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[aimeekitty]

speaking of 18th-century frippery, I finally found some toile-like navy/white fabric to make a dress kind of like this BTSSB Marie Antoinette dress. I've always loved that dress, but even though the measurements seem like they'd fit me... I'm guessing it would be too short. So I think it's a better idea for me to just make one to suit me. :) It should be fun! The underlying shape, btw is very similar to this Alice and the Pirates dress... so I'll save the muslin and do two! :D I really like that the fabric looks just a tad like Marie's initials.

BABY restocked my all-time favorite blouse, the Princess sleeve shirring blouse... AND now it comes in pink and black, too! This is one of their blouses that has a larger bust size, btw, even though it's not the "L" size.
Also, they just put up two new blouses in S, M and L size! If you look at their blouse page, you'll see them in the subsections according to size.

while I'm drooling over pretties,... I love this long Hymn dress! It's fun to see things go outside the strict length/shape rules of lolita. I also love the gold briar rose embroidery on this. Similarly beautiful is this BW embroiderd JSK on Innocent World and these cute carriage and chandelier skirts on eglsales. As soon as I get caught up, I'd really like to design some embroidery like this and do a skirt or something... maybe I'll draw out a briar rose design. ^_^ I also bought myself a bit of crystal drops and chain to make myself a a little chain accent like on this blouse. Yeay for relatively cheap crafty fun!

I'd ordered the BxB Ribbon heart jumper skirt a while back... I wanted to try a romantic gothic look kindof like these BPN looks. When my dress came... look what came with it! An anniversary pillow for BABY's Paris store! How cute! My first thought was that it was way cuter than any room of my condo, and that somehow, I should remedy that. ha. Maybe if we get lucky and move, I can have a rococo corner and put this pillow in it.
Also, it's kind of lovely that it's the PARIS' store 2nd anniversary! I can't wait till BABY opens their San Fransisco store. It will make things so much easier (worse? :) ) when I can try things on.

Comments

[swankkat.livejournal.com]

I love, LOVE, that BBTSSB Hymn jumper dress! I can't really pull off lolita (just don't personally feel built for it), but that dress might be doable for even someone like me. Love the details. :)

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

that dress is so simple, too! what's so great about it is the fabric and details. I think if I was to make so mething like it, I'd lower the waist, as empire doesn't do well on me, but yeah. :)

[mognetcentral.livejournal.com]

Ohhh?? Scalloped pinking shears sound sweet! Can I ask how much they were for a pair and for shipping?

Thanks for the heads up!

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

the scissors themselves are about $30, not sure what shipping was. :)

considering that the only other pair I've ever seen was a $90 Japanese pair....!!

[tristencitrine.livejournal.com]

BEST NEWS EVER!!!!!

[scruffyrebel.livejournal.com]

oooo San Fran store!!!!

[metanoia-cw.livejournal.com]

I love the embroidered jsk on IW too - the one with the crowns!!

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

Great to know G & H has them! I've bought a bunch of stuff from them but didn't think about checking there for the scalloped shears.

That fabric is really cool, it does indeed look like MA's initials!

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

Just a little fyi - I've found that the tighter the weave the less fraying I have. The scalloped pinkers do not work well on brocades, dupioni or other bumpy fabrics. I usually use mine on cotton prints or silk taffeta and I DO usually use fray-check on the trim, sort of dry brushing it on the edge. Happy pinking! ;)

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I'll be cutting silk taffeta, unless the man lied to me, anything I should try ? :)

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

Silk taffeta's perfect. I do use Dritz brand fray-check along the edges to prevent fraying, I sort of dry-brush it on the cut edge.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

so dry brush it on after pinking it? or before?

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

After. Do some tests first and don't worry too much about the edge appearing darker it will lighten up a bit once it's dry and after being pleated you really won't notice any difference.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

at least for my first one, the fabric is pretty dark, so it should be ok. MUCH THANKS. XD I'm a little scared.

[sakurae.livejournal.com]

I think I have that BTSSB dress too in red! You're welcome to use it as a guide if you want? LOL I barely fit in it but I still want to lose more weight to be able to at least breathe at the same time.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

that would be rad, thanks!

if it's tight on you then I needn't bother! :D but I'd like to see the details!

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that's neat about the scalloped pinking shears. :-) I was reading about the pinking on 18th century gowns when researching a bit for my own Le Chevalier project. That store is local for me and I'll have to check it out if I decide to do a fancier costume from that period later on.