i had almost near to nothing to work on on friday night, so i began writing some stuff in my shinigami book.
and the events did happen (in the anime).

they started singing... byebye mr american pie... howdy-ho. yes i'm in ultimate crank mood.



oh yes... i can't exactly correct undertaker's english also. oh well.

sewing the seams took my at least 3 hours, and it's not even a big patch. i had to constantly re-hole the stupid needle cos it kept getting stuck. and did i say how much it pisses me off? i'm beginning to grow a kind of unspeakable hatred for things like this. and it's not even tied to the problem at hand.

1) seam, fold the corners and do pleats. attachment of the frills to the collar line was done by handsewing because the machine JUST CANNOT SEW so many layers. it used to be able to, at least.



2) add hooks behind



and i finallized my coat too. added the spray painted rings to the suspenders.



sewed on the dark blue layer and tied ribbons as hooks.



then added buttons. sewed up the coat's edges as well so the trim lines don't appear visible on the outer layer. coat done, hurray.

it's like the more you try to perfect something, the more errors that turn up. it's very irritating. first it's the weather, then people flying kites, then this and that peeling, and finally the output shows that i ought to have checked more dilligently in the first place.

well anyway, the post should be more on my emily. i gave up on the seams because it just keeps getting stuck. what should have taken an hour takes thrice as long because the device itself is just not working properly. it just pisses me off so much.

since it's gonna be hidden, it didn't really matter.

1) so i'm just gonna sew where it matters. leave gap for stuffing, of course.



2) flip inside out



3) and stuff with fluff



4) sew together



5) and put on the damn clothes. oh, and cut some bundles off my existing wig, colored it brown, tied together and uhu glued onto the head. sewed on the red ribbon.




and i cannot find a more relevant chain of events that could have perpetrated the problem. i'm really at the end of my patience.

how to make a cheap bouquet of flowers in 2hours (whilst in between animes, of course)

1) cut petals (fold it numerous times and cut together - my max is 3 at once)



2) cut the leaves (had leftover green felt and used up all of them



3) bunch the petals together with wires. uhu glue the leaves in various places.

4) wrap the flowers in paper, wire the bottom so the bunch stays.



total: $2 white felt + $0.80 wires = $2.80

how to make cheap dog biscuits

1) daiso $2 clay... cut the patterns out using penknife or metal ruler

2) use a toothbrush/painbrush and dab the surface to produce a rough look

3) brown spraypaint



4) put in jar!



total: $2 clay + $2 jar = $4

how to make cheap eyepatch

1) cut from some leftover black cotton cloth the semi-rounded shape (2pieces, preferably connected 2 pieces) - no sewing is really needed since the cloth don't get unthreaded at the sides easily

2) stitch patch onto elastic band. uhu glue the 2 sides of the patch.



total: err... free?

sewing machine is on maintenance, so the only thing left to do is to cut cloths. oh well. at least now i can post a bit of the process.

template for the sleeves. 2 long rectangular strips for the frills. the rest all 2 pieces each.


for the shirt itself, 2 pieces each. 2 long strips on top and bottom for neck frills.


for the thing he hangs around his neck and his outer coat.


and emily!

xarxes break (pandora hearts) shopping list

white cloth: RM2/m*2m = $2
purple cloth: $2/m*2m = $4
dark blue satin: $6/m*1m = $6
blue cloth: $4/m*1m = $4
hooks (pinholes): $2.80/12pcs
hooks (circlets): $1.50
buttons: $2/6pcs
gold buckles: $1/pc*4 = $4
bra strap: $1.20/m*2m = $2.40
suspenders: $1.20/m*3m = $3.60
poles for cane sword: $20
rings: $0.85*2 = $1.70
enzyme buttons (big): $0.80/2pcs

total: $54.80

completed a hell lot of xarxes break. went materials shopping with maomao at chinatown and arab street on monday.



managed to sew on the buttons, suspenders and the hooks.



the back - can you see tiny little hook?



also did clothes for emily (on sat)



too late to post a tutorial (and too lazy) but oh wells. the ribbons here. and i just realised her little ribbon is red! stupid refernce pic with shadow shows purple. ughh.



and finished the boots lining as well. the curves were a killer. spent like 2.5hours sewing all the curves. looks ugly when near. bwahahha.



managed to hot glue the brown pouch break has before going over to claude's on sunday.



yay! hotglue rocks! i even have a black inner for it. so it looks really usable!



attached the chains on monday after getting them from arab street. used hooks so i can detach them if i'm washing the coat. (um, not 'if', but 'when'.)



spent about 2.5hours cutting out break's inner purple shirt from cosmode type b pattern for baroque's jacket. of cos sewing it is much easier! zzzz. it's the cutting that's hard!!! and time consuming. and i don't even know how to measure. yet. GRRRRR. GRRRRRR. GRRRRRRRR.

tested my scar wax cos i thought i was gonna have a national day shoot. in the end cancelled. oh wells.

the wax


after 'painting' with foundation > loose powder > bronzer > brown shadows > dark brown highlights


did one on my face as well, but it's not that obvious.


could do better at 'painting'. loose powder maybe apply later, cos it looked quite flaky after the loose powder.

spent national day as a wig model. val and alison took almost 3hours styling v-13 wig for me. kudos to their patience. and i learnt a new word. that long thing sticking out is called an ahoge. gatsby spray really rocks too. super hard styling...

oh and alison's plaits are awesome!!! so much better than the one i did. boohoo.



i actually packed it in a bag with the ahoge sticking out. don't really wanna put in the open to collect dust.

thought i'd just post the process as well so this can become some sort of learning place in the future. hmmm. haaaa.

for xarxes break sleeves!

1) measure. cut cloth. (ok i suck at explaining). attach the part that's supposed to flip at the write area. sew on linings for the flip down part around the armpit area.


2) fold in half and sew along. the wrist folded part should be flipped up before sewing! after that, flip inside out. ta-da!

as my sis already said... there's a character that's very much like undertaker in pandora hearts. and he's xarxes break.

aside from his awesome personality (super funny... and creepy at times), i also like his appearance (those clothes!!) so i've decided i'll do this character. (i actually started work yesterday on his coat, haha.) and he carries this cute doll called emily around. 8D







detailed drawings





full length of emily at the corner



and i just love this pose. i'm so gonna do this for photoshoot. haha!

after 3 days of spraying... here's my neckplate! made from clay and carved using a toothpick. hur hur.



and the metal parts for the leotard



finally purchased my skinsuit from ebay after much negotiations... waiting for it to come! then i can do my modifications. hopefully before i leave in sept...



huh? is v-13 that hard? yeah for the sword of cos it is... but nooo way am i gonna do that...

went home.. and had a shocking discovery that my entire table is messed up and my props were broken. and i haven't even debut my kimimaro sword, it's in 4 pieces now.

supposed to be a tidied state... but ended up in disarray instead. sighss. i know it took a lot of effort to clean, but sometimes i just wish you left things as they were.

so after a mad rush of putting my stuff back in order... i had about 1.5hours for my undertaker.



it's not gonna be obvious in photos, but for completion sake, i added the skirt to my inner top.



woke up with long dream of chasing and being chased. what a tiring night.