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This post is all about thrift-flipping or upcycling a regular men’s shirt into a cute larme or girly style skirt inspired by Liz Lisa and Otome no Sewing! Since Joann’s has closed, I have been more mindful of fabric sources, and I found this old faded hole-y shirt of my brother’s in the donate pile. …
For “Me-Made May,” during which I work on completing things I made by myself, I finally finished a sewing project from almost five years ago, this ruffly underskirt from Otome no Sewing volume 16, which was published in 2021. I have no idea why I started it, as I don’t have any dresses or skirts …
Today I am posting about 2 new sewing projects I made from Misako Aoki’s sewing book volume 1 (reviewed here), a pair of hairbows and a beret! I actually made a ruffle heart purse from Daiso fabric already from this book but I can’t find the post, not sure what happened, maybe I only posted …
I received my pre-order of the Bonnets and Sweet Tea – Lolitas of the South zine published in 2025 and I am excited to share my thoughts on this cute little zine and the apron sewing pattern and the recipe that came with this zine. I have collected a few zines (besides the Gothic and …
I present today a project I’ve been working on the past month, a beautiful art noveau embroidered husswif sewing kit, with the original embroidery patterned by Sewstine (instagram here). I also used their sewing tutorial to make my husswif. Please check out Sewstine’s blog tutorial here if you want to make your own! I have …
This is the long-awaited follow-up from previous posts about slow-fashion, mending, upcycling and thrift-flipping (link here!). I present to you, T-shirt upcycling featuring my large hoard of t-shirts I can’t really donate or sell due to bad condition or nostalgia. I basically have 35 t-shirts reserved that I almost never wear, either too small, stained, …
In a previous post, I listed two sets of Japanese fashion items on Etsy/Ko-fi for anyone interested, just so my shop can truly be called an atelier. The beige/white lolita skirt and bonnet set was actually sewn quite a few years ago and meant for a variety of sizes, but I never pulled off that …
After exactly 2 years of procrastinating, I finished this navy blue and white astrology map blouse from Otome no Sewing volume 14. Why did it take so long for a relatively simple pattern? Well because the fabric I chose actually was the worst choice for a short sleeve blouse in a warm climate, but I …
Here is my actual contribution for the #literally20dollarlolita challenge on Tumblr by @20dollarlolita, not that the cottagecore bread pouch wasn’t adorable enough on its own. But this is an actual project I had planned for like four years and the fabric hoarded in my stash for over five years, if not closer to ten. I …
On tumblr is a #literally20dollarlolita challenge to create something for lolita fashion that is 20 USD or less started by 20dollarlolita. I happened to be watching youtube videos about people repurposing old clothes for the past several months which was why I made the post about the Barbie Shirley Temple skirt. And I do have …