Hello lovelies,

last Sunday was our monthly lolita teekränzchen again. A lot of cafes were closed so I had a really hard time finding a place. But the girls suggested we should go to Little Britain again, and so we did.
I ate so much at the cafe and everything was so good. We had to wait for our scones almost half an our but they were fresh out of the oven when we got them and so delicious!



I was so stuffed when I left the cafe but that was no wonder. I ate a salmon bagel, a blueberry cheesecake and scones. Somewhere inbetween I also drank a cup of chocolate milk with caramel.

My outfit for that day was a bit inspired by a play I had seen a few days prior. I was at Rathausplatz with L. and we had watched the ballet performance of Giselle.
Jsk and socks: Metamorphose
Bow and shoes: bodyline
Blouse: Lily J.





My outfits are always OTT for those casual events but it seems I can't really tone it down. haha.

All the best,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

last Sunday I was at the art museum again because there was a special event. It was a tour led by drag queen Tiefe Kümmernis through the museum and she talked about gender ideals and their origins.

It was super interesting and I liked it a lot. It was such a shame that it was only so short, at least in my opinion. If there is a next tour I will definitely attend again. 

My outfit for that day was inspired by all the beautiful pictures in the museum. It was not very hot outside but still had high temperatures and a high humidity in the museum. This is the reason why I took off my bolero and made the outfit more casual.


The dress is called dear princess and it's from Abyss museum. I made a small blogpost about the dress last month. See here.


All the best,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

hanging pockets were the handbags of the 18th century. They went underneath the skirt, which had small slits so you could actually put things in there, and was often colourfully embroidered.
I made my own with the help of Janet Arnold's book and they were a fairly easy project.

This is the pattern I worked with. Right above is the drawing from Janet Arnold's book.

The material I used for this was a medium weighed cotton fabric in white. One side has the slit (front) the other doesn't (back).
I felt that a pure white hanging pocket seemed a bit too plain for what I had in mind (wealthy commoner) and therefore I decided to embroider the pockets, but only on the front side.

Magic marker is the best for drawing on your piece of work because it vanishes with a good dose of water. The flower I drew was actually a pattern on a dress also shown in Janet Arnold's book.




All in all I worked with four different shades of green and pink. I was not sure about that at first but it really worked so well.



I really had fun doing the embroidery so I added a few more flowers and dots.


 Here is the front and the back side. Before sewing them together I cut a slit into the front pocket.


The pockets are almost done now.

My next step was to sew the slits.

I am not sure it is really visible but I handstitched the slits.

The last part was to close the pocket and add the ties. 



And here are the finished pockets:




Time needed: I made it over the span of 5 days. The embroidery was of course the most time consuming part.
Cost: only a few cents because I had to buy the linen waist ties. I had the rest from other projects.
Satisfaction: 5/5
Historically accurate: eh...I really don't know. Maybe 3/5 because I used my sewing machine for one part. 

All the best,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

I was not satisfied with the 18th century stays I made a while back. (link)
They were a bit too long for my short torso and I lost a bit of weight so they were a bit too big too.
The pattern I used was the same as before. It's called half boned Diderot stays (halbversteifte Schnürbrust in German) and I bought the pattern from Nehelenia Patterns. 

I used three different layers, the inner layer was white cotton, the middle layer was a very sturdy material, I think cotton too?, and the outer layer was pale pink satin.
Due to my previous work on stays I didn't really document every step on my way, therefore parts of my sewing progress are missing.

My first step was to cut out all parts and sew back and front from each layer.
Afterwards I pinned them together (I was too lazy to baste them) and with the wonderful help of my magic markers I drew the tunnels on the fabric.





This is how the stays look like on me.





The spiral lacing is a bit off because my boyfriend didn't know how to lace it correctly, but he will learn. *winks*
Apart from that I like how it looks but I think I will add another hole on the left side of the stays and also sew another chemise.

Time needed: I made it over the course of one week. I would have been faster but thanks to a re-occurring tendinitis I had to stop a few times.
Cost: Nothing, I had all the material at home
Satisfaction: 5/5

All the best,

Auris Lothol