Marietta as the Good Witch
Cape and Hat: Fun Threads Designs. I sewed two buttons on where I attached the ribbon. I made the hat out of felt.
Twirl Skirt: You can Make this Dot Com
T-shirt and buckle boots: Amazon seller, American Fashion World
Tights: Etsy Shop, Sew Fun Doll Clothes
Elizabeth as Princess Leia
Dress: I traced her body and added ease. The fabric is single knit from stash. I cut a hole for her head and added a folded strip for the turtle neck, then hemmed the raw edges. The belt was cut down from a thrift-ed sparkly belt. This doll has some body shape problems so I added two cotton balls for a bust and some shoulder pads. I also repainted her lips. She came with white boots so those worked out fine. Her hair can still use a little work.
Kate "Izzy" as Hermione Granger
Izzy had some major problems when I got her. Her hat was glued to her head and her right arm was partially amputated. She was sent to a doll hospital, but the doc didn't feel I should put a lot of money into her repair as she was not a "good" doll. (sad face) Anyway she did get most of the glue out of her hair and re-attached her arm. I watched numerous videos on how to recondition dolls hair and ended up using Downy and detangler to clean her hair. It has a much better texture now. I will have to watch more videos on how to curl it. For now it looks glorious for her Hermione Granger costume. I repainted her lips as well. Her wand is a shawl pin from The Constant Knitter.
Hat: Fun Threads Designs. I downsized the hat a bit since Izzy has an 11 inch head and Marietta has a 12 inch head. I used felt again.
Scarf: My own design. Yellow Rowan Pure Wool, Red Knitaly. 16 stitches knit in the round. Turkish CO, double needle bind-off. Fringed. Stripes are 8 rows.
Robe: Wonderful free pattern by MyAGDollCraft . Izzy (shhh) has a big head and her body is rather tiny. I cut the pattern along the sew lines and it just happened to be perfect.
Skirt: Just winged this. I found a nice plaid grey flannel shirt at the thrift store and cut the longest strip possible. I hemmed one long side, then used the lines of the plaid to make pleats. I measured the finished length and subtracted the waist portion and added seam allowances and hems. The waist portion was doubled and seam allowances added. I folded it and half and thread some elastic through. I cut off whatever I didn't need from the pleated sections and sewed up the back seam.
Vest: This came out way too big, so lucky thing the scarf covers the neck. I'm thinking about knitting her a sweater and sewing a collared blouse. Sounds pretty fiddley too me.
Stockings: I used this video to make a pattern
Only had some knit in black to try them out and my machine did not want to hem it well. They fit pretty well imo.
Shoes: I have no idea what size shoes this girl takes. My first attempt at shoes was way too large. I used a pattern from The Doll's Dressmaker, by Venus Dodge. I'm going to try another size.
I had a lot of fun working on these costumes. While my friends are all in the grand child mode, it looks to me my future does not hold grandchildren. I'm hoping my nieces' younger daughter will one day adopt Marietta, but who knows. Kids you know have minds of their own! Kate and Elizabeth had some body image problems and scare little ones.
I miss sewing garments on my old Bernina. I wish Bernina still supported my 1530. The Janome is much better with free-motion quilting but it doesn't like to sew over bumps (like seams) and is horrible on narrow seams and starting up. I am just too lazy some times to start over a bit of fabric or finding the stabilizer, sigh.
1 comment:
Nice costumery! Doll clothes are hard to sew - so little!
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