Spotlight Series 2: Historical Trolling Welcome to Mukashi no Sewing’s second spotlight series! My first spotlight series about storage and curation was initially conceived as a normal spotlight entry, but I’ve decided to split off long-form spotlights into their own thing to make them easier to find! (I also went back and retagged the fourContinue reading “Spotlight Series: Troll Fashion (Part 1)”
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BtSSB Blouse Restoration: The Patterning
Project 16, part 2 – I Actually Patterned This Time (Part 1 here) Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This week I got the patterning done for the sleeves on my blouse from Baby, the Stars Shine Bright, and it was not as hard as I feared! 🙂 I started by tracing one of theContinue reading “BtSSB Blouse Restoration: The Patterning”
BtSSB Blouse Restoration: The Beginning
Project 16, part 1 – But Nothing’s Wrong? Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This week I started a new restoration project, with a twist – I didn’t have any idea this garment would need restoring when I bought it! 😀 I bought this blouse from Wunderwelt a while back because I needed a short-sleevedContinue reading “BtSSB Blouse Restoration: The Beginning”
How We Challenge Ourselves
Bibliotheca January 2023 – Challenge: What is the Gift I Should Bring to the World? Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This month’s theme for the Bay Area Kei Bibliotheca blog circle is “challenge,” and this post isn’t specifically about fashion or history, but it’s something I wanted to talk about anyway because (like soContinue reading “How We Challenge Ourselves”
One Little Word: Illuminate
One Little Word 2023: Where There Is Light Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing and Happy New Year 2023! I don’t really do “resolutions,” per se, but since 2011 I’ve taken part, more or less, in a project started by scrapbooker Ali Edwards called “One Little Word.“ In 2006 Ali began the tradition of choosing oneContinue reading “One Little Word: Illuminate”
My New Favorite Brand: Hoshibako Works (Star Box Design/星箱设计)
Bibliotheca December 2022 – Favorite Things: Not Just Strawberries; Also Victorian Maidens. Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This month’s theme for the Bay Area Kei Bibliotheca blog circle is “favorite things,” and you absolutely cannot stop me from talking about strab…oh wait, that was last month. 😀 Ok, fine. I’ll take a break fromContinue reading “My New Favorite Brand: Hoshibako Works (Star Box Design/星箱设计)”
Velveteen JSKs Restoration: The Reveal
Project 13, part 6 – Soft Focus (Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 here) Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This week I was able to get the photoshoot done for the two velveteen dresses so you can see how lovely they look! I wanted to give the impression of theContinue reading “Velveteen JSKs Restoration: The Reveal”
A Brief History of Strawberries on Dresses
Bibliotheca November 2022 – Food: Extraordinary, Juice Like a Strawberry Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This month’s theme for the Bay Area Kei Bibliotheca blog circle is “food,” and you absolutely cannot stop me from talking about strawberries. Specifically, strawberries on dresses – I’m a big fan as you can see. I come byContinue reading “A Brief History of Strawberries on Dresses”
Velveteen JSKs Restoration: The Sewing (Neckties)
Project 13, part 5 – It’s Buttonholer Time! (Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 here) Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This week I was able to finish the last piece of the restoration for the Velveteen Princess JSK – the neck ties! Honestly, this was purely for my own sake – they’reContinue reading “Velveteen JSKs Restoration: The Sewing (Neckties)”
The Magic of Alternative Fashion
Bibliotheca October 2022 – Magic: Community Through Dressing Weird Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This month’s theme for the Bay Area Kei Bibliotheca blog circle is “magic,” and my original plan was to talk about magical themes in lolita dresses and kimono that I own. I’m sure I’ll go down that path at someContinue reading “The Magic of Alternative Fashion”
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