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Lovely Little Lolita #8444

7/12/2017

5 Comments

 
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I'm back from my break and LOOK! a new pattern was issued while I was away. Needless to say this was a fun project and not too hard.

I hate to admit that I was not in a "stop and take photos mood" while I was working on this, but I have a few photos I can share.
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I think the blouses will be very useful for these Lolita dresses an for other things as well. High necked blouse patterns have been hard to find for a long time. They are often needed for theatrical costumes from the late 19th and early 20th century.
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This blouse is nice because it laces up in the back for a smooth fit through the waist. This is very easy. Small ribbon loops are inserted into the back darts while sewing them. Then a long ribbon can be threaded through these.
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And there are two sleeve lengths. 
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If you are going to wear this with a full skirt and petticoat, the blouse should be tucked in under the petticoat to allow it to puff out to it's maximum fullness.

I bought the petticoats for this project online. Don't worry about getting one with lace at the bottom. That lace won't show. The lace that is showing is actually sewn to the hem of the skirt.
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The dresses also have a fitting feature. There are five rows of 1/4" elastic in the back bodice to create a comfortable but snug fit.
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 You can see I had different color bows on this dress originally. Simplicity tastefully changed them to a softer color. Thank you!
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The back elastic goes through casings made by stitching columns in the double layered back panel. The top four elastics can be pulled up to fit before the skirt is sewn. I left the bottom one completely flat until the skirt was attached.
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Then I pulled it up to fit and hand sewed it in place.
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At which point I could clean finish the front lining by folding up the bottom seam allowance and slip stitching down.

I would love to see any outfits you make using this pattern.

Please send photos to scheweandrea@yahoo.com

​thanks

5 Comments
meescha dare
7/12/2017 09:38:47 am

First of all I'd like to say this pattern is WOW. I love it. I can totally see it with the pastels chosen here or even with a gothic lolita vibe as well. Your job is simply the best in the world! Secondly, I can't help feel this pattern was a redo from April's Wa-lolita pattern that a lot of people seemed to disagree with the chosen word choice to the pattern style itself (I probably would have named it Funky Ruffles or something! haha!) which I can understand. This is definitely, in my opinion, more closely indicative to the lolita fashion and is an amazing pattern. I will be purchasing it for sure :) Lovely job!

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Peter link
7/12/2017 11:56:05 am

Love this. Great fun!

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Lex
7/13/2017 12:32:36 am

I love the Alice-in-Wonderland vibe and the shirts are so lovely, but I have to confess that I find the whole 'Adult Lolita' style is not to my taste. The fetishisation of 'Little Girl' style is something that makes me personally feel very uncomfortable.

That being said, these are beautiful patterns and the elements of the dresses are gorgeous - the ruffled underskirt, the lace-and-ribbon-high-neck-shirt, the pinafore dress - all beautiful.

I'd love to make something Steampunk out of this pattern. A Steampunk Alice-in-Wonderland or a Steampunk puppet doll. My brain churns with ideas.

You've done a beautiful job with the pattern.

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Mimi
6/22/2018 05:47:09 am

Before I get cranky Lolita syndrome and go off on ya, I’d like to say that Lolita fashion is not a fetish at all, and does not have anything to do with the definition of “Lolita”; it’s it’s own entity!! You can read up on Lolita fashion on wikipedia

Makes me really sad when people refer to these clothes as fetish when they’re so modest :( I hope that didn’t sound mean, I just want my words to be out there, to break the misinformation that binds Lolita fashion to things like that

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Ann Wass
7/13/2017 04:50:58 am

Love it! But I'm so out of the loop--I didn't even know Lolita was a thing again.

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