Purple shirt, green skirt!

After I decided to make all my clothes because I was sick of nothing fitting right, I have never had so much fun deciding what to make next! It used to take me hours and hours to find even a shirt that I thought I would wear, and don't even get me started on dresses!

So here is another shirt I've been working on!! Ta daaaaa!

 I still have a few things to add, (buttons to the slit at the bottom and sleeves) but I think it's well on it's way! I love that middle bib!

Oh, but the best part about this shirt? It's a pull-on! Yay!! No nasty zippers or painful buttons, just nice elastic around the middle part!

Obviously I'm taking this photoshoot veeeeeeery seriously. Very. Serious. Ha ha.

This skirt was actually a complete replica (minus the adorable green flower print) of a brown skirt I wore out, and it's PERFECT!

Just look what I can do with it! I can become steampunk person! Watch out! I have a bow and leather vest!

Or I can stop and pick some carnations from my vase on the table. How romantic!

The possibility are endless, but for your sake, this post is not. Ta ta for now!

Butterfly dress update!

I know I have been quiet the past couple of days, but I promise I've been doing things! I took a two day break from everything and just ended up cleaning, sleeping and playing video games.

But those butterflies weren't going to fold themselves, so here is the (almost) finished product!

Yay!!! Thirty butterflies and five hours later (I hand sewed all of these, *phew!*) here they are pinned on the dress!!

I am sooooo pleased with the result! Now to hand sew them all on... :D

Here is the top with a vintage collar I won on ebay! (I love you ebay!) I think it looks so frilly and pretty! 

Anyway, it's almost finished, and so soon I'll wear it out and have some nice photos. Oh, speaking of wearing things out and about, here is the polka dot skirt on the beach! With a friend! At our own little picnic!

P.s. she made that cute little skirt! It has tiny hot air balloons and is adorable!

Dye Aventures!!!

Okay, so I had this really drab browish-tweed fabric so I decided that since my silk fabric dye could also dye wool, I'd give it a shot!

First thing I forgot, wool gets super heavy when it gets wet....so heavy that it collapsed my makeshift closeline strung from one end of the bath to the shower head!
In my haste to catch it, I forgot that it was DYE and that I had no gloves on. I became a purple monster!!

After madly trying to wash off the dye, I remembered my trusty dying pot, so I shoved the fabric in the pot! I then remembered that the dye would probably be splotchy so I added some rubbing alcohol to the mix to try and even out the color....

Basically it looks like the shadiest thing in the world. It looks like I murdered someone in my bathtub!!  On another note, I let the fabric dry overnight on my showerhead...

The next day I had to set the color with either a steam machine or ironing each section for 3 mins.

It actually ended up being really easy to iron! It ended up taking a while, but the color looks great with a purple undertone.  Ha ha ha! I totally wanted to dress up for this part and take silly pictures! It was a dream come true!

See you next time!!

Butterfly dress start!

I found this goooorgeous butterfly fabric online and I just had to have it!! I love the olive color tones!

I don't have the bottom half of the skirt attached yet. Ha ha! I feel like I'm on one of those weight loss commercials!

Now with nifty belt and pins for the lace neckline, here is a general feel for it!  On a related note, who doesn't love Minori? She is the best ever! She adds butterflies, flowers, lace, poofiness and looks gorgeous all. the. time! She is so inspiring to add more beautiful things to my wardrobe. So I wanted to add butterflies!!

Oh, and the best part? I found origami butterfly instructables! Yay! Click Here!!

My first attempt..and second!

Finally moving onto the fabric I want! Now only a million more to go......

The pink Ghost shirt!

I bought this shirt online since it said it was a nice silk medium sized shirt. Okay, this was a total lie! It wasn't silk, (which is fine) but it was MASSIVE. I look like a sad ghost!

Look at that side view! The only great thing about this shirt is that it matches that headband!

Anyway, I took out (once again) my favorite black shirt.  I bought this shirt for five dollars for work, but it has been perfect for any top pattern since!

And here we goooo!!!

Yay! Now it fits perfectly!

Oh oh oh! And the best part? It matches perfectly with my vintage dirndl! Yay!

Polka polka polka time!

I looove polka dots! They are so cute! And it definitely is a tragedy that this is the first polka dotted item I've owned in years and years!

That being said, after I finished making it, I realized it was this strange blue and pink that only matches this shirt and jacket...And nothing else I own!! Why you no like me polka dots?

That being said, I think this looks so cute! I love the bow and it's so frilly!!

I think it looks just like I'm going out for a cupcake run! Because who doesn't love cupcakes?

MONSTER BAG! And Perfect Purple Dress!

I think this is one of the few times I've ventured out of my house to take pictures of my projects! Usually I just snap a few pictures in my house with trusty tripod, but I decided to be adventurous and rope one of my friends into snapping a few photos!

I am soooo excited about making Monster Bag! My tokidoki purse was falling apart (nooooo!) but I think Monster Bag is almost as good as a replacement!

I'm also very proud of my purple dress! I think I have officially mastered the art of making bows sit exactly how I like! I also made my first collar (which is slightly wrinkled, but fine if I iron it!) and puffy sleeves!

Oh oh oh oh, that light purple insert? It is actually a pocket!!! Yay! Now I can store little treasures in there, like flowers....or toys....or something. But hey! It's a pocket!

Ah, my friend did such a great job with this photo!! Look at that dress blowing in the wind! Looooooooooove!

And my favorite! It's time to go Adventuring! I'll see you in my next post!