#mirromaru

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I made a pullover from some knit fabric I found in the sale bin. Pattern is McCalls's 7127. I thinkn I prefer wearing it backwards since the fabric is rather see through when it is only a single layer and I didn't even have enough left for the arms :D

[mirromaru]

It's summer and like every summer I am making new dresses to wear. I instantly fell in love with this fabric in my local sewing store because it has all my favourite colors. Unfortunately it was a "last piece" (Restestück, whatever it's called in English) and thus I couldn't buy enough fabric to align the back pattern better with the print but I guess it's ok?

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I've recently taken up bouldering and have seen a chalkbag and some pants for myself :3 The chalkbag was made without a pattern (it's basically a rectangle sewn onto a round bottom piece, an inside layer also an rectangle, and a rectangle as closure with an elastic cord sewn into it). The leggings are based on KwikSew pattern #3052 and made from modern jersey from spoonflower (http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/caja_design)

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Mirror Maru

[mirromaru]

I altered a bear suit I bought on amazon (changed the face, ear and hood insides and the buttons) so it looks more like Lain’s. It was surprisingly warm - especially the fleece lined fleece hood over the wig - but also very comfy.

SEL was one of the animes that left a lasting impression with me. Back when I was still cosplaying I always felt too old to do the character justice, so now that I do not cosplay “seriously” anymore and was visiting a famous tech-conference in germany this felt like the perfect occasion to dress up as my all time favourite imaginary hacker ;) 

The hair ornament was a royal pita… it is craft foam on a hair elastic and the transparent double sided glue-tape did not stick very well on the wig. (Seen only on the finished pictures, on the one where I still have to change the suit’s face it’s just string…)

Unfortunately because the conference was so dark I did not take any real posed pictures. I gave away the suit to a friend of mine who is an even bigger lain fan so no new pictures for now but I will make myself another one for sure!

Oh... and yes... I had no brown circle lenses ready so I wore grey ones instead but next time I will!

[mirromaru]

Another crazy cat lady dress for my summer wardrobe!

I still need to iron it and finish the lower skirt edge but other than that I’m done

Pattern: McCall’s M6754 (added pockets and shifted the skirt side seam to the front - because everything needs pockets!) Fabric: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/3537249-sleeping-cats-polka-dots-outlines-by-oikiden printed on modern jersey. Lately I prefer their cotton spandex jersey because it is more “true” to the color even when stretched. The jersey gets a bit “pale” (I think you can spot this at the front middle panel).

[mirromaru]

Finished this yesterday ^_^ Well, at least the dress is done. Me and the boyfriend are still trying to make the microphone work like I want it to (color change and blinking depending on noise level). Fabric is from spoonflower(“circuit nerd” by kimsa) and the pattern from McCalls (see picture).

[mirromaru]

The dress from the last post - now with fancy lights :3 I spent roughly 10 hours today sewing neopixels with conductive thread onto my dress. A lot of that time though because I forgot to check the polarity so I had to start over again... I'm still unsure if I should put some LEDs on the front as well or make a second dress with voice activated lights (adafruit's ampli tie is an great example). Next step is making my own animations :3