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21/5/04 12:13Back from several fun days in New York!
While there, I got a teishoku cookbook, and made shouga-yaki (pork sauteed with soy sauce and ginger) which turned out quite well, and cheap too.
But the best thing I got was this.
"Handmade Gothic and Lolita: 69 designs to make."
I think it's only 69 if you include ALL the barrettes and hairpieces and accessories, but it's still got a lot of stuff in it--a lot of cute stuff, too. About 80% of the blouse/skirt/shirt/dress patterns were things I'd wear, and some of them I'd even wear in public. ^_^ So I'm learning lots of Japanese sewing terminology, and despite the upcoming move, I, uh... bought a yard of black velvet for a T-shirt. It was on sale!
The patterns look mostly easy, but adding your own seam allowances is still kind of a pain. The best part is that the pattern sizes go up to an LL, which is approximately a 12 in US sizes... the fact that I'll have to add about ten inches to the bottom of every skirt nonwithstanding!
While there, I got a teishoku cookbook, and made shouga-yaki (pork sauteed with soy sauce and ginger) which turned out quite well, and cheap too.
But the best thing I got was this.
"Handmade Gothic and Lolita: 69 designs to make."
I think it's only 69 if you include ALL the barrettes and hairpieces and accessories, but it's still got a lot of stuff in it--a lot of cute stuff, too. About 80% of the blouse/skirt/shirt/dress patterns were things I'd wear, and some of them I'd even wear in public. ^_^ So I'm learning lots of Japanese sewing terminology, and despite the upcoming move, I, uh... bought a yard of black velvet for a T-shirt. It was on sale!
The patterns look mostly easy, but adding your own seam allowances is still kind of a pain. The best part is that the pattern sizes go up to an LL, which is approximately a 12 in US sizes... the fact that I'll have to add about ten inches to the bottom of every skirt nonwithstanding!