Hello lovelies,
my video tutorial of the half-round mask is finally done and on youtube. Please watch and subscribe!
There are a lot of different ways of how people sew the mask and that was the method that worked out best for me. I hope you like it and share your result if you sew one!
Download the mask pattern from my dropbox.
Stay safe and healthy everyone!
All the best,
Auris Lothol
Hello lovelies,
I wanted to make a nice cap after the Regency dress I finished but it was so hard to find surviving extants and pictures in general. I dove into museums and libraries that shared their collection for free online. And for future references, I will post them here because they are brilliant.
Published 1794-1802, probably London. 64 pages full of fashion plates.
This was a rare find, it has fashion plates, portraits, etc. I searched for regency morning dress and I found a lot of fashion plates. Click here to my specific search.
Another British source:Games, collections, videos, stories, homework help and family days out from museums and galleries. I found a few regency fashion plates, for example this one here.
More fashion plates from the magazine "The gallery of fashion" (1794-1803)
is an author of Regency romance books and her site contains a lot of information on clothing during that era.
another site dedicated to the Regency era. I found some interesting articles about caps and clothings.
this site would not be complete without this author. She is another author of Regency romance novels and her site is also dedicated to everything Regency. I found this article about Regency caps that was very interesting. Read more.
on there is a whole load on information on how to sew an 18th century cap. I include this on the list because most of these forms were also used during the Regency era.
In the end I found a cap I especially liked from the Riksmuseum, located in the Netherlands. follow the link here to go there.
I liked how the hair was not completely hidden underneath the cap and there was a kind of veil over the eyes.I immediately set to work and made about 5 different mock-ups before I found the pattern I liked.
Normally I only do one mock up and it fits, at least for modern or lolita clothing. But for historical clothing I always find myself doing mock-up after mock-up because it is not quite right. It stresses me because I have the feeling that I just can't do it properly. I remember also doing about 5 mock-ups of my Edwardian corset before it finally fit. But it cost me a lot of time and nerves.
I bought a very fine cotton fabric at my favourite fabric store for the base. I still had see-through but stiff silk for the veil. I made the mock up with cotton and tulle, but felt the tulle didn't look good enough.
This is the pattern I ended up with. It looks like half a croissant and only looking at it makes me kind of hungry.
After cutting it, I already measured it with seam allowance, the piece looked like that.
At the bottom I measured out dots every 0,5cm and then gathered it to 7cm.
Afterwards I did the same at the top, and gathered it to 8cm. And it went from a nice croissant to something that looks more like a cap. But see how the shape of the fabric changes completly with just one line of pulled thread? I love it!
From the same fabric I cut out two strips of about 4cmx74cm and ironed them to make something like a bias tape. On the original picture the band that goes around the cap is a bit wider, I guess I could have also made a 2cm bias strip instead of a 1cm.
The strips were then pinned around the edges of the cap, sandwiching the fabric. I left the bands on the sides longer because I wanted to close it at the back of my head with that.
I went over the whole cap with a running stitch and removed the pins. Usually I like to stick in the pins and be done with it, but I was working with real silk fabric in the next step and I did not want scratch or tear it.
I tried to use as little of the fabric as possible because it was so expensive. And I am very happy, that everything with the fabric worked out so well because I did not have to redo it. Hooray.
Below is how the pattern really looks like. I ironed it on a very low heat and did not ruin it. Plus it kind of removed the wrinkles. Horray.
While the top is a picture of how it looked like right after I cut it out, below is how it looke like after I ironed and hemmed it.
The next thing I did, was of course, pinning and then sewing both parts together. The project, so far, was very nice and easy, except for the 5 annoying mock-ups. At least everything else worked out.
But I was not done yet, I added ribbons made out of lace, I have no idea if this was actually work like this? No idea and I didn't find anything else that looked like that, so please leave a comment!
And here is the finished look.
All the best,
Auris Lothol
Hello lovelies,
last month I got my new dress from Miao Wu - The crimes of Grindelwald, the hufflepuff version of course. I bought it over Clobbaonline, the link is here, back in July. It was open for pre-order and I immediately took the chance.
Three months later it arrived, neatly packed with the small Hogwarts chain in a separate plastic. I ordered the L version of it, because I was very unsure with the measurements but it ended up being a bit too big. I am still unsure what to do about it but I am thinking about doing a ribbon shirring over the actual shirring.
The site stated the following measurements for the dress:
| Size | Bust | Waist | Length(Not Including Shoulder Straps) |
| S | 78-86 | 66-74 | 84 |
| M | 83-90 | 71-79 | 85.5 |
| L | 86-94 | 76-84 | 87 |
The larger end of Bust and Waist is the max after the back shirring is stretched(not the max). It's not recommended to stretch the back shirring for more than 6cm in case of tight fitting(For your reference only).
The yellow fabric is cotton and the black is velvet. The words
hufflepuff and the hogwarts patch are directly machine-embroidered onto
the fabric. The seams are straight and neat, and the ends of the thread
were trimmed.
The dress has sewn in cups, and I am not sure why. I only know this cups from dresses were you can't or shouldn't wear a bra, like a ball gown. The lining is made out of a typical black polyester fabric. The zip is on the side and it can be difficult to close, even while flat-laying it, because of the velvet.
The straps are adjustable. Therefore perfect for taller or smaller lolitas.
This is the separate clip I got, I am not sure where to put it though. It is not seen to be included in the worn pictures with the model, maybe it was just a goodie.
The dress is a bit on the warmer side, perfect for autumn walks and winter meet-ups.
Cost:
The dress was 72$ (~67,50€)
Shipping was 16,5$ (~ 14,50€)
So all in all less than 100€.
All the best,
Auris Lothol
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Hello lovelies,
it is time for my yearly fukubukuro post!
I just love the lucky bags and I am always so excited about what the brands come up with this year. It is just bitter (for me) that Liz Lisa didn't release Lucky bags the last two years because I was always looking forward to theirs and most of the time I also bought them.
