/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8321154
Even if you don't take the leap to JSKs, OPs or blouses, there are a few other things you can make that aren't skirts. I know how you feel because I don't like just plain skirts, and I have a hard time finding cute prints in my area, so I struggled to find projects when I was a beginner to sewing. But you can make aprons really easily too. Even if you don't like aprons in coordinates (I wouldn't wear mine to a meetup unless it was an Alice-related event out of fear of looking like a maid), they're really useful to have for cooking or eating, and you can use them to practice techniques like pintucks and adding pockets and ruffles. I made two. If you have access to nice lace you can also make rectangle headdresses and bows. Or you can learn to use other materials and make yourself a velvet/wool capelet, or a chiffon overskirt (although by that point it's probably just as easy to bite the dress bullet as to learn how to work with an awkward material like chiffon).

>>8167714
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