So I finally FINALLY found a graphics theme I could live with :)
I really liked my last one you see. So making a new one was extremely difficult.

But I really LOVE this photo of Miyvai <3

So. New graphics theme. It's not really a layout...cuz the layout never changes with me...but it's a theme :) in the middle of making everything match now :)

New graphics.

Although ever since Arena37C March issue came out and I got my hands on it and the Miyavi poster that came inside it (its so pretty....)I've been meaning to re-do my graphics and get rid of the "hi no hikari sae todokanai kono basho de sora miageta" theme. Which I loved. But I love this one too. Although it's still Miyavi and I love him more than is probably healthy. Oh well.

About four or five days ago I started a broadcloth and lace crinoline (its opaque and can double as a skirt) in wine-colored broadcloth with black lace. Like any crinoline it's a tiered skirt. It's actually a square-dance style crinoline, which means...it's huge. the final hemline is 495 inches, and the final tier (including the hem itself) took 4 hours to put together. Sewing it has been a headache. But today Natalie felt good enough to come over for a fitting, so I got the waistband on and the elastic in. The ONLY things I have left to do is sew the elastic in place so it doesn't twist and re-inforce the tier seams with a zigzag stitch. Then I get to do the fun part, which is starting the over-skirt. Which I'm making out of the same fabric...it's not really what it SHOULD be made out of. But goddamnit I'm the only Gothic Lolita in Victoria and I say it's good enough for now. Plus we're both poor. And if it doesn't look ok we can just junk it and start again. Fortunately the skirt will be MUCH easier. Because the final hem won't be 495 inches.

So this is also the first time I've made ANYTHING like this. And of course I made it without a pattern. Because I never use patterns. I'm sure a lot of people would have heart attacks watching me cutting into the fabric and sticking things together and making "guesstimates" about the way things should be shaped and fit and *laugh* everything. But truthfully I get confused with patterns. I can put them together just fine...but...it's not the same. I'm happiest when I don't have one. And I think it turned out really good. Actually I think it turned out bloody fantastic. I already have the pattern forming in my head for the over-skirt. And that should be ridiculously easy after this. I'm having a few problems figuring out a blouse or dress-bodice (I haven't actually DECIDED if I'm going to make just a skirt or a full dress yet... I'm actually leaning towards the dress just because I want to try something. Which means I may need to wait a week or two until Natalie can afford to get more fabric. Actually I think that's the better idea. Hmph. At this rate Natalie will have the first complete gothic lolita outfit in this city...but then she doesn't have shoes....Hmmhmmmmmm

One problem at a time...

I have decided I want to make myself a gosurori dress in teal/aqua and black gingham with black lace trim. I just need to find the gingham. And yards and yard and yards of black lace.

Neither of which I'm confident of finding here. Maybe a weekend trip to Vancouver is in order...

Hmm...so this entry got kind of long. I guess I'll stop now...I should probably go to bed anyway, as it is now almost five am.

So goodnight good people who might be reading this.

Oyasumi!
Steffu