/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10345516

It's covered in the post you replied to, I think. They said a basic jsk (ie- IW-style basic jsk) would be simple to knock up, but the blouse that you'd need to go with it can get rather overwhelming for a newbie sewist to draft up.

On the other hand I also think some people are making it out to be harder than it is. A good volume of otome no sewing, and you don't really need the bestest fabric -- just start with whatever, quilting fabric is usually fine too, and usually you can knock out something halfway ok. It won't be top notch burando, but you'd have gained a valuable skill to make dresses exactly the way you want, on top of gaining a dress you won't feel horrible about getting dirty and stained like you would if it was burando.

What I really don't understand is why newbie lolitas seem really averse to using otome no sewing? It's like maybe $20 for a book but you can sew an entire wardrobe with it. The only exceptions I should be seeing are those girls who are out of "normal" sizing (in which case they will have a hard time no matter what anyway), or maybe they ended up buying the Simplicity patterns first (my condolences to those... the patterns should really be burnt for the atrocities that they are) -- but newbie sewists never seem to buy the book and instead blaze their own awful trail of half-assed patterns then turn around to whine about how hard sewing lolita is?