Sakura Matsuri

[ladyofthethread]

So, my brother and I ended up going to Sakura Matsuri yesterday after all since there was a possible thunderstorm forecast for today. It was great seeing friends and hanging out. ^_^ The garden itself seemed a little dull though with the cherry blossoms gone, especially after seeing them in full bloom a couple of weeks earlier. :-/ The weather was ridiculously hot and I’m glad I decided to not wear one of my actual cosplays. But the Japanese print dress I made turned out cute and random tourists wanted to take pictures of it anyway. XD; Should have brought one of my parasols along; I left all of mine at home since I didn’t want to carry extra stuff but ended up buying a paper one there since it was so sunny.

I don’t have a picture of the whole outfit yet but here are a couple of simple sakura kanzashi I made to go with my dress. I used this tutorial as a starting point but didn’t follow it exactly. Like I couldn’t find spray starch and didn’t want to resort to the potato method for the first step so I used a mix of water and glue to stiffen my fabric instead. ^_^; Saturated the fabric with the mixture and since I was in a hurry, I used a blow dryer on the fabric to dry it. My brother walked into my sewing room while I was drying the fabric and went “I’m not even going to ask…” XD; It seemed to work well on the cottons I used though. Not completely sure if I got the petal folding completely right but I think the finished flowers look decent. I hand stitched bobby pins to the backs so that I can clip them in my hair.

Comments

[gallifreybebe.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry that I wasn't talkative when we ran into each other! :/ I tend to be really chatty online but not so much in person.

You looked lovely in that dress, and I saw a picture of you in D when there were still blossoms--holy moly you looked gorgeous. :D

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-)

And it's okay. I also tend to babble a lot more online than I do in person. ^_^;;