Thursday, April 5, 2012

Spring 2012 update: Juunta's made to measure 2

This is another made to measure order for medieval pants/tights Braghe. All the materials are provided by my client. Fabric used: Wool felt. It is a costume made for enactment of medieval battles worn together with the Farsetto (medieval jacket) in suits of armour and all the weaponary. ^__^



The ribbons are for placement only. Laces with bronze tips are used instead.




The belt is inserted inside with the fastening in front like a normal belt.

This was pattern has a bias cut for stretch purposes. This is not as difficult as the Medieval jacket- Farsetto I made last year, as it is mostly machine sewn. 

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Spring 2012 update: Juunta's made to measure 1

A dress and loose sweater piece I made last year. I rarely do made to measure; it was nice... Please excuse the washed out colour, it's difficult to see the detail without this.







My favourite part had to be the sleeve.


The sleeves ended up looking like a maid outfit. It was a nice to a simple dress.
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I was given 2 large pieces of scrape jersey material. They were remnants. So I put together this sweater. It was a kimono cut. I was pleased with the result.




1 button fastening

2 seams -cross shaped that held the piece together




Too bad I couldn't keep it for myself. ...

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Juunta's spring releases on Etsy- Sleep Mask

Ciao! finally releasing something that I've work on forever. I'm proud to presently a collection of sleep mask after I've correct and perfected them to death.

Inspiration for the pieces comes from watching a lot of anime namely Mawaru Penguindrum, to be specific the ending sequences. In the end it looked like something from another anime hmmm it doesn't matter as long as they are pretty looking.

Kiraboshi-blue sleep mask

Kiraboshi-blue sleep mask

Kiraboshi-blue sleep mask- Back

Kiraboshi-blue sleep mask (2nd version)
pls email me directly if you want this version. thanks <3

Kiraboshi-grey sleep mask

Kiraboshi-grey sleep mask

Kiraboshi-grey sleep mask- Back

Houndstooth black & white sleep mask

Plaids black & white sleep mask

Hoodtooth /Plaids black & white sleep mask -Back



These sleep masks are available for sale on juunta's shop on Etsy.

There are more than 1 item (of each the design) are available in stock. I will re-list them after the first one is bought. If you want more of the same item please email me > juunta@gmail.com with the item name and quantity and I will re-list accordingly before processing the order.

Until the next time ciaoooo <3  karen

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Fujoshi loves... Adekan

I want this blog post Fujoshi loves completely ad hoc. I only started this updated with the idea that I don't have to have continue it. I haven't written anything about my current love and discovery of BL.

Disclaimer: I discovered myself more a fangirl than otaku ie. I seriously doubt my ability for deep analysis. I'll just go asdfghjklasdfghjklasdfghjklasdfghjkl like I can't contain my excitement. Am I too old for this? YES, do I care NO? XDDDD

Yes on with it.

I love Adekan kyahh asdfghjklasdfghjklasdfghjklasdfghjkl

Here is the description on Mangaupdates.

First of all it's listed as shoujo... huh? you'll think. That's Shiro is crazily into sleeping with girls in the brothel. At best, he's bisexual not completely gay. At the end of the day, my favourite couple Kojiro and Shiro don't do any real loving!



Adekan is set very loosely in the late 1800's Japan. I say "loosely" because of the tight leather /buckle gear and the fantasy chinese opera visuals are common features. I don't know what happened in that time period, but it's fairly lawless in the Adekan world. Kojiro is the straight laced police officer solving criminal  cases and Shiro is his "umbrella maker" friend.

I reassure you it never leaves the "shoujo" bounds, more accurately it's shounen-ai that never becomes yaoi. Yes, it's one big tease. Strangely more erotic than any yaoi.



how to put on your underwear... XD




Kojiro is the traditional good guy; warm, principled, stiff & dense. He cooks. He is caring. He keeps teaching Shiro how to wear his underpants XD. He would make a great husband.

Shiro is an airhead with a dark history. (We love heros with dark history) Seems fragile. Constantly being tied up and put in a compromising position. But really Shiro is a real gem of character. Unusual for a "uke-like" protagonist he is not a tsundere and is deeply masculine inside; strong will, physically strong & dexterous. He has a super hero quality (when the scene calls for it). I just love Shiro <3 <3 <3





Even though he is so feminine, he oozes erotism ... he seduces the reader. Need I say more.

This manga has more: great visual style and unusual composition, and a comic plot. I love this to death. It's being scanlated by Nakama and there are also chinese and italian scanlations, just google it to find them. Any comments just mention me on twitter @juunta. You can also follow me if you want. I leave you my favourite scene for the last. <3

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

I got distracted...

There is a few goals I want to achieve with juunta's shop: Shortening the time I come up with the idea and the actual listing on etsy. Combining my interest in manga and anime with the things I sew. Finding the right item to sew I am satisfied with and that sells.

Shortening the time and increasing the rate of release of each item. The problems are: I'm slow but thorough. Thorough is fine, slow is not. I'm not going to change, so excuse me for being human :p . Yes, I have a big problem.

Combining my interest of manga/anime with sewing. I want to something completely ridiculous. There are some ideas I want to try out but nothing final yet. It's not so easy to find something nice and worth doing. I'll keep thinking.

As with the third problem I haven't found this magical wonderful item yet. Time will tell.

See juunta's latest release The Black Thread - clutch bags.

Go to juunta's shop at etsy.

The Black Thread - clutch bags lens flare photos (part 2)

Some pictures I love these completely...

back to the fotos of the clutched bags with full details.

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back to the fotos of the clutched bags with full details.

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The Black Thread - clutch bags (part 1)

Sorry for the wait!

see more pictures of bag completely covered in light


Presenting a series of clutch bags The Black Thread in 3 designs. I made these bags that I really wanted to use myself. It (the original) started as a bag I bring the club, so I could dance without my granny bag. By granny bag I mean a bag with everything useful inside, umbrella, water bottle, wallet, a map, mints, tissue..etc. This is not a granny bag, but one where I have everything you and hands are free to move about. I began using for all day, nearly everyday until I wore it down to bits. This modified version is a replacement for it; I never found anything similar in the shops.

It comprises of 2 compartments. I get a bit confused as to which is back and front, it's beauty of this design :D I'm not bored even after years of using.

Here are the specs:

Dimensions / Dimensione: 24cm x19cm x4cm
Strap length / lunghezza della cinghia: 124cm

Design: Black on Black
Materials / Tessuto: Black Velvet Jacquard / Velluto, jacquard- nero
Lining / Fodera: Brown satin / Raso- marrone

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Design: Blue Yellow

Materials / Tessuto: Silk / Seta
Lining / Fodera: Shantung silk- Black / Seta shantung- nero

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Design: Gold on Black
Materials / Tessuto: Embroidery on acetate / Ricamo sul acetato
Lining / Fodera: Shantung silk- Black / Seta shantung- nero

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