#dressew

[iamidentical]

Vancouver in the 80s x

[damn-these-eyes]

dressew

[corduroy-leggings]

Day and night coords

I had both my comm's swap meet and Carmen the opera yesterday!! Both were really fun. I got AP's Victorian Letter skirt in brown from the swap meet and I'm very excited to wear it! I think it will go with a lot of stuff I have.

I went to the opera with my friend @thin-izzy and my other friend @2grub was part of the ensemble which was super cool to see!! @thin-izzy also got her first lolita piece which I am super excited to see on her.

🖤Coord rundown under read more 🖤

Base coord:

JSK: Kaneko shop

Stockings: Roji Roji

KC: made by me

Flower collar pin: Pittsbrocs, Marché St Ouen

Chatelaine (covered in first photo): Dressew

Day coord:

Blouse: made by me

Purse: Alice and the Pirates

Boots: Memery

Lace pouch necklace: my great aunt

Night coord:

Blouse: Taobao

Ribbon belt: literally just some ribbon from Michael's

Choker: Claire's

Boots aren't shown because it was raining so much I was wearing my snow boots from like 2019 to not ruin the leather of my other boots too much

[dacuslucy]

i’m DEF excited for um the iowa uconn game !!!!! and for not going to theater for two days. AND FOR MY BEST FRIENDS BIRTHDAY PARTY!!! and i think i need to buy my prom dress this weekend actually which is too many things to do to be honest..: i should be allowed to rot on my couch for 48 hours straight and exclusively watch sports but alas the world won’t leg me 💔

WHY THE THEATER SLANDER I LOBVE THEATRE!!!! THEATEE MY LOVE (i am so stressed about theatre always) prom dress..... oh my gossh........... this is so heartbreaking but you should send me picturws of the dressews when you go bc i want to see. i will Be Here! on friday. libelogging the game

[sheishine]

手芸屋で、昔の子供の図鑑のような愛らしい昆虫柄の布を見つけた！ Got this lovely retro style, bug print fabric at a local craft store! 🐞 #昆虫 #ファブリック #バンクーバー #カナダ #dressew #fabric #insect #bug #vancouver #canada https://www.instagram.com/p/CZlS1sYri4i/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tealin]

Make Your Own Mits

One of the iconic visual cues of early polar exploration is the white H over the chest made by the straps of the fur mits. Here is the outfit they have on display at the Polar Museum in Cambridge:

I knew that I would be doing a lot of sketching in the cold and that I would need a way to warm my hands quickly and accessibly. Having large external pockets would also be handy (ha ha) for storing erasers and cameras and other things that lose their functionality too much below freezing. So why not make myself some good old fashioned polar mits?

Originally they were made of dog (or wolf) skin, which is still vastly preferred to artificial furs in Arctic communities. The long glossy guard hair repels moisture, and the soft undercoat provides insulation. There is a stall on Cambridge market which sells various skins and leather goods, even reindeer skins sometimes, but not dog (or wolf, or fox, or any canid) pelts, so the closest I could get was a wool fleece. This promised to be warm, if not as waterproof. The fleece had been brushed so it was incredibly fluffy and at least twice as long as the dog fur would have been, which may be a help or a hindrance, we shall have to see. I found a piece in their remnants bin which was large enough to make two mits. Not having sinew to sew them with, I found the nearest alternative:

I sewed them together inside-out, so that I could see what I was doing and simultaneously squeeze the fluff inside and make them easier to pack in my suitcase.

In my years in Vancouver, I was spoiled rotten by easy access a magical emporium of all things sewing-related, which could supply anything you wanted and quite a few things you didn’t realise you needed until you step in for something else and find that a bag of odd buttons and a bolt end of nice jacquard are definitely urgent necessities. I can’t count how many times I’ve been working on something since moving away, and thought ‘Oh – if only I could go to Dressew!’ Aside from everyday supplies, Dressew has supplied me with several Halloween costumes’ worth of material; in fact, the costume I was working on in LA when I first heard the Worst Journey radio play was made from material I’d picked up the last time I’d been in Vancouver.

I did that again making these mits: I could have used readily available cotton twill tape for the lanyard, but if I was going so far as hand-stitching raw fleece I might as well do the thing properly and get the heavier stuff. If only I could go to Dressew! . . . But I COULD go to Dressew! I would be passing through Vancouver on my way to Antarctica! And so, with great joy, the day after I arrived . . .

They didn’t have the exact type of lampwick that I thought I remembered from the SPRI mits, but I found some heavy cotton webbing that was close enough to serve the purpose. I took it back to my friend’s place where I was staying and brought the mits to completion, then turned them fur-side out again.

As the wool is so long, they look a bit like I’ve gutted a pair of Muppets or run off with the polar bear skin from the wall of the SPRI lecture theatre, but I can attest from just having them on my lap that they are plenty warm. I may need to take in the lanyard slightly as I have only guesstimated the thickness of the parka which will cause them to sit higher around my neck, but that is easier to do than lengthen. And I have a spare foot of webbing left over which might come in handy.

It occurred to me, while stitching cotton to sheepskin in the late October sunshine, that this is not a million miles removed from the Halloween costumes I’d be making every year around this time. My costume choices grew increasingly esoteric and ambitious until I gave up making them, but this one outstrips them all, and is going to be tested to the extreme of practicality. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work – the pockets on the ECW parka serve just fine for everyone else, so I have that to fall back on – but I’m looking forward to giving it a try.

Oh, and . . .

I couldn’t help it.

[lennasaurus]

Next step is buying all the notions. I already have the fabric I need. I love dressew 😍

New bag project - testing out the mini rando pattern from the functional sewing project

[midbot]

Aaaand finished the matching fanny pack! The difference are the lining, I didn't have enough spooky skulls to fill up the backpack, just enough for this guy. . Still rough with sewing the inner lining with the outside casing, but I hope with practice I'll get to where I'll be 100% satisfied. For now, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, all considering 😃 . Pockets inside and out, and yea I mismatched the zippers since I had the white ones available, but they match the skulls so there! The tiny pockets to stuff little candies, haha~ . I've seen so many people wearing fanny packs as front/sling bags, so I can't help but analyze the bags I see when designing the pattern. I wonder how comfortable wearing the fanny pack crossed across my front side will be like... Hmm... . . . #sewing #fannypack #diy # crafty #handmade #spooky #skulls #dressew #shoplocal https://www.instagram.com/p/B1nfe3OhclD/?igshid=1wzikwl5w3jzj

[akanechiyo]

Proud of myself ! Bought a really cheap cute #parasol from #yokoyaya and them went to #dressew to get some black lace and sew it on ! I also put on some glitter tape and a bow. Sup3r cool! 🖤❤️#gothiclolita #akanechiyofashion #umbrella #parasol #gothumbrella #kawaiiumbrella #kawaii #cute #ootd #art https://www.instagram.com/p/BnlERptAVkA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fp4imz0cb6v4

[sidestitch]

Wiksten tank #3! This one is special - my last visit to Vancouver I went to Dressew with my dear friend Monique. We both bought this fabric to be shirt twins! Am loving the contrasting bias tape around the arm and neck holes - will definitely be doing that in future shirts!

[theklingerkollection]

Slithered out of my home to add to my hoard

[imaginary-appearance]

Julian Playlist

I just made one for Muriel and now it's Julians turn, im having fun I think I'd like to make a playlist for the main 6 arcana characters. >: ) (Again, playlists are based on vibes of the song, lyrics or both)

1. Always Take You Back - Night Terrors of 1927

2. At Least I'm Not As Sad - F.U.N.

3. Bad Romance - Caro Emerald (it's a cover)

4. A Bar in Amsterdam - Katzenjammer

5. Blood - My Chemical Romance

6. The Dark - Caro Emerald

7. Dirty Laundry - Saint Motel

8. Dr. Wanna Do - Caro Emerald

9. Hang Forever - Ivy Levan

10. It Would Be an Honor - Night Terrors of 1927

11. Kangaroo Court

12. Never Say No - Abel Korzeniowski

13. To My Enemies - Saint Motel

[fieldtomatoes]

look at these Paddington buttons that my sister found at dressew!!!! I’m going to try to turn them into earrings :))

[judithbratvold]

Tis the Season

Halloween is coming up and looking at various sites, to get ideas what to make this year for Halloween.

Pye my furry secretary is always ready for Halloween for she is a dark brown coloured cat and weighs 17 pounds. Not really a lap cat. I am trying to figure out how to include pictures, with my blogs.

When I was a Crossing-Guard at an elementary school, I loved dressing up for all of our…

[greenglassfetish]

[ghosty1111]

me: (enters dressew)

me: im just here for a latex mask. thats it. nothing else. absolutely noth-

me: oh hey a skeleton

me: (exits with a 43 dollar baron dark costume)