Doll Clothing – 5 Must Know Tips

One of the best reasons for wanting to make your own dolls clothing is to save money.  Both doll clothes patterns and materials are quite inexpensive.  Besides we’re talking about a small doll so you will never need much fabric for your sewing adventure.  Because so little fabric is used you can go all out and buy the higher end fabrics such as silk and satin.

The 5 must know tips for making doll clothing:

  1. You must choose your method of sewing the doll clothes.  Sewing by machine or hand have both their advantages and disadvantages.  If you sew with a sewing machine you have the luxury of speed.  The downside is that sewing machines don’t tend to be very portable therefore you can generally only sew while you’re at home.  On the other hand if you choose to sew by hand then its probably going to take you longer but you can sew the doll’s clothes during those times when you have a break such as during your lunch hour or even while waiting at a doctor’s office. Read the rest of this entry

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Doll Clothes Patterns For American Girl Dolls

Many people are looking for doll clothes patterns online.  Women have been able to supplement their incomes by creating a home based business selling patterns to doll lovers all over the world.  Because buying clothes for American dolls can be quite expensive many people have opted to making their own.  If sewing is your passion then you can certainly make some really nice clothes for your girl’s dolls. There are no limits as what you create with handmade doll clothes.

Sewing doll clothes can be very relaxing and bring out your creative juices.  You can take someone else pattern and add your own flair to it.  For example, instead of making square collars on a pattern you can choose to make them round and embroider it.  You can also take any given pattern and make it conform to a certain time of year such as Valentine’s day or Christmas. Read the rest of this entry

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