Dolls n' Crafts
I went out shopping yesterday evening with the main goal of trying to find some cheap Barbie clothes for my new Pullip. If you don’t know already, Barbie clothes will fit Pullip..well for the most part. Anyhow I found a cheap clothing set at Target for $2.34 or somewhere around there. This set only includes a top and a pair of shorts, no shoes included. I made some notes about this particular set on what issues they have so anyone else who is shopping can be aware.
So, I’ve been working on a pair of Unoa sized jeans, and they have proven to be very frustrating. I am using the Unoa jeans pattern in Dolly Dolly 6 (The coordinate recipe thing). Anyway the instructions have you doing the waistband in a rather strange and fanciful way which I am still trying to wrap my head around. I gave up on trying to do the fly their way and just came up with my own way, which in the end made the waistband pattern piece too short, so I had to cut a new, longer one. My other issues with the jeans right now is that they are a little bit too big. I know that the Unoa dolls measurements are just a tiny bit bigger than the AE minis, so apparently that single centimeter in the hips matters just enough. :p
I really, really hate sewing jeans to be honest. I would much rather just buy them, but alas I lack the funds. Maybe I would like sewing jeans better if I had more practice with them so I could just belt them out like I do shirts. It would also probably help if I liked the material I was working with a little more. I picked the pale jean material up because it was on the remnants rack and the remnants were 50% off that day. Oh well, I should probably get back to work on these so I can actually finish them sometime this century. :p
My latest creation, and I think my best so far. This dress fits slim MSDs and Unoa/Narae size dolls. This dress is $18, shipping is extra, and you can order it through my etsy shop here:
Alright, so here’s the final version of the unfinished dress I posted previously. There are things I like about it, and also things I don’t like, but I think this will be the final version that I will try to sell. Anyway I’m going to make a one-off of this using a fabric with a little flower pattern and maybe give it a ribbon waistband and whatnot. Anything I make for selling, I will be sure to post here as well.
This is my latest clothing project for skinny MSD sized girls (Should fit Unoa & Narae too). So far I’m pretty pleased with my progress, and I think I should be able to offer these for sale eventually. I realized too late on the prototype though that I needed a bust dart, but any incarnations after this will have the bust dart. I may take out the long darts at the waist though because the dress lost some charm when I did that IMO. I kind of liked it’s “sacky-ness” for lack of better term, lol. XD I also need to take better care with the evenness of my skirt ruffles. Anyway I still need to finish the back snaps, hem the skirt and add trim, then I’ll post up the finished images.