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Japanese Fabrics

90303_2Last night I was looking at the super cute that are Japanese import fabrics. I wish I had more money so I could buy some because I would loooove to make some super cute doll clothes or plush out of them! I wish we had more of these cute style fabrics here in the US, but no, apparently we are too boring or something. Look, even their straight pins are cuter than ours in Japan!

Here are a few links to online shops selling Japanese import fabrics:
Reprodepot: http://reprodepot.com/index.html
Prices are listed per half yard and are a little bit pricey.

FabricTales: http://www.fabrictales.com/
Prices are per yard and a little less expensive than Reprodepot.

SuperBuzzy: http://www.superbuzzy.com/
Prices are mostly per yard and they are about as expensive as Reprodepot.

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Dolly Dolly Volume 16 Arrived!

dollydollymsdpageActually my Dolly Dolly book arrived on Saturday, and I just now got around to scanning in the page that features the MSD clothes. Anyway the pic to the left features the separates you can make in MSD size, to see a bigger pic, just click the pic. There are also a lot of other doll patterns in this book for other sized dolls, but you could definitely resize the patterns to fit any doll.

There are lots of other cool DIY stuff in this book as well. There is a whole feature on making fake sweets for your dolls, and also a nice feature on how to make fake silver jewelry for your doll using a special silver art clay. I don’t know if you can get the silver at clay state-side or not, but it looks like fun. There is also a bunka style doll project you can attempt as well. Aside from all the DIY projects there are tons and tons of awesome dolly pics that can give you lots of ideas for projects. There’s quite a lot of Blythe in the book, but there is also a good amount of BJDs and a smattering of other dolls. I must say that I just enjoy picking it up and thumbing through it just for the eye candy. 😀 I would definitely consider buying more of this book as it’s just plain awesome and fun! Just to note though, it’s all in Japanese, so to get the full benefit you need to be able to read Japanese.

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Dolly Sized Plush Bunny

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I was tinkering around with making small plush today that could be used for a doll toy, or even just a tiny toy for yourself. I came up with what I call the “gumdrop bunny”. Although I like it, I don’t know if anyone else will find it worthwhile though. I put a crit thread up on DoA about it to see if peeps are interested in this sort of thing. If there is any desire for this kind of thing I may consider making more, and in different colors too.