Minus Sun

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.

15 03 2014

the Cultured Girl’s dress calico ver.

This is the Cultured Girl’s dress in calico for “It rained into her room.” collection. Stitching details for the final version are all hand drawn using fabric pens. It is a simple sleeveless dress with two large patch pockets on the front side. The dots with an angle at the front neckline which continue to curve at the back side represents a raindrop shape. The dots on the pockets are dripping to the lower part of the dress.

18 02 2014

the Self-Conscious Girl’s dress calico ver.

This is the calico version of the Self-Conscious Girl’s dress of “It rained into her room.” collection. It is representing a raindrop as a whole. The keyhole opening at the front is tied with ribbons. There is a wide teardrop shape opening at the back as well. The shoulder straps are actually just one ribbon which goes through the metal ring at the back centre. I plan to do the hem section in crocheted lace in the final version. The lace will be shorter at the front and longer towards the back for a fluid silhouette.

18 01 2014

the Controlling Girl’s shirt dress calico ver.

This is the Controlling Girl’s shirt dress of “It rained into her room.” collection in calico. The collar, cuffs, and the flap pocket on the lower right have hand drawn dots and lines pattern representing rain. The breast pocket has bubbles in water drawn. The layered pockets on the lower left shows rain dripping into the smaller pocket. The hand stitched elbow patches are teardrop shape and there is an umbrella symbol drawn on the sleeve plackets. Short lines are drawn along the curved hem representing blanket stitch to be used in the final version. Buttons are my handmade trapped resin embroidery buttons.

09 01 2014

the Suicidal Girl’s dress calico ver.

This is from my 3rd collection “It rained into her room.” It looks like a blouse and a skirt but it is actually connected at the waist line. The front opening has button loops and navy covered buttons, the collar is pointy at the back with cotton ribbon trimmings to represent a handkerchief, the small breast pocket forms a teardrop shape with the hand drawn dots.

16 12 2013

Commissioned Controlling Girl’s shirt dress

This is a commissioned piece of the Controlling Girl’s shirt dress calico version from “minus the sun, night all day” collection. The marks and lines are drawn by hand and not actual embroidery, only the elbow patches are hand stitched. It is almost the same as the original but the resin buttons have embroidery inside instead of sequins. Also, it has a different mood because the calico I use is not always the same and I often combine different ones.

10 10 2013

“You’re all mine. (You’re all in me.)” T-shirt

Here’s Minus Sun’s first T-shirt featuring the first collection “You’re all mine. (You’re all in me.)”. Illustrations are printed on both sides of black cotton T-shirts. The front has outlines and names of the characters in white and the back has line drawings of the characters wearing their clothes from the collection. No.0 the Controlling Girl, the main character, stands in front of the rest of the girls in distinctive poses with hidden faces.

It will be sold at Selvedge Winter Fair, 29-30 Nov 2013, Chelsea Old Town Hall for £20.
I am a size 6-8 and wearing a mens size S here. There are sizes S and M.

07 06 2013

the Sensuous Girl’s black lingerie set

Hello, I am still alive. I’ve been back to my family home for a while to help out my brother’s second hand bookshop and of course enjoy Japan! I’m back to the UK now (yes, I’ve got my new visa) so I should be working on new projects but there are some leftover tasks for my brother and I’ve been planning to update my website for quite a while as well… I will get there eventually.

I haven’t blogged about these so here it goes. This is the Sensuous Girl’s look for “minus the sun, night all day” collection. It is a set of a bra, a pair of knickers, and a garter all in black. She seduces men and wears sensuous yet innocent-looking lingerie. I’ve made them in black, imagining her going out in the dark to meet her lover(s). The main fabric is cotton sateen and the hand crocheted frills are made of silk yarn. The bra uses cotton grosgrain ribbons for the shoulder straps, silver adjusters, and covered buttons as back fastening.

I think I have created and uploaded images of the full collection of “minus the sun, night all day” by this. I’m thinking to make the story book of this collection (it’s a Word document at this moment…) in some form as well but haven’t decided yet. Anyway, the clothes are all done. Hope you liked it.

13 05 2013

the Passive Girl’s dress and apron set final ver.

This is the final version of the Passive Girl’s dress and apron set of “minus the sun, night all day”. The boat neck dress with French sleeves and a pleated skirt is made of light weight silk cotton in black. The neckline and armholes are hand finished with binding and the hem is hand finished so there are no visible stitches. The pullover apron is made of black light weight cotton with a textured stripe pattern and cotton drill fabric as the lining. It has hand crocheted silk trimmings all around the edge. There is a large jetted pocket at the front. I have styled the look with a neck cuff made of matching materials and a covered button.

25 04 2013

the Passive Girl’s dress and apron set calico ver.

This is the calico version of the Passive Girl’s dress and apron set of “minus the sun, night all day” collection. It is a set of a pleated dress and a pullover apron. There are gaps between the wide neckline of the dress and the narrow neckline of the apron. The hem of the pleated skirt peeks out from the hem of the apron. The main dress has a boat neck, French sleeves and a low waisted pleated skirt. The neckline and sleeves are finished with binding. The apron has cotton ribbon trimmings and a large jetted pocket at the front. The shoulder section crosses at the back and the hem is curved to reveal more of the pleated skirt.