Bell Bottoms and Animal Print Photos

Tips on creating Your Own Imaginative Fashion doll clothes

                    The number 1 thing you must have when sewing is patience, because it can be very frustrating and challenging especially when you're just starting. I myself learned plenty of things from the computer.
                     I had a sewing machine (a Brother - Project Runway edition) without an operators manual, I thought "great", (this was before I knew that you could pull one up on your computer for free). "Well, how hard could it be?", I thought, after all I just wanted to make doll clothes, easy right? Wrong.
                    First time I tried the sewing machine, I thought I had broke it because the thread wouldn't stay in the needle when I tried to sew another seam, frustrated, I put the machine back in the box. I still really much wanted to make doll clothes, then I thought what about hand sewing, I looked on You Tube's how to videos for hand sewing, those videos were great, it took time looking through them but it was worth it. Hand sewing was really good until I wanted to make pants and other different things, there was no way I was going to take all that time sewing by hand. So, I looked on You Tube for my sewing machine and thought "duh", I should have thought of this from the beginning and that's actually when I found out my machine wasn't broke... lol. Next, I looked for videos on regular machine sewing, all I needed were the basics but You Tube had videos on everything you need to know, and that's how I learned.
                  As far as the basics it's pretty much the same when you want to make doll clothes, find basic free patterns, change the measurements or alterations to fit the doll the way you want. Use your imagination, this is where using recycled fabrics comes in handy, you can take shirt patterns make them into jackets or just try the patterns with a lot of different fabrics to see how it comes out. Do a google for "Free fashion doll clothes patterns" or "free barbie doll patterns", or just "free doll clothes patterns", they even have stuff for 18" dolls. My absolute favorite was www.allcrafts.net, lots of the clothes I've made come from those patterns and my imagination. If you don't mind spending a little money and time you could buy cheap fashion doll clothes and rip them apart with your seam ripper and use as patterns or templates. There are plenty of things out there to help you create gorgeous doll clothes, you just need imagination, time, and patience. I hope this is helpful.


 For all projects, parental guidance is strongly suggested for children under 12. Most of my projects, I use sharp or pointed tools, so they can be dangerous if not use properly.

I am not a professional, I am self taught so I the things I show are what works well for me, please feel free to ask questions or comment. Thanks for viewing my blog 

Eye Jewelry......

 I remember when I was a sophomore in H.S."92, I wore what they called back then "M.C. Hammer glasses", they were Gazelle glasses, we called them M.C. hammer because he was wearing them at that time, but anyway I wore the knock offs because they were expensive. I really loved those glasses, mine were a square gold frame, that was one piece of accessory that I could not live without...when I had those on, you couldn't tell me nothin', they were like jewelry for my eyes...

      In reminiscing, I thought of these cute little specs, they came out really cute so I had to share.

        I used round nose pliers, a regular pen, finger nail clipper or scissors to cut wire, glass beads and .25 gauge wire - all of these things are found @ Walmart in the craft section. I cut 5-5 1/2" of wire, at 1-1 1/2" I placed the pen and wrapped the wire all the way around(see first photo), doing it this way closed the circle and stopped the beads. I then put 3 glass beads on the longest end of the wire, to the circle, next, at the end of the 3rd bead, I wrapped the wire around the pen again making sure I wrapped both sides the same (see photos 2&3). Now with the pliers I turn the ends in facing me or away from the circle. They look cute just simple like that(photo 4), but a few more beads on the arms and loop the ends so the beads stay, now they are super cute!!!!             

See Photos:

For all projects, parental guidance is strongly suggested for children under 12. Most of my projects, I use sharp or pointed tools, so they can be dangerous if not use properly.

I am not a professional, I am self taught so I the things I show are what works well for me, please feel free to ask questions or comment. Thanks for viewing my blog 

Must Haves in creating lots of beautiful jewelry…..

Necklaces, Bracelets and Earrings, made w/
beads, wire, and some with thread

 I love to take things apart, so I’ve taken all of my old jewelry apart to create new things for my dolls. There were beads, hoops, loops, charms all kinds of interesting things. Since I get bored with regular beads no matter how many colors I have, I’m always going to the local beauty supply, dollar stores or thrift shops to find different types of charms or beads.  I also use lots of thin wire, they’re great for shaping bracelets and necklaces. When people know that you collect stuff, they start giving you all kinds of things, I always take them because I believe everything can be made into something beautiful. I’ve uploaded some pics of must haves to create multiple pieces of doll jewelry, beads, wire, threads, and wire manipulating tools can be purchased from Walmart. Right now I'm looking for tiny feathers, if they exist :)

Jewelry made from me taking apart my own old
jewelry

These are must have items, I'm not sure of
the size of the wire but it's always easy to find
in walmarts crafting aisle, I use tools on the
right to manipulate the wires, curving or
straightening. 

More pieces from my jewelry, chain earring purchased
from local beauty supply, I've used it to accent handbags,
  clothing , also making chain necklaces and earrings

Model Photos