Polka Dot Pajama Pants

I've been pretty bored all day, so I thought I should do something with my life and sewed up a pair of PJ's. Yupp, this is what I do with my life :P
Anyways, I bought the fabric at Jo Ann's, and its pretty adorable ♥

 

The pattern is McCall's 4261 and its a snuggle fleece fabric. From laying out the fabric to putting the final touches, it was about 3 hours total... not bad for a pair of comfy pants ^.^ 

 

 

See ya later alligator!

Ariel Inspired Dapper Dress

I really wanna go to Disney's Dapper Day (October 3rd, 2015, ) for my 21st birthday; yupp.. 100% partying like the disney fan-girl I am with all the other princesses :P I've really gotten into swing dancing lately and a lot of the 20s era things, so I thought it'd be perfect to make an Ariel dress with a little bit of everything and a bit of a pinup touch to it. I've never really designed a dress, so its a bit rough, but I love it anyways:

 

 

I've got the finger waves going on, the peter pan collar rimmed with small pearls, a bow at the waist with a shell in the middle, the kick pleats with a different color inside, the almost-sleeve-but-not-really-quite-a-sleeve-but-it-still-is-a-sleeve thing going on, and most importantly.. Ariel's colors!

 (I haven't decided on the shoes yet)



 I went to JoAnn Fabrics to check out what kind of fabric I should use and what colors (realistically) they had, lucky enough, they had wonderfully perfect colors that matched the Ariel look I was going for.

The purple and Jade look a little darker than they actually are, but the above pictures are pretty accurate

 

I didn't really wanna make the blue-green part plain, but it's what they had, Ill be on the lookout for a pattern that would look good, and I'll keep updating my dress progress as I go ^.^



 

--------Update: 12/28/14---------

New addition to the fabric family of options!!

Look at this beauty!! ♥♥♥ Its almost perfect! (I think) :P

When out under the jade fabric, it makes it look a lot darker, but its sooo pretty! I guess we'll have to see.

 

By the way, Jo Ann fabrics gives away free samples of whatever fabric you want (max. 2 per person), so that might help ;)

 

--------Update 1/9/2015--------

 

First attempt at curling iron finger waves, not too bad for the first time with no hairspray :)

 

Got the instructions from here.. but its hard doing it all on your own!

http://www.samvilla.com/pro/blog/how-to-create-finger-waves-using-a-curling-iron#.VK9uwu85DIV



 



 



 



 



USF Night In Tokyo Fashion Show

I didn't quite make anything here, but I modeled for the first time (I so happened to be blind as well), and what a wonderful experience that made *half sarcasm* ;)
I was a part of a group that did the Japanese Folktale "Night Parade of a 100 Demons" and was the demon "Tenome"... some might know him from Pan's Labyrinth, I personally haven't watched the movie, but (now) I do know a demon that was like this:

Inspired by that, the group leader and I brought together this look to walk down the runway with the rest of the demon parade.

Chains, blood, fishnet, and holes.. while having extreme teased hair, a burned up wedding dress, layers of gauze over my eyes (I literally couldn't see more than two steps ahead of me, it's a wonder clumsy me didn't fall off the runway in high heels) and bloody/painted hands where I couldn't touch anything for hours (meaning I couldn't pee)! But it was definitely a fun filled night full of nerves and amazing looking people.

 

 

If you're ever around University of South Florida, come check out the Japanese Club and see if we have any events going on, they're always fun filled and quite interesting! (no, we don't all speak Japanese nor are we all Asian)

 

But here's a few more pics from this memorable night :)

He was the Night Parade's stylist, creative and wonderful to be costume designer

 



She was also one of the demons

This was a sun goddess, I was her stylist: bringing together the outfit, hair, and make up choices

Also had a lolita section (Alice in wonderland inspired)





Guy Gardner Vest (Kids Size)

Around Halloween, I got an e-mail asking me if I could make a Guy Gardner vest for a 10 year old boy for his Halloween party; I was thrilled!! I had never made kids sized clothing before, so I finally got the opportunity to learn how to scale down patterns and use measurements to make something fit, and it worked! :D

 

I only had a women's dressform, but it worked, though, I probably should have put more belt loops to avoid the clumping at the bottom, but isn't he adorable??

 

 



And it looks great on him too! I charged materials + $30 for labor; considering I used coupons on all the fabrics, I think thats a pretty fair price, I'm still trying to get the hang of all this "business" stuff tho. Thanks for the opportunity you guys! :)