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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Bubblegum: technical drawings

i was able to collect the technical drawings we've made of our collection. here are *initial* technical drawings of all 5 outfits and their working titles

1. "Auschwitz Lolita" blouse and skirt made of black-and-white striped cotton

2. "Crucified" dress made of baby pink china brocade and hot pink PVC

3. "Eva Braun" dress made of hot pink polyester fabric with black PVC details

4. "Ilsa" skirt and corset made of hot pink polyester fabric with black PVC and chain details. that's a functonal metallic zipper in the back of the skirt. you can choose how open you want it to be, underneath there's a "tail" of fabric wich will come out as the zipper is opened

5. "Luftwaffle" greatcoat made of hot pink wool blend fabric with black PVC details. the hem will be very very full and big, where as the body part will be very fitted.

these pictures do not tell the whole truth, it might be that we alter these designs a bit, but the basic lines are here.

i hope you enjoy!

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Project: Achtung! Bubblegum

as some may already know, on the 3rd year in school, we're going to have a big fashion show in Helsinki in early may. we students are supposed to make a fashion collection consisting of 3-5 outfits. i am making my collection with my partner-in-crime, Suvi. our collection is going to be called as Achtung! Bubblegum and the basic idea is to have military-inspired clothing in all the shades of pink. the collection is going to be kick ass, and we are very very eager to go on with this project. we have already made the pattern for one of the clothes, and the mock-up of it is looking very. very good. in the future i will be posting stuff dealing our progress. we've been waiting to do this collection for a long time and we are super excited.

our collection will consist of 5 outfits: 2 skirts, a blouse, a corset, a military jacket and 2 dresses. here's picture of them:

right now we're working on the striped blouse and skirt.

these fabrics are inside a plastic bag and the plastic is making all that shine.

we also have peaked caps and berets that we are going to spray-paint pink.

so this is the beginning. i will be posting updates on our progress through the way.
!!!

Friday, September 26, 2014

Mad Alice

You selfish, misbegotten and unnatural child! You smelled the smoke, but you were in dreamland taking tea with your friends! You couldn't be bothered, your room was protected and spared while your family upstairs roasted in an inferno of incredible horror!

Monday, September 1, 2014

Pfaff Smarter 160s

this morning i walked into a sewing machine shop anb bought this beauty

it's my brand new beautiful sweet little Pfaff! my old sewing machine got broken and it could not be fixed, so i had to buy a new machine. i was really sad my old Singer got so bad, it was from 1972 and there are no spare parts for it anymore unfortunately :( the nice man at the sewing machine shop recommended this to me and i did some research, and bought it today. tonight i'm going to try it out and sew something nice :)

one cool thing is that the door to bobbin is clear plastic, so you can see how much thread there is on the bobbin! how nice!

i'll finish reading the manual and then let the sewing begin! hooray :)

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