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 Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:02 am
What type of fabric should I use for a loli dress?
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:29 am
Hmmm, depends on what you're going for. If you add some specifics (like a picture or a description), it would be easier to help you. sweatdrop
However, I will say this: NEVER go shiny. Arrgghh... stressed
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:29 am
wow thats a sad question.
for one, think of climate
where do you live?
for 2 think of texture
what look are you going for?
for 3 think of price
are you rich? and if your not an experienced sewer can you really spare to blow alot of cash on something you can easily screw up?
for 4
think of color, some fabrics varry in color along the roll, this means that when you seem 2 sedges togher there are variations in color.
also some fade and some colors are impossable to find thread, acessories, accents and shoes for.
please think next time, and chose what you like at your own discression based on variables in your own life, dont go by general opions.
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:30 am
I bought some very cute embroidered cotton for a loli skirt I'm making, and it's turning out very well! It's also a very easy cloth to work with and take care of. It hasn't failed me yet, and I've sewn quite a bit! heart
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:01 pm
Simple cotton word work.
I dont know many names for fabric. sweatdrop maybe gauze would do good too. 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:39 pm
i baught some black fabric the other day called...Poplin? something like that. Anyway i just walked into the shop (i'm from england, and the shop is called C&H Fabrics) and said 'i want to make a skirt that will stayed poofed out, so i want fairly strong but nice feeling fabric' and she gave me that, but i baught another two meteres and decided i'm going to make a jumper skirt ^^
it is lovely fabric...feels like cotten 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:27 pm
PsychodelicPenguin Simple cotton word work. I dont know many names for fabric. sweatdrop maybe gauze would do good too. 3nodding guaze is transparent meaning you have to sew layers under it. also the only stich that gauze wont thread up your sewing machine with is the smile straight line. gauze = not good
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:31 pm
skie 0 i baught some black fabric the other day called...Poplin? something like that. Anyway i just walked into the shop (i'm from england, and the shop is called C&H Fabrics) and said 'i want to make a skirt that will stayed poofed out, so i want fairly strong but nice feeling fabric' and she gave me that, but i baught another two meteres and decided i'm going to make a jumper skirt ^^
it is lovely fabric...feels like cotten 3nodding Aww, that sounds like it's going to be adorable! 4laugh
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:20 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:22 pm
It'd be soft, but much too light. sweatdrop Your skirt would blow right up!
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:31 pm
[Lolita] It'd be soft, but much too light. sweatdrop Your skirt would blow right up! i wouldnt mind that ^_^ whatabout linning it with fleece on the inside so its soft and cute and wont blow up in the wind .... lol i have no idea what im talking about
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:17 pm
shomeru [Lolita] It'd be soft, but much too light. sweatdrop Your skirt would blow right up! i wouldnt mind that ^_^ whatabout linning it with fleece on the inside so its soft and cute and wont blow up in the wind .... lol i have no idea what im talking about Lining it with heavy cotton might work. I really hate the feel of the underside of silk, so that's what I would do. But like I can afford to sew dresses out of silk. ._. The fabric I would use would be cotton, but make sure to get a heavy but soft cotton. Don't know what the fabric type would be called... sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:21 pm
Cotton.
I think cotton should usually be the fabric of choice--cheap, natural and soft.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:56 pm
Crushed velvet, and toulle work well for skirts. Nylon and stretch fabrics do well for tighter shirts, and cotton is easy to work with.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:34 pm
xBaibaixKittyx Crushed velvet, and toulle work well for skirts. Nylon and stretch fabrics do well for tighter shirts, and cotton is easy to work with. Umm... I'm not trying to be mean at all in saying this, but just stating my opinions from my experience with sewing and costuming and the like. Crushed velvet often isn't used correctly and can wind up making a dress or skirt (especially one in loli style) look very cheap and it also doesn't photograph very well. I also wouldn't make a skirt solely out of tulle because it's made of plastic and is also see-through if you don't use enough layers; it would make for an excellent petticoat because of its stiffness, though I haven't ever seen it used on any exterior loli garb. Also, in my experience, shirts (especially loli shirts) shouldn't be skintight or made of completely synthetic fabrics; it looks abnormal and is irregularly immodest for a loli. These fabrics are also very bad for beginning seamstresses to work with because they are both stretchy and slippery, making them hard to put through a sewing machine. With these fabrics, it is unadvised to attach any kind of material to them that will not also stretch, so this rules out trims such as lace which is used in abundance on almost all loli clothes. Cotton, however, is in my opinion the perfect fabric for loli wear. It's soft, cheap, easily manipulated and sewn, and will photograph very well. However, make sure to either buy a cotton blend or your fabric will shrink very (VERY) much. Because of this, it's a good idea to wash any fabric before you use it, as it's terrible to make something very cute and not be able to wear it more than once because it's shrunken! gonk Again, I'm not trying to be rude, but just help others to stay away from very common mistakes that beginners are likely to make. I've done most of these things (can we say lycra and satin sailor senshi fuku? I thought so.) and I was very put out that nobody had warned me before I'd attempted these projects. I hope that all your loli projects go very well (unlike a few of mine!). heart
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