@sakura dancer:

never read or saw shugo chara either. whats it about?

@sakura dancer:

to tell you the truth, i haven't ever read rozen maiden manga, nor seen the anime. i just know the little that i do from what my friend told me. she said that she wanted to cosplay shinku from rozen maiden when i told her who i was cosplaying. she told me that there were these dolls fighting in the alice game, but i had to research to discover who shinku was.

@sakura dancer:

when i cosplayed lia de beaumont, some guy must have mistaken me for Suigintou from rozen maiden because he kept yelling "alice! your going to win, alice!"

@sakura dancer:

i helped my sister with her legend of zelda cosplay. she dressed up as link and i made the pouches, the stitching designs and i modified the tunic. (that was rather easy)
my first attempt at cosplay was dressing up as edward elric from fullmetal alchemist. we bought the pants, jacket and coat from the good will. we just modified them all but it was a disaster because thats before we knew how to sew well.
for an anime convention last year, i cosplayed lia de beaumont from le chevalier deon. my mom sewed the base of the dress, i added the false under skirt, trimmings, and designs. (it was very difficult!)
i plan to cosplay character/s from pita-ten, final fantasy and code geass.

have you done cosplay?

@sakura dancer:

shinku cosplay is pretty simple once you know the basics to sewing. i modified this pattern

@sakura dancer:

i have sewn a few bonnets and headdresses, a skirt, a blouse, a dress, a cape, bows, many cosplay things and half of a chinese shirt. my biggest project was shinku cosplay from rozen maiden that i made for a friend.

@sakura dancer:

Theres the Readers Digest Complete Guide to Sewing and Simplicity: Simply the Best Sewing Book. I'm not sure if those teach how to sew intense patterns, but after starting a collection of patterns, its quite easy to modify them. For example, pattern A has a blouse you like, but you like the sleeves in pattern B. Use B sleeves with A blouse. I always modify patterns

@sakura dancer:

basic sewing isn't hard. i think maybe you just did embroidery? i dont like doing embroidery. you can make a decent lolita dress just by knowing how to read a pattern and know how to work a machine. i learned how to do all of that in one sewing class that lasted two sessions.

@sakura dancer:

yes, they both are websites

@sakura dancer:

Yep, these are both in the US
I believe shipping is really good too
I havent bought from either of them yet
but they both seem really good

ebay may not be the most reliable place to buy lolita, but i have bought (and still do) from momo's fairytale world, and their stuff is good quality. however, some of the pictures are stolen from other sites. (momo sells a replica of that dress)
anna house sells borderline affordable clothes that are actually cute.
making clothes is actually the cheapest way to go if you have a sewing machine.

hmmm....I have a hard time finding stuff in my size
but I did find one girl in the US who makes stuff inspired by lolita stuff
her site is called

ichigoblack.com

go check her out
she isnt true lolita, but she has some awesome stuff
another place where its more true lolita is

twpeacock.com

their brand name is called The White Peacock
some awesome stuff