I've seen this musical live! pretty awesome for a classic disney fan like me

I suggested in the final comment box that the scope was a little narrow. I browse here everyday and try to see everything, and I post some work here, but a lot more of it ends up posted on Deviantart or in Livejournal groups. I spend a lot of time browsing blogs and DA or Flickr for crafty inspiration, so those are important DIY communities too. 

In my apartment we have the same problem, but a hideous shade of pale yellow! Our walls are off-white, but unpaintable sadly. It looked instantly better when we put up a blue shower curtain with dots of yellowy-green and brown.
Splurge on a nice fabric shower curtain if you can, it'll last forever and you just replace a separate plastic liner whenever it wears out.

That first one is an amazing photo. I've studied the architecture of that museum in school, I hope I can go someday.
In a video about it the architect explained that he chose people who had died and their locations on a map, and then had drawn lines connecting them together following the streets, with lines intersecting between people. He incorporated those patterns of lines into the building's walls. He said the fact that they were cut out of the walls described the sudden absence of those people and their community.

Simplicity 9497 " Child's and Girls' Purse and Dress" Has the prefect slit-front over-skirt as well as puff sleeves. That type of cap/puff sleeve seems impossible to find even in adult clothes patterns, so is a puff an okay substitute?

 Sorry i couldn't link it, Simplicity is dumb like that

These are beautiful! I especially love the red one. They have the perfect petticoat poof! By not keeping them, do you mean you sell them?
edit: Never mind, I just saw them on EGL_Sales! I hope they get good homes.

The bust darts are in, just not visible in these photos because they are so far to the side, and I double checked the pattern just now, there are no darts marked on the waist of pattern, just the gathers.

here's a side view on the dummy where you can see the bust darts:


thanks for your help anyways!

I found this adorable vintage 1959 shirtwaist dress pattern, at a thirft store: McCalls 4948

And the size looked exactly right, from the measurements listed. I started a muslin, because these vintage patterns are always tricky size-wise.

I altered the pattern because the original has TWO zippers! WHY? I eliminated the front zipper thinking buttons would be much cuter and easier, and got rid of the side zipper by using elastic to gather the sides instead of sewing them permanently. Tada, it's now a super easy pull-on dress!

But... When I put it on it is huge in the bust and not anywhere near as cute as the picture. It easily fits onto my G-cup dress dummy, and I'm only an A-cup!

I'm pretty good at sizing up and down when everything doesn't fit, or in the waist, but this is mostly in the bust and the shape is tricky because of the collar.

Can anyone help me with how to alter this so it fits better?

That's amazing transformation from dollar store crap, to beautiful and demure!
Is it possible for you to take a photo of the bottom/inside to show how the lid is trimmed?

Thanks! I saved up for so long, I was lucky to find ones I loved for sale second hand on the EGL community.

Thrift stores and your sewing machine are wonderful resources, I am an addict of both. And the more experience you get sewing the more you can build a wardrobe of lolita clothing if you want!