#headbow

[porcelainerose]

ఌ angelic pretty

☆ Prettyフリルジャンパースカート

♡︎ 不要吃豹

#upload ୨୧‎ #lolita fashion #angelic pretty #sweet lolita #egl #egl communuty #pink #Prettyフリルジャンパースカート #jsk #headbow

[jeremiahjahi]

We are in the lab. Keep Moving! #motivated #screenwriter #difficulttimes #scriptdevelopment #screenwriters #culture #scribe #storyteller #atlantapublicschools #atlanta #africandiaspora #menwithstyle #headbow #menwithbeards #contemplation #beardgangmatters #thestage #OMEGAPSIPHI1911 #healthisyourwealth #christfollower #losangeles #newyork #georgia #casualoutfit #distinguishedgentleman #usmcveteran #atlmademe #brooklyntestedme #bookertwashingtonhighschool https://www.instagram.com/p/ChrPQZIuXRy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#motivated #screenwriter #difficulttimes #scriptdevelopment #screenwriters #culture #scribe #storyteller #atlantapublicschools #atlanta #africandiaspora #menwithstyle #headbow #menwithbeards #contemplation #beardgangmatters #thestage #omegapsiphi1911 #healthisyourwealth #christfollower #losangeles #newyork #georgia #casualoutfit #distinguishedgentleman #usmcveteran #atlmademe #brooklyntestedme #bookertwashingtonhighschool

[velverettt]

I made a crochet headdress to coordinate with the point lace on btssb karami

crochet notes

#is it a sin to break the karami set and sell the headbow #headbowhatersanonymous #lolita fashion #egl fashion #crochet #egl #wardrobe

[royalsealy]

Release photos for the Profusion of Flowers in Nostalgia Set, Opal Green Colorway by Metamorphose Temps de Fille

OP comes with detachable sleeves + Collar

#lolita fashion #egl fashion #metamorphose temps de fille #this was originally only offered in the harajuku store and like a clown i ended up ordering it thru a shopping service for fear #that they wouldnt make it available internationally #meta is as always best big brand tho bc most of their releases from side stores come to the international store at some point #within the coming months #anyway i have this op and the headbow and i love this shade of green 💚 #i wanted to share the stock photos for this tho #egl community #lolita community #jfashion #alt fashion #egl #harajuku fashion

[poorlittlevampire]

teeheeheeheeheeheehee

#i really hope they add more lolita pieces in future updates #bc a lot of the dresses they do have have prints and really like. heavy handed motifs #and theyre very cute!!!! but it makes it hard to style them #also i did not make the dress so i tried very hard to color match that green for the shoes socks and headbow #its okay but not perfect so blahh

[20dollarlolita]

On the subject of tiered headbows:

This one, which is by AaTP, is just a regular bow that gets the tiered effect by having wire in the ribbon, and looks really nice. I'll experiment with adding wire to the ones I've made.

#tiered headbow #20dollarlolita

[allyrat]

My headpieces!

#egl #egl fashion #lolita fashion #lolita headbow

[textile-hospital]

^w^

picrew link

#self/dissolution.png #picrew #note: this picrew only has three skintones so if that's a problem for you i understand <3 #i guess the nature of life is that every now and again somebody reinvents k*nae from n*jisanji #censored those not because i dislike those but because i dont want my post going to those tags #anyway that wasnt intentional it's just that this picrew also had only one shade of brown hair which is understandable i guess #also no headbow :( #not to be a hater tho this picrew is cute as hell

[beauetjoile]

i really shouldn't put this off anymore. I have taken this 'lolita inspired' dress I made 20 years ago and giving this floral fence border print the upgrade it deserves. I don't have much of it so I'm going to have to do make a fake layered split in it. This has been in my to do pile for years. The French seams came apart easier than I thought.

#diy #homemade lolita #handmade Lolita #I hope I didn't throw out the headbow I made omg

[zemi-noelle-art]

Aight who’s twinning Milky Planet with me in September? 

#AP #Zemi Ramblings #egl #eglfashion #ough i do not regret buying the mto but I will have to sell some old anime figures to feel financially responsible #milky planet #AngelicPretty #I got the sax colorway too #I hope it leans warmer bc ive been obsessed with periwinkle lately #but since i didnt get the headbow I hope colormatching the dress wont be a pain in the ass

[termsoflife]

Prepare your bow as we appreciate one of the world's most popular fashion accessories.

#bow #bowfashion #wearabow #neckbows #headbows #wristbow #fingerbows

[penny-nichols]

This is where I’d put my lolita fashion

IF I HAD ANY (I have like. one Taobao skirt, a bag, some blouses from target/hot topic, and a jsk I sewed myself, plus fabric for more JSKs, but the JSK I sewed myself tore at one of the seams and I still need to repair it and I don’t have a good petticoat. I just wanna look cuuuuuuuuuute)

#I mean. I have some bodyline stuff coming hopefully #But they don't actually... fit #Same thing for an OP I got to wear as a long coat... #I forgot that back widths exist #also I have one (1) headbow

[apple-salad]

Black x white coords with eternal_frill and akabane.aiko 🖤🤍 Bonnet, rectangle headdress and headbow, the basic headwear of lolitas!

We went for a little tea outing and thought matching colour scheme would be cute. I basically never wear black & white style but had been holding on to this old velveteen BtSSB JSK (I think from 2001), PLUS apparently hoarding matching B✖︎W accessories for it, so now was the time.

Because I think this is a departure from what I usually wear I felt a little different, too! The skirt of the JSK is pretty narrow compared to modern lolita standards and a little shorter too, so somehow I felt it didn't stick out as much. The side ribbons are of course the type you have to keep tying yourself, so forgive the dangly strands.

I'm pretty sure the majority of the items we are all wearing are Baby, the Stars Shine Bright. My coord is all BABY except for the plush bag (Metamorphose Temps de Fille), the shoes (Queen Bee), and my jacket (Innocent World).

#lolita fashion #sweet lolita #oldschool lolita #old school lolita #baby the stars shine bright #daily coordinate #innocent world #metamorphose temps de fille #btssb #madeleine jsk #hawase doll

[royalsealy]

was French Cafe MTO the one you got with frayed lace? Mine isnt frayed but I was really surprised to see they used eyelet lace trim where the edges weren't cut cleanly! Like my Stawberry Revolution from a tiny Chinese brand was $50 new and the trim on that is way cleaner

Ah maybe that's what it is! It was the French cafe MTO, my friend's was also very messy, and when comparing it to an older release she had, side by side the difference was astounding. I also noticed that on the top of all the A's, there's a stray thread on top of each one poking out which also adds to the messy feeling -_- (this isnt as noticeable in pictures at least)

How did you like yours?

#fallen petals #egl community #i wasnt going to tag this at first but with a new popular mto getting announced i think its important for people to see some of #the less than great results from another popular and recent mto #that and they literally sent me a dirty headbow #in my subsequent order because im a fool and thought a headbow would be sade #safe* #lolita community #asks

[awemiu]

rococo princess headbow ୨୧

#⠀𓏲⠀❀ ˖ ˚˳ 𓂃 #⠀૮ maichive ྀིა #⠀shushu cherry ࣪ ׅ ⊹ #⠀wardrobe⠀ׅ ⠀࣪𓂃 #૮꒰◞ ◟ ೕ꒱ა

[20dollarlolita]

Patterns, and how to communicate with other people sewing:

This is kind of a follow up to these two posts [x x] about different kinds of illustrations you use to communicate ideas with other people sewing. And it's kind of a prequel to how to determine if selling the pattern and the instructions separately is justifiable of absolute bullshit.

For this, we're going to use this post that's a headbow pattern. For starters, we're going to say that if I wanted to communicate this pattern to people on my blog, I already have, and I did it in the form of listing dimensions and then doing a photo tutorial. That method had the perfect balance of being able to be understood by the readers and being relatively low-effort for me to produce. It's also relevant to note that I'm offering this instruction up for free, so there's no expectation of quality. Potential users can see the entire project before committing to it, so they can make an informed decision about if they want to use it.

If I'm making this for myself, I use a piece of paper that says "A=4.75x13.25x1 B=2.5x9.875X2 c=3x4x1" and I know that A, B, and C represent specific parts of the bow, that you cut 1 of A and C and sew them into tubes, and that you cut 2 of B and sew them together.

If I'm going to make this into a pattern that I'm sharing with people who make patterns in the same way I do, the three pieces would each look something like this:

Let's take a look at that label and those markings. First, the label: "New Headbow" is the name of the item being made. "Loops, Bow 'A'" is the piece that is cut with this pattern piece. "C1 face C1 interface" means you cut one copy of this pattern on your main fabric, and one copy out of interfacing. "NSA" in a circle means "no seam allowance". This label is important, because it gives some context to what this piece is, and how to use it. Otherwise, all rectangles start looking the same. I also should have put the date on it, so that if this is accidentally confused for another copy of this piece, everyone can know which is the most recent revision.

Let's look at the other markings on this piece. Prominently, there's a grainline. The grainline tells the cutter which direction to place the pattern on the fabric. It's possible for the grainline to be wrong for a specific fabric, for example if the pattern maker assumed that you'd be using a crosswise striped fabric, and you're using a lengthwise stripe. In a small environment like a single build shop, I could just go over there and erase the grainline and draw a new one depending on the design that's being done. However, that grainline also stops this from being a confused and meaningless rectangle.

There is a mark across the center of this piece. Ideally, I should have not put the label right in the middle of it, but oh well. This mark tells whoever is making this bow that there are pieces that should be placed in the dead center of the bow. If this person is building this based off of a sketch that I did, and the bow was not clear or presented at an angle, this lets the cutters and stitchers know that the center of the piece is where these bow pieces go, no matter what it might look like in the sketch.

There are little lines along the two long sides of the rectangle. These are how I'm rendering notches for this situation. If this was a real paper pattern, I'd actually have cut notches in the pattern paper for this. When there's two notches of the same style, you bring those two notches together. This two sets of two notches tells the person making the pattern that this piece is folded lengthwise, not crosswise.

With these markings and a sketch to go by, someone who is familiar with this kind of pattern can make this bow without any written instructions. For someone who is experienced in this, this is a complete product.

If I was going to sell this pattern, I'd start out with something like this, and then probably trace over all of it digitally.

Included in the sale would be some kind of finished product sketches or photos, and some basic instructions.

"Fold piece A lengthwise, matching notches. Sew along long edges, leaving ends open. Roll seam to back and press. Turn to front. Bring open ends to center, overlap 1/4" and sew. Place the two piece B right sides together, sew around edge leaving space between dots open. Turn to front. Place piece A marking line over the marking line for piece B, baste. Fold or gather along marked line to resemble a bow. Fold piece C in half, matching notches. Sew notched side, leaving other ends open. Turn to front and roll seam to back. Wrap piece C over the marked line on A and B. Sew piece C open ends together by hand, tucking raw edges in. Slide headband into piece C and hold in place with glue or hand stitching. Adjust bow to be pretty."

That's not the most detailed description, but I could sell this pattern and people could follow it. Notably, however, I cannot sell the instructions on their own, because the instructions are not a complete unit. They make references to things like notches, dots, and placement lines that are completely meaningless without the context provided by the pattern.

But what if I wanted to offer more information? I don't like writing instructions, and it's very time-consuming and frustrating for me. If I write detailed instructions with technical illustrations and an explanation of every technique, that was a lot of labor, and I might want to charge for that work. I can give this pattern at a discount for people who are experienced enough to read a pattern, and then still allow people who are learning to make the bow. We're going to call this the "strawberry sauce on the ice cream" scenario: Ice cream is a complete thing. Strawberry sauce makes it better for some people, and you can pay to add that on. No one really wants to eat strawberry sauce on its own, though. It would also be very silly for a restaurant to charge $1 for ice cream and then $6 for strawberry sauce, and my bow and additional instructions should be priced similarly.

What if I make a whole book on how to make headbows? The book references this pattern regularly and kind of assumes you have the pattern, but it had information on fabric selection for different substyles, adjustments to the pattern that can be made to make different effects, construction and embellishment techniques, and multiple options for ways to attach this to a headband, maybe with a short section on hair styles that complement different bows. That is almost a whole product on its own. We're going to call this the Pokemon Red and Blue scenario. You're never going to catch all the Pokemon without having access to both games, but if you only have one, you can still beat the Elite Four.

Okay, but what if my pattern isn't marked? What if my pattern is three rectangles with no other information? What if it comes with absolutely no instructions?

Remember, with the way this pattern is assembled, you cut one of A and C and two of B. A and C are assembled in a different way from B. There is no way for me to have that information.

In this case, this pattern is not a complete product. There is not enough information for anyone to understand the pattern without instructions.

If I included good instructions, or even decent instructions, this might be a pattern worthy of being sold. For example, if I included a pattern like this with the content of my original New Headbow Pattern post, I could probably sell it for a couple of dollars, and the printable pattern is now the strawberry sauce and the instructions are the ice cream.

But what if my original post never gave dimensions for the bow? What if it was the same thing as published, but just said "take part a" and "take part b" and you have to guess how big things are? Well, then those instructions are not a complete product that can stand alone, either.

So, if the pattern only works with the instructions, and the instructions only work with the pattern, then selling the two of them independently of each other is a little bit sketchy. It's especially sketchy if you hide that the instructions are not included at the bottom of the listing and do not allow returns for any reason on digital downloads, where people were really excited by your $4 headbow pattern but then realized that they had to pay $10 for the instructions that make it make any kind of sense. Well, if someone on etsy was going to do that, well, that'd be just a little bit, you know, not ideal. Maybe I'd even go as far as to say that they're doing a bad thing. Just maybe.

#lolita headbow #20dollarlolita #communicating with other designers #I want to find a not shitty way to call this seller out #so wait for that