church. The protagonist is Trudi Montag, the Zwerg (dwarf) who becomes the town's librarian; (she and most of the other characters figured in the earlier book). A perennial outsider because of her deformity, Trudi exploits her gift for eliciting peoples' secrets--and often maliciously reveals them in suspenseful gossip. But when Hitler ascends to power, she protects those who have been kind to her, including two Jewish families who, despite the efforts of Trudi, her father and a few others, are fated to perish in the Holocaust. Trudi is a complex character, as damaged by her mother's madness and early death as she is by the later circumstances of her life, and she is sometimes cruel, vindictive and vengeful. It is fascinating to watch her mature, as she experiences love and loss and finds wisdom, eventually learning to live with the vast amnesia that grips formerly ardent Nazis after the war. One hopes that Hegi will continue to depict the residents of Burgdorf--Germany in microcosm--thus deepening our understanding of a time and place. I am so glad that we picked this one for our first book club read of the new year! The only reason that I did not give this book five stars is because it seemed to drag and lag on at the beginning and end of the book. There were times that I found Trudi to be annoying, honestly. However, I do not know how it is to grow up in that time period and to be like her, so I cannot say if her reactions to people/things is wrong, but I don't think she had a heathly outlook on things all of the time. If you are into pre-WWII and holocaust survival stories, then I highly recommend this book. I am now reading another book by Hegi, Floating in My Mother's Palm, in which Trudi plays a minor role. |
egl
[ farasha ]
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2:29p |
Across the pond in the 1800s
EGL fashions and their subsets are inspired by Victorian (which came onto the scene just after Regency styles, in the early-mid 1800's) and Rococo (styles popular in the mid-late 1700's), in England and France, respectively. Adapting these styles to modern lolita is one of the more interesting things about the fashion, I think, and I'm constantly on the lookout for authentic fashion plates and research from the era when I'm making something new. But I've always wondered - during the early-mid 1800's in America, there was a similar but still wholly different fashion movement happening. In the American South, fashion was known as Antebellum. Antebellum fashion is characterized by hoop skirts, pagoda sleeves, capelets and shawls, floral decorated bonnets, pointed drop waists and near-off-the-shoulder bodices. Quite a lot of the antebellum aesthetic could successfully be translated into EGL, especially the styles specific to little girls of the period. Young girls in antebellum fashion also had shortened skirts, but a marked difference is that girls allowed the lacy bottoms of their bloomers to show underneath their skirts. ( Antebellum fashion plates featuring young girls )What do you ladies think? Which aspects of Antebellum style do you think would translate the best? Are any of you as fascinated with this style as I am? I'm going to start making some sketches to see what could be pulled from this style! |
sew_loli
[ sophisteacated ]
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[ kawaiifrenzy ]
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2:15p |
Deco Phone
Hi Girls I was just thinking about valentines day and I did my phone  and I want to buy a really pretty dress for valentines day to match my phone. Im not looking for a red and black dress. I want a really elegant classic solid red dress that I can add my own accessories to. Any ideas? I wanted to shop at victorian maiden but the site doesnt load for me anymore anybody having that problem? |
burningbright
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I have a tiny little eraser-sized bruise on my leg. I have no idea where it came from. You would think I would remember hurting myself, wouldn't you? Also, there's some kind of weird disagreement about my hair. Yesterday, two people (one of whom just saw me a week or so ago) said it looked shorter than they remembered, while my parents are saying it looks a lot longer to them. I think it looks pretty much the same--it seems like it hasn't grown much since I got it cut. I can only conclude that I have weird chameleon hair. And now, off to pay ridiculously large amounts of money at the student bookstore. I would wait until Monday, but then there will definitely be no used books left. Would have ordered used off Amazon, but didn't even start getting book lists until yesterday. *glares in general direction of teachers* |
egl
[ honeyandcookie ]
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50bookchallenge
[ gwynraven ]
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11:28a |
Book #2 -- Clifford Chase, Winkie , 240 pages. Er . . . I don't know what to say about this one. It's one of the most bizarre novels I've read in a long time. Best description I can think of is The Velveteen Rabbit meets Kafka's The Trial. Despite the sheer absurdity of it, it does have its moments of brilliance. Progress toward goals: 1.9% Books: 2/100 = 2.0% Pages: 601/30000 = 2.0% 2009 Book Listcross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven |
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[ mach2kudou ]
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[ tenbinza ]
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10:18a |
My Meta LP!
After an epic battle with the Post Office (and, I mean epic), I was able to get my LP. ( Cut ) |
egl
[ loveandbones ]
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50bookchallenge
[ judeaslinksta ]
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10:15a |
Books 23 - 25
Halfway mark! Book 23: The Select by F. Paul Wilson. 394 pages. Genre: Psychological action thriller, perhaps. Medical thriller, anyhow. Plot: From the back of the book: "Quinn Cleary is smart, idealistic and poor. She's been accepted at The Ingraham, a prestigious medical school, where a select few receive the finest education free of charge. But something is terribly wrong at The Ingraham. Quinn notices subtle changes in the bright, hand-picked students. Then she stumbles upon the silent, staring patients in locked Ward C." Good, but predictable as heck. Quinn fits into the perfect stereotype of women protagonists in this sort of fiction. She's tall, stunning (but doesn't know it) and smarter than everyone else. I enjoyed the character of Dr Emerson, as well as Tim. The twist with Ward C was a little surpising, but that was the only thing about the book that I wasn't able to predict after the first chapter. Rating: 5 of 10. Book 24: Cover Her Face by PD James. 206 pages. Genre: Mystery. Plot: From fantasticfiction: "Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. Coolly brilliant policeman Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard must find her killer among a houseful of suspects, most of whom had very good reason to wish her ill." The debut novel for PD James, I figured it was a good place to start, as I'd never read any of her stuff. It follows a very classic British mystery plotline with all of the suspects gathered in the room at the end waiting to find out whodunnit. The action is all very passive, you don't really realize how quick it's going. I like that, but it's hard to get used to after reading something a lot more modern where everything is happening at once. It was enjoyable though, and I'll be keeping an eye out for more of her books. Rating: 7 of 10. Book 25: We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee. 261 pages. Genre: Memoir. Plot: Benjamin Mee and his wife, his mother and his brother buy a failing zoo in Dartmoor. Told from Mee's perspective, the story covers mainly the before and during aspects of buying and setting up the zoo, which is at risk of being shut down permanently. Even though I knew going into it what the outcome was, I still felt a sense of relief at the end when they successfully managed to open to the public. Mee has a habit of jumping back and forth in time when telling the story, which is a bit confusing. The animal anecdotes were fun, moreso than his occasional ego trips in which he talked about his DIY prowess. I've put a visit to the actual zoo, the Darmoor Zoological Park, on my to-do list. Rating: 6 or 7 of 10. 25 / 50 books. 50% done! 7094 / 15000 pages. 47% done! |
egl
[ maayalechaminou ]
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