Minus Sun

30 10 2014

Nurse costume

Happy Halloween. I will show you the retro style Japanese nurse costume I’ve made this year. It is retro because the nurse caps are gone and they mainly wear the dress with trousers underneath these days. It is made with baby pink cotton and cream coloured cotton sateen for the pocket trimmings and covered buttons. It has a stand collar that opens at the front left, down to the waist. There is a welt pocket on the left chest, two lower pockets on the front skirt, and straps around the waist buttoned at the back.

25 10 2014

triple star necklace and goodnight brooch

Here are some new trapped embroidery resin jewellery.

The triple star necklace has two discs with embroidered fabric, confetti stars and sequins inside. I like how the red tone and blue tone can be seen in layers.

The goodnight brooch has navy felt(looks more black though) embroidered with silver thread and a gold star shaped sequin on the letter “i”.

16 10 2014

the Smart Girl’s shirt and skirt final ver.

Hello, I’m still alive. I’m currently preparing for Selvedge Winter Fair (31 Oct & 1 Nov). It is my favourite textiles fair with lovely exhibitors and customers and you are very welcome to visit my stall. I try my best to show you my work here but seeing and feeling the actual thing is recommended!

This is my latest creation, the Smart Girl’s final look of “It rained into her room.” collection consisting of a semi-transparent shirt and a pleated skirt. Her clothing is mainly school girl style.

The white cotton shirt has a mini shawl collar and cuffs in light grey blue. The main fabric is textured with lines of irregular width which reminds me of rain. Resin buttons with light blue sequins and beads are placed unevenly to represent a falling raindrop from the pointed angle of the collar. The breast pocket with a grey blue fabric inside and embroidered graduation lines represent a rain gauge.

The pleated skirt is made with cotton drill fabric in grey blue. It opens at the left side with four resin buttons with blue sequins and glitter. Silver dots are embroidered along the hem edge like it’s wet with spray.

I think it looks great with or without the shirt tucked in and can’t decide which should be used for the illustration… (I do fashion illustrations after I make the garments, haha.)

23 05 2014

V neck sailor style top

This is a top I’ve made as my friend’s birthday present using textured silk in cream colour and chambray cotton in blue. It is the same style as the Amusing Girl’s top in the previous blog post except that the cuffs and the hem are finished in a different way with an inverted pleat.

13 05 2014

the Amusing Girl’s top and skirt calico ver.

This is the Amusing Girl’s look of “It rained into her room.” collection in calico. The raglan sleeve V-neck top has an attached section around the neckline, which I plan to do it in crochet in the final version. The gathered mini skirt is made by patchwork using calico in two different textures. You can see that the skirt is actually striped in the close up images. I’m planning to make it in rainbow colours in the final version but having a hard time finding the right shade of green…

I decided to go with 40 stripes in the end but this one was made first, with 20 stripes which are wider.

02 05 2014

the Smart Girl’s shirt and skirt calico ver.

This is the Smart Girl’s look of “It rained into her room.” collection in calico. Her style is school uniform inspired. The breast pocket has graduations drawn by fabric pen to represent a rain gauge. The tiny shawl collar and the button placement of the shirt are representing a falling raindrop. The pleated skirt has dots drawn along the hem like a splash. The resin buttons have beads and sequins in light blue trapped inside except for the large one used for the skirt waist which has fabric embroidered in red inside.

27 04 2014

girl illustration brooch

I make a lot of resin jewellery with embroidered fabric inside but these are with illustration printed on paper. I coloured some of them with coloured pencils individually. I liked the transparency of the paper so I decided to make them into hanging brooches using looped safety pins instead of using typical brooch backs. The illustration I used is that of the Amusing Girl’s look of “minus the sun, night all day.” collection.

22 04 2014

commissioned sisters’ dresses in blue

These blue dresses were made for my junior high school classmate and her younger sister. My friend ordered the Self-Conscious Girl’s dress from “minus the sun, night all day.” collection (left) and her sister ordered the Suicidal Girl’s dress from the current “It rained into her room.” collection (right). I couldn’t wait to see the two dresses worn together so I called my double for the photoshoot, thank you Photoshop.

My friend liked the style of this dress but also wanted the moon embroidery from the Controlling Girl’s shirt dress from the same collection so I combined the two. I suggested making the dress in light blue as she likes pale colours and it will make the moon motif obvious. I used different cotton fabrics in a similar colour for each section. The hem and the shoulder straps are done with cotton ribbon.

I have a different plan of using a few colours for the final version of this style but decided to make it in one colour for my friend’s sister, just to be safe. I’ve chosen blue cotton again to go with my friend’s dress but in a dark enough colour so that the skirt won’t be see-through. The collar has cotton ribbon trimmings and the small breast pocket is hand stitched in a teardrop shape. The fabric covered buttons are made in a slightly lighter colour.

14 04 2014

the Controlling Girl’s shirt dress final ver.

This is the final version of the Controlling Girl’s shirt dress of “It rained into her room.” collection. You can see the calico version here. It is made of grey cotton fabric and embroidered with light blue and light grey thread.

The collar, cuffs, and the flap pocket on the lower right have rain inspired embroidery with dots and lines. The elbow patches are teardrop shaped.

The breast pocket represents bubbles in water.

Even the buttonholes are hand stitched. The buttons were made especially for this garment with embroidered pieces of fabric with sequins and beads in light blue tone encased in resin.

The plackets on the sleeves are embroidered with an umbrella motif.

The embroidery on the layered pocket shows rain dripping from the larger pocket into the small square pocket.

The scooped hem, longer at the back, is finished with blanket stitch.

06 04 2014

Selvedge Spring Fair 2014

I have exhibited at Selvedge Spring Fair this weekend at Chelsea Old Town Hall. I had a large space in the corridor and enjoyed showing my work: clothing, accessories, jewellery, cards, and books. Thank you very much to those who visited me. I hope you found something you like. My next mission is to open my online shop… In the meantime, if you’re interested in anything you see on my website/blog, feel free to get in touch.

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