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Vixi-Vampiress — Lolita Armwarmer
Published: 2007-11-12 08:00:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 1185; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 28
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Excuse the non EGL dress other than the sleeve... ^^"I bought a copy of one of the Gothic and Lolita Bible magazines yesterday, and felt inspired to make this armwarmer ^_^
I will take some better pictures later and move this to scraps but I was just so excited to show you it!
I will make another one after school today and do some proper modelling pictures with them on.
Unfortunately I made it a little too tight, but I am just experimenting after all. I love it, yay!
Trim is just lace, ribbon and the skull finish was from an old pair of shoelaces I had hanging around and decided to do something with.
Started it at 10:30pm.... started sewing at 11pm and giggled into the night until 1am to make this, but so worth it!
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^^ Nice.
And thank you!
Thanks very very much for all the favs 
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those are cute! I so want a pair like that lol. anyways they rock and look awesome
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WOW! So kawaii! I must make a point of making some of these. I was going to join a sewing club, I've had a bit of practice with sewing and machines, etc.
My mum got a new sewing machine for christmas, so it looks like I'm in luck, (to make these XD).
These are soo cool btw. I love them.
Also, where do you get this Gothis and Lolita Bible from?
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You should definitely take up sewing stuff like this and join a club, it is the best
I got a copy of the Gothic/Lolita Bible from a shop in London called Forbidden Planet for £12.50 (however this was when it was on offer! It is usually more expensive!), I don't know if you know it/have them where you are but they sell all sorts of strange and odd things ^_^ things from old vintage comics, manga, art books, sci-fi things... they are great!
I've not had time to decipher any of the patterns in the back yet though! They are all in Japanese ^_^"... in fact the whole magazine is in Japanese, but the pictures are just so pretty *_*...
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Ahhh, I see. Yeah, I'm finding out the information for the club, so I can join very soon me hopes. X3
Also, I happen to have just moved from Kent in England, and went to London quite often, so it looks like that was a bit of a dissapointment. >_<
But I'll be coming back to England this summer, so I'll try and have a look around there if I haven't already found it here.
Of course, there are lots of "different" stores over here in Canada, they're really into the Cultural differences thing. Maybe I'll have a look around in China Town.
Well, thank you for your help, (this is a long message XD sorry), and keep up the good work.
me=love your work :3
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Aw man, that must be annoying >.< yeh, try China Town, it might be there.
If you're back in England and haven't found it yet, erm, here are some directions: Tottenham Court Road station on the Central Line, it is on Shaftesbury Avenue which is about 7 minutes walk :\ but you should get a map if you're going because my directions are **** lol xD
Eh, good luck in your hunt for it
Take care ^_^
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Thank you very much
By the way, I love your work it's got a really interesting edge to it that looks different to a lot of other work I've seen.
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Oh thank you.
So how long does it take you to make something like this?
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Of course it varies according to the size of the piece, the degree of decoration and so on...
This particular one though, took me about slightly over 2 hours in total, if you are not including the messing about with lace time and the fixing the broken sewing machine time...!
...and of course, entangling the cat from the cotton reel time... v___v!
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Haha...stupid cat! Well it looks like it was time well spent.
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xD Yes he is very stupid sometimes! Thank you.
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heh cool X3 maybe I'll borrow that lotita bible one day and see what my characters look like in those kind of dresses X3
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Yay!
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aww that's so cute! i love it. love the lace/skulls.
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Oh yeh, forgot to add that I will submit this to creepycrafts when I have made both of them, and can take better photos of me modelling them.
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Thank you so much!
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Ooo very nice, me likes.
Inspires me into looking into some sewing books.. hmm.
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Oo, incidentally, how is your portfolio going? Any luck? I'm about to book into a life drawing class again for the sake of mine.
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It's been going slowly, been held up by a lot of other things in life so it hasn't progressed much at all.
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I'll respond to both comments here for easiness...
I use a sewing machine, a Brother PS-35 to be exact, and add the details by hand, such as buttons or ribbons. I don't have an overlocker (serging machine? :\) so I just use a zigzag stitch to stop the edges from fraying and lock them in place.
About your portfolio, well, same here really 
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Hmm, I don't have access to a sewing machine atm, do you think it'd be difficult hand sewing something like that?
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It would take a lot longer, that is for sure... and that took me rather a long time *with* a sewing machine, so I'm not sure how long it would take by hand. I would maybe try something a little smaller first to see how you go with sewing times and stuff. One other thing to note is that if you hand sew, it will not be as strong, and also it is more likely to fray
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Well, it'll be worth it if you get on with it
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Hmm, I'll look into it.. maybe I should look into getting a sewing machine.
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Thank you!
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I've just graduated from highschool, so I should have a bit more free time.
Question though, do you use a sewing machine or hand sew?
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Thanks!
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