#lolita alterations

[fossette-promenade]

How I added a bustle to make a skirt larger:

My friend bought this Abilletage skirt, but it was a bit too small for them. They asked if I could alter it for them. I have very minimal sewing skills, but I accepted the project (because im a pushover). So here's how I did it.

First I had them put the skirt on and measured the gap. The skirt had a zipper and they couldn't zip it all the way. There was a 7 inch gap.

I bought 2 yards of this very light bamboo cotton fabric that reminded me of chiffon. I wanted the fabric to flow because I wasn't confident I could make something structured.

I cut out an 8 inch "box" of fabric to act as the base (i stacked 2 bc the fabric was a little transparent) Then with the rest of my fabric, I cut 5 rectangles out to be each bustle layer. I used the gathering foot on my sewing machine to ruffle them up (i had to learn how to change the foot and tension, there are multiple youtube videos that were helpful)

I also made sure to finish my hems with a double fold hem. This made it look very professional!

I made sure everything lined up before I altered the skirt. Then, the scary part! I seam ripped the skirt. I did not want to mess with the zipper, so I used the front seam. Then I added the plain 8 inch "box" on without the ruffles sewn on. I attached the ruffles by handsewing.

(before and after) it isn't very clean looking, but it's on the inside plus there's no raw edges showing!

I didn't make a new waistband, I just folded over the top ruffle and stiched the sides closed.

And here's the final result! I think it makes the skirt more classy, plus it fits bigger now! I know it doesn't look absolutely perfect, but I thought this might inspire some of you to try it yourself and gain some experience like I did!

Thank you for reading!

[seams-witch]

god save the ruffler foot 😌✨

i just need to attach this lined ruffle and i'll be done with the second alteration on this dress. the original raw tulle lace looks empty hanging there by itself... because the ruffle + lining is overlocked on its own, if i ever want to remove the extra length then it'll just be 5 minutes with a seam ripper.

[cheapieclassic]

🍂🍇hello friends 🍇🍂

An autumnal ootd with this nice linen dress - I altered the neckline to suit me better and added a cute velvet ribbon tie!

Everything but the flowers are thrifted - the dress is pre owned from ebay, the shoes, bag, chain, pendant and tiny gold bracelet are all from local charity shops.

I'm especially pleased with my chain and phaistos disc pendant- found in different places at different times, but both have real gold! Should I do a post of my thrifted jewellery treasures?

[softlittleheartsandsparkles]

One more of my fav pictures. (I also loved those boots, cause they were combat like boots. xD) 2013 <3

[felicitassews]

A few months ago I bought a bodyline dress second hand for $20, and the construction of it was so bad! It bothered me enough that I couldn't wear it without some alterations.

Here is the dress in all its problems:

1: one of the straps was sewn on inside out, I had to take it off and flip it over so they matched

2: the stripes didn't match up at the waist seam. This might not bother a normal person but I absolutely hated it. I ended up using the waist ties that came with the dress to make a waistband to cover it up.

3: the most egregious problem imo, the ruffle at the bottom was completely uneven. Like some parts were very densely gathered and others were totally flat. It looked extra stupid when the dress was bustled. I had to take the ruffle completely off and re gather it.

And here's how it all turned out!:

I think it looks 10x better even though I didn't do anything super drastic!

Dress hunting tangent:

As a side note I cannot find a bodyline jsk made in this fabric! The lace market listing said it was this dress:

And while it's very similar that's just not the same fabric? Searching through lolibrary and some some old blog it looks like other people have had a dress with the same item number as this one in the same fabric as I have too. Unless bodyline just made it with different fabric than what they advertised? Or switched fabric partway through the run? They're selling a skirt from this fabric on their website right now

But I can't find my evidence of a jsk they've ever made with it.

[cutecorebah]

Can We Have A Humbert Persecutor Headmate Also Going To Claim ♠️♥️ anon

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Of course you can!

Name: Humbert Humbert

Age: 37

Gender: Cis Male

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: Straight, Ambi

Species: Human

Ethnicity: White, French

Source: Lolita

Roles: Persecutor

cisIDs: cisOLD

transIDs: Dislikes using transIDs (transHarmful, trandGroomer, transAuthor, transFather, transMisogynist, transProgrammer)

Paraphiles: 🍸, Sadism, Biastophilia, Agonophilia, Bibliophilia, Frotteurism, Aptophilia

Extra:

Appearance:

[vamptastic]

I need to get into cosplay or drag or something because I really like some subtypes of women's fashion but I simply cannot wear any of it without feeling miserable. If I was dressed as a character or persona I don't think it'd bother me so much

[chibineechan]

Instagram Coord Challenge #NewYearNewCoords by @ theacalix

Day 30: Cheapest Coord, upcycled dress, some handmade items, and some thrifted

[lo-inmyownregard]

me when my crush whos literally 40 years older then me, makes eye contact with me for 1,5 seconds and i smile at him

I know its not so legal for now(:()but i hope he gets the message so i can date him the second it is

[winterluv444]

[seams-witch]

refitting the neckline of my dark star island blouse. i removed a ruffle, surprised how saggy the neckline was!

[lesbeing]

my gram watching friday night smackdown "they need to be themselves...train them all u want but then they need to be themselves" so true queen

[bmpmp3]

as an outsider to the subculture i really adore looking at lolita fashion photoshoots and advertisements 1) because its an interesting alternative fashion style and its cool to see but also 2) whatevers going on in some of these photoshoots prop and styling wise is BUCKWILD and im like. im too distracted to pay attention to what clothing item is being advertised because this is just an awesome character design LIKE hold on lemme grab some examples

im mostly familiar with a lot of the smaller chinese lolita and adjacent fashion style brands because they always go off the wall with it so these examples are all probably gonna be from taobao but like IS THAT A FURRY BOW

(from BoliCherry) WE SHOULD HAVE MORE FURRY BOWS....FURRY ARROWS... put some FLOCKING on that SWORD

This one's just a very striking composition for some of the photos but also

(I believe the company is called ChokerRabbit) hee hee hee calico cat fabric..... hee hee heee

just three gals hanging out like gals do (one homie on the dresser):

(u.rtto or sometimes spelled urtto)

and why does she have claws? because its awesome next question

(I believe this brand is called Moluo or Moluo Lolita?)

and well she just kinda rules

(LeMiroir)

and this ones a really fun mushroom situation with and awesome mushroom hat but im also like. in love with her matching mushroom headed doll friend behind her

(Nikki Tomorrow, apparently this brand might be affiliated with the Nikki games somehow?)

I dunno like the stylists and set designers and prop artists in these photoshoots....theyre geniuses im like constantly jealous of their character design skills HJKFNDJKSLE

[starjellyy]

Some pictures I edited of the body to look more like me <3

I don't look exactly like this but it makes me feel better :)

[fastwiemagie]

Dress to skirt

My friend @pinkgothduplica had this dress that she liked on principle but didn't like the bodice part of. Why does the bodice suddenly have lace that gives completely different vibes to the rest of the dress? What's up with those voluminous shoulder straps? (Spoiler: One of them has since become a casual bonnet. Maybe my friend can take some pictures because I forgot to do that.)

A dress obviously already comes with a skirt part so the work was in separating the bodice part from that. The seam ripper was very busy! I carefully removed the black skirt and white underskirt from the bodice. I sewed those together again, so I could handle them as one layer. For some reason the top skirt was wider then the underskirt, so I gathered that down a bit at the same time. My kitty was watching me very attentively and also kept trying to sit on the skirt. Very cute but also inconvenient!

For the waistband I used the former waistties. I've ironed them open (after seam ripping them open) and cut out a narrow waistband. I pressed everything and sewed a tunnel for my elastic to go on in. I've had to improvise a bit here from my usual method because the dress had a zipper and I wanted to leave that in for the skirt for extra easy dressing. The waistband is also elasticated! I added a big fabric covered button in the end and made a loop out of the elastic.

The skirt turned out so cute and my friend is sure she'll wear it way more now in it's new form. She's not really active on tumblr anymore I think, but you can find here on IG as mag.sugar to see her great outfits!

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

It's shroedingers bargain or something. Only a small portion of the lace is going to be used on the shirt. But if it weren't for the immediate project of the shirt I might not be buying lace now.