Shall I let you know what I've been up to? =)
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This is a very simple and sporty outfit I created while sewing some commission garments. I particularly like the cardigan with the emerald glass beads and I think both the cardigan and the shorts are great for the colour blocking trend.
The shorts have a soft fake suede "belt" that you can use with other pieces; they also have my usual functional pockets ^^
This item was removed from the store.
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This next set was a commission that I had much pleasure doing! I had already made some of these items, which allowed me to rethink some methods I used and to perfect the patterns.
You've seen the denim long sleeved shirt an the ruffle skirt with leather belt, as well as the white blouse with beads and a vintage flower and the pink blouse with ruffles.
As for the long blue beach dress, I loved how it turned out so fresh but sensual at the same time, with the deep cleavage.
The strapless orange shirt was made to fit an obitsu with a M or L bust, I not sure right now. I wasn't confident about the result while I was making it but I think it looks ok and a necklace, whether is this one with the bell or other, really makes it look complete.
The pink trench coat and the red pied-de-poule mini dress were in my mind for quite some time and they came as alternatives for other pieces I couldn't make because I had not a similar fabric to one my costumer wanted to use.
It is a bit dificult to find some paterns nowadays in physical stores in Portugal. Most of the fabric I use is vintage and there are no repros of those prints. On the other hand, the big important fabric stores in Lisbon are in the same street or very close to each other and you can look for things quite quickly. Whilst in Oporto - that's the impression I got - you have much more stores but they're distant from each other, and not always have nice affordable printed cotton fabrics for this type of work.
I go to Viseu sometimes but I never spent the whole evening looking for stores. And where I live there is only left one unexplored and really old little fabric store. Maybe I'll go there some time after work =) In the meanwhile, I'll have to rely on my vintage fabric.
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After finishing this lovely list of items (it took me tooooo long), I made a little black dress, black tights and a cape. I particularly like the dress with its fake collar in silver metal. As for the cape (you can see it on Etsy in the link below), it was hard to find a thread to match the fabric. Nothing seemed to satisfy me except for a jeans blue colour I had.
Justine is modeling the dress with her Re-ment Mary Jane shoes, which I totally adore!
The outfit was sold on Etsy!
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As I said just now, finding fabric seams way to difficult sometimes. Specially lovely flower prints I can use for Lolita dresses. In January, on a trip to Lisbon, I found some nice fabrics but none of them suited the request made to me for a Mary Magdalene reproduction.
I ended up making one to sell on Etsy with a different print and colour I had found over these months.
Even though I now have a sewing machine (a ) I figured I couldn't sew such tiny pieces of fabric with it. The dress also has a tulle petticoat.
This outfit was sold on Etsy!
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I ended up making this same dress again, as a commission, but with pink ribbons and a bonnet! It was very fun to think about the bonnet and conceiving the patterns for it =)
The flowers on the bonnet are removable, so you can put them anywhere you want ^^ the whole set below:
Other updates will come soon =)
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