Her dress is done! Handsewn with a used pink shirt in 100% polyester. Bodice, sleeves, and skirt are separate pieces. Gorl still needs some shoes, accessories, and a doll box.
This outfit took me so long to finish ( ༎ຶ⌓༎ຶ ) I never made any clothes or drafted any pattern before. And after this doll outfit, I still don’t really how to do any of that. I had to remake the skirt partially at least twice, the bodice also partially remade twice. The sleeves, wow, what even are these things (ꏿ᷅‸ꏿ᷄). In the end I just said eff this and they ended up being detached puffs.
Lots of unexpected obstacles with this project.
- Her stiff arms means the garment’s armholes have to be at least a certain distance, a surprisingly wide distance cause her hands aim outwards, making any sleeved top very wide if the fabric doesn’t have enough stretch.
- Gathering bunches up quickly and it was hard to avoid her waistband looking unwieldy.
My solution for 1 is to not deal with it (for now). As stated, sleeves aren’t attached. For 2, an extra backstitch at the edge really helps clamp down bulk. Also, near the end I realized I could have just singed the edges of the fabric instead of hemming them (threads add bulk) cause I’m using all plastic fabric anyway, they melt, and that’s a perk of the material.
Bonus lesson, velcro is a really messy choice and they snag and ruin stretchy or loose weave fabric.
She is absolutely adorable!
Thank yoou ( ´▽` ) this was truly a learning process!
Hey, it may have taken a lot of work, but this dress is REALLY CUTE! You should definitely keep practicing cause you’ve got an eye for it if you’re winging it and you got something that cute 🥰 great job!! Can’t wait to see the next part!
Aaaa thank yooou!! I do hope I get better with practice, and I hope I have a slightly easier time when practicing on dolls with arms that bend in the future hahaha
I really like her! I never would have guessed you struggled with the dress; it looks great ( and your stitches are so even)!
Thank you so much!! I’m so glad my doll dress fooling people hahaha