fabric was washed

and now hung up to dry

@Carlos Moin

ordered the tube. Hope I got the right size but it should be right But I did measure the outside circumfence and tried to measure outside diameter. I will see.

Atleast I could return with amazon.

Also got the bunny-lace while I was at it

@mametsuko are you missing things?

Bike repair stuff is done. Oiled chains on both bikes and switched the pedals on one of them. The seat is still the same though. I will need a new seat-tube for that one tbh. The screw holding the seat in is just round. I can't get it off.

So I will spare me some hassle and order a new tube so all this gets easier.

Shout to seth from berm peak this little section from a video makes swapping pedals so easy. No confusion just ez. (It helps when pedals are marked R and L for sure though)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ityKI9CLvJw&t=498s

(Timestamp goes to the section where he talks about the pedal swaps)

Though the vid has other useful easy tips on how get the back tyre in and out easily and how to get a chain on that fell down super easy.

@mametsuko This one was just a test to understand the pattern and construction.

I will make another one of these in a nice linen and then this will become part of the exact outfit it will look lovely.

One of my most favorite outfits. Good for CSD, Convention and other stuff (thats a little fancier)

So yeah you will likely see me on eth0 like that

@mametsuko well I mean its also from the magazine but still.

This will look so good in some nice white linen or cotton fabric. Though I dunno why the pattern I bought had the sleeves so big lol. The magazine says they should not be this long xD

@mametsuko what you up to today?

Also if you wanna have a look at yesterdays progress: https://shark.lightnovel-dungeon.de/notes/aok9e6xodnsa04bt

@mametsuko rested mame

I was sewing yesterday but today is maiding duties (cleaning) and bike mechanik stuff (new seat and pedals)

How is @mametsuko on this comfy sunday?

@quad @antsu Tbh Koreader is great I like it very much. Together with Kavita you can access your library via ODPS, Webdav I dunno about. But with Kavita it worked well for me.

You will notice a difference in color-rendering against the stock pocketbook-reader. It will not be as vibrant as with the stock-reader. Though that one blasts the contrast super high generally and has noticeable color-banding.

I like using Koreader in general. Gets out the way and works. Just setup for the first time is a little annoying here and there especially with getting that title screen set to the new book when you turn it off.

And about the storage problems you have... Tbh use manga that are smaller in pixel-sizing and have better compression (pretty sure you have cbz or cbr).

Most published manga I have are like 90MB at max. High Quality Manga are nice maybe on a tablet that can display more colors and generally has higher res/ is speedier loading stuff. You might be hard pressed to notice a difference on the small screen mostly. I only saw it become really noticeable when the image was smaller than the resolution of the screen

But the 6" Readers do only really do 1072x1448 (half that in color) anyway (300DPI)

The 8" ones do 1404x1872 (again half in color)

@quad ye the pocketbooks do be kinda expensive

@quad especially for color screen ones but I do like the bigger model especially for manga and webtoon

cc for @lyli

Well the mock-up for the top is done! Lessons were learned! Making a mock surely was a good idea. Seems like the pattern I bought from the patterning service was not 100% on the measurements given in the sewing magazine.

In the front there should be a dart instead of a gap but thats easily fixed when cutting out the pattern.

You will notice the sleeves being very long. For whatever reason the pattern I got from the service had super long sleeves

One half of them is 110cm instead of 76cm like in the book. So yeah I ended making some more photos with the sleeves shortened by 10cm or 20cm.

Though I will likely just chop off 30 cm each side so I will end up with sleeves that are about 80cm in length. That will look great, as they will be just about as long as my skirt is great for the silohuette,

I could also test out the width and make adjustments so it does fit me. I needed an extra 8cm shoulder-width for it to fit comfy. I did just end up adding the extra 8cm from the middle of the pattern for back. The geometry worked out which is nice.

The mock was a good idea all in all giving me important info on construction.

The neck-band I will need to do properly on the real thing. I dunno if I attached it correctly or not. It looks like it. I can think about that when making the real one.

The real deal will obvs. feature the ruffles on the sleeves and neckband.

The outfit does look so good already though!

#Sewing

@lyli Just got done with the mock as well. Learned some stuff for sure

Ich lege mich fest: Die #IFG Reform bekommen sie so nicht mehr durch. Das Internet ist im Katzen-Protest-Stadium angekommen. Keine Chance mehr!

@lyli It just makes sense! Just had some lunch as well. but tbh the mock piece is pretty much done other than the neck band tbh (needs a slight lengthening as well)

Really happy with how just broadening the back piece worked out really well

@lyli I just need to finish up my mock up top. Couch gravity is hard atm though.

thonking continues!

I asked on the r/Lolita-subreddit and I was given cute ideas for the JSK to think about.

The bunny buttons could be really cute for sure. Though I am not sure if I will even use Buttons at all.

The lace though has me really fascinated and I will definietly use it! SO CUTE!

I also did make up my mind that I will do the older style with the 3-tiered attached to eachother skirt and the ruffled straps. Hella cute and a bit better for the length I have to work with as well.

#Sewing