{"id":1741,"date":"2003-07-14T19:54:31","date_gmt":"2003-07-15T02:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trystancraft.com\/costume\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2014-12-11T00:10:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T08:10:47","slug":"finished-sewing-the-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/2003\/07\/14\/finished-sewing-the-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished sewing the suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m done! This pattern does not have the best instructions &#8212; not very clear in places, left details out until the end. Nothing that you can&#8217;t figure out if you read everything three times before starting and three more times as you go along. But it&#8217;s a real bother.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s complete, and now I want to do a painfully cutesy photoshoot somewhere like the San Jose historical park. In front of the candy shop. With a giant lollypop. Yeah, it&#8217;s just <em>that<\/em> disgustingly cute \ud83d\ude09  Oddly enough, I realized this outfit is rather similar to the Japanese Gothic Lolita look. Totally not intentional, and I came up with the idea years and years before I heard of that fashion trend. 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