cherry maid brigade

I didn’t think the full apron went well with the red maid dress, so of course I sewed another dress! It’s the same pattern as Yuki’s red maid dress, using a pink cherry patterned fabric with black lace and ribbon trims, and a couple of cute cherry hairclips. This time I made new socks, too.

Yuki maid

Finished my first project from the pattern book! After a few trial runs I finished the ‘One-piece miniskirt’ ‘Short apron’ ‘Small cuffs’ ‘Short petticoat’ and ‘Frill headband’. The socks are borrowed from the swallowtail maid set, though the book’s pattern is pretty similar to my own sock pattern. The dress is fully lined so I…

Protot-EYE-pe stage 2

Continuing experiments from earlier, I’m making some progress toward custom resin eyes for DD… This eye is a good entry-level project since no expensive supplies are really necessary. You can use air-dry plastic like Apoxie Sculpt, apply a printed eye design with Modge Podge, and then seal/gloss using Tamiya X-22 enamel paint or similar. In…

DD Lucy custom

It’s a little scary to get a brand new DD and wipe the faceup, but after seeing a few Lucy customs I knew I had to do it :D She was a lot of fun to paint, and I love this new skin tone. You couldn’t even tell with the Volks faceup that she had…

Arrival of Lou

I was sick this past week so I didn’t make any proper welcome for Lucy. I’m planning to give her a new faceup soon, but even the default can be very cute with the right wig and eyes :) The new semi-white skin color is lovely! Pale but with a warm tone so it never…