Montag, 24. April 2017

Inspiration - summer goth



Well, i am not able to create the summer, but i am able to create a summer wardrobe on my own.
Inspired by a low budget and spending to much time surfing around pinterest I decided to create this jears summer wardrobe based on diy and old/thrifted/cheap stuff.

Here is my little "Summer goth" pinterest: follow to summer goth
This is going to be continued.

So what i really want to make/have:
- A Maxi dress. Just dress on and ready.
- A long flowing skirt. Or two of them...
- Barefeet sandals. I think they are really good looking when wearing easy black Heels
- A lace Cardigan. Saw them on ReeRee Phillips. Just great.
- Harem pents. Even i am the more skirt and dress person i want them.
- a Body harness. Just to pimp basic shirtrs or dresses

Basically i want to have some "basic" Stuff what is easy to style up with different accessoires.
I know this will be a lot of work. But when i dont want to wear all the same things like last jear, i need to make myself some new stuff.

And here are some inspirational Summer lookbooks:



So what do you want to have for summer time? Or is your Summer wardrobe still ready? 
I hope to start soon and be able to show you lots of stuff and be inspirational.

your
Queen of bats

Dienstag, 18. April 2017

Craft along with GIY



GIY: goth it yourself is a creative goth blog, written by Bane. And it was the first ever gothic Blog i was reading and still be.
For a while now, Bane is doing a Craft along every month. And now, finally, i am able to join.
follow this link to Banes original post

This month theme is: outdoors
According to the weather here in Bavaria a warm scarf, hat or coat will be more matching then a summer themed outdoor craft. But, summer is hopefully coming soon and i like to be prepared. 

And so i picked out to decorate a Straw hat.
I already had one at home so this was easy to decide and to do. 

Here is what i started with: A black hat with sparkling Bow from a dollar store, bought last summer

At first i removed the old Bow and band.

then simply restyled the hat with an velvet ribbon.

for makeing it a bit more dramatic i added some "flowers" made from fleece cut outs and an net fabric. Last thing i decided to glue on some black little sparkling dots, might be cool looking when the sun shines on them. 

now, i hope the sun and warm weather will be coming soon so i can wear it outside.

Creating this hat, following the craft along theme was a lot of fun and i think i will join the next one as well. Its great haveing a monthly theme on what i will post. Less thinking, more crafting. And more DIY on this blog. 

Please dont forget to check out Banes Blog and all the other Crafts what are made based on the Craft Along. 
I hope you all enjoyed reading this and have a nice week,

Your
Queen of bats

Freitag, 7. April 2017

DIY: Fleece Poncho



This time, as i said, a quick and easy diy.

Maybe someone remembers my last years "upcoming sewing projects" Post. I finally managed to sew the Spring/Autum Jacket. And i really love it. It is warm but i dont get sweating in it. Just perfekt.
Sewing it was really easy and quick done. I will show you some pictures at the end of the posting.

What i wanted to say: I had some leftover fleece fabric. And so i sewed a Poncho out of it. It is never wrong to have one.

Here is what you need:

- two rectangles out of fleece fabric 50 x 80 cm plus seem allowance
- a sewing machine or needle and thread
- trim, ribbon or other decoration as you want

This is really easy and quick. Of course you can use every fabric of your joice. Maybe lace? this will look good over an simple Shirt or Corset. (need to think closer about that)

If you are useing fleece, you dont need to sew the edges, if you use another fabric, start with zigzag stitch the edges.

To make the two pieces a full working cloth, sew the two pieces together, as shown in this Picure:
This are just two seems.



And here you go, you have a poncho.

Now, youo simply need to hem the outer and inner Edges. If you use fleece: you are ready now.

For mine, I rounded out the edges, useing a Plate as template. And to finish it with stitching around it.
So, this is what it looks like:


not very spectacular, but i like it a lot


Just half an our and it was ready to wear. The stitching did take a bit longer.

And as I Promised, here is my fleece jacket. Just thinking on some dekorations. Maybe some Lacing in the back?


I hope you enjoyed reading this and i helped you getting inspired for you next diy.
Do you have any Ideas what i could do next? Or something you want me to show you?

Your
Queen of Bats