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Future Craft To Explore-Mostly SEWING!

Posted by: sweet nichan on: April 20, 2009

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Sewing clothes for dolls is in my future craft-to-explore list besides keep doing sewing for fashion and bags. I’ll be moving out about some next weeks. Back to hometown. I’m in degrading moment of crafting right now, especially sewing.

Before here, I was doing R&D with beautiful silk batik. I bought some but then I rarely sew them here. Too many unbearable distraction and limitation. I wish to do the same again there.

Here, I sew a lot of bags! I hope I can continue this, too. No, I will continue this and getting crazier and crazier.

Now, the doll. I was thinking to sew children clothing but I haven’t had children myself and to sew even children clothing, it still needs larger amount of fabrics than for…DOLL! (^.^). Now I know, there’s a doll and a lot of sources I can use to make clothes; I will try it. Long time ago, I had a Barbie, wishing to make her a cloth but it’s too small…now, after sew and see some kind of patterns, I thought, mmmm, may be I used the wrong technique and tricks back then (-.-)’. I was like 13 and sew without any teacher, not even my mother…blah…no trick at all (^o^)…

Now, the doll patterns I made are bigger…I hope I can make cute clothes now (^v^)

Moreover, I’ll be taking a simple bustier, party dress, or sheat dress course (it’s 1 package). I’m sooo excited!!!!!!! From here, then, I can make various sheath dress. 10 meetings. I hope I can use my time efficiently and effectively!. I target 3 dresses.

I hope back in town, I can explore and expand more and more and more and more.

MSD Pattern (^.^)’

Posted by: sweet nichan on: April 20, 2009

In: Chic Couture
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My Source is this link : http://www.denofangels.com/mvolks.html

But I forgot to include this http://www.denofangels.com/measurements/volks/msdgirl.jpg

MSD figure is quite straight. I was confused when drafting the hips, so I “added” some mm(s) a little bit (^o^)’

It’s funny sometimes that some measurements are different each other. Perhaps, it’s “donated” measurement, not an official one (^.^). I found mine is smaller than if I use the second link (~.~)’.

Too bad, I don’t have the doll. Can’t try it out…well, as I said, it’s for fun now, but who knows, there’s a dollfie one day coming from the sky for me (^.^). If one day it happens, and my pattern is smaller, well, I’ll take it as “bad luck” on one side and also “good luck” in the meaning that now, I find the mistake to correct and I’ve learned to sew cute fashion.

The doll is very expensive…very-very expensive. My main budget is mostly for fabrics and supplies to make clothes and bags. I mean…the real one, for human, for me…oh, yeah, of course!…me-human (~.~)’…mmm…I really don’t think to spend the money on the doll unless that is…it comes from the sky to my hand…haha…

Here another useful link you might want to use. It’s for drafting pattern, special for mini pattern. I didn’t use this one but it’s interesting to know there’s a special drafting pattern for mini pattern (^.^). I have bookmarked it for my reference…
http://www.suestinycostumes.com/crash-course/pattern-drafting-crash-course.html

I wish you have the doll. I read once, it’s hard to sew without the doll…Yes, that’s correct. It’s because there’s no “standard”-”official” measurement! Each person measured differently. Sometimes I wonder, is it the same doll or the same doll? (^o^)’.

I’m thinking to enlarge my pattern a little bit but to be honest, I hate “loose”, “shapeless” “clueless” fashion. Not on real human fashion, not on doll fashion. I saw there’s sometimes some “loose” fashion. Oh, I hate it. But I’m sooooo inspired by a lot of talented people who sew fit fashion for their dolls. Bravo!

Too “Much” Chibi!

Posted by: sweet nichan on: April 19, 2009

In: Illustration
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Princess Balloon / Design 1

Originally uploaded by nichancraftroom

Chibi drawing has a little bit different scale or proportion than usual manga drawing.I guess, it looks quite funny everytime I try in on fashion design (^o^).

I have made the leg longer but seems like it still needs more longer. The head seems big and heavy (^O^).

I guess, I need to pick into my regular-manga-drawing book. I’m getting used to with chibi. The scale or proportion is the only one I remember. (~.~).

Trying To Construct A Basic Doll Cloth Pattern (Super Dollfie)

Posted by: sweet nichan on: April 16, 2009

In: Sewing: Downscaled Fashion
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I used measurement chart I got from internet http://www8.plala.or.jp/hotahota/sd_size.html

with a little bit “guessing” on some parts.

The data, mostly, is quite enough for making basic pattern using formula I have…

There are 2 version on this one picture. That’s why there are like double lines on it…

I times the data with 3 then “make” the real calculation to make basic pattern. Then, after that, I divide it back with 3.

Why not just use the raw data? it’s 1/3 already. It’s because, in the formula, sometimes, we must add like 6 or divide by 3. These kind of numbers are for real measurement only. I could modify the formula first but that for me it was just inefficient and not fast. I’d rather calculate the real then divide by 3. It’s faster.

I don’t have the dollfie, though, but it’s interesting to make the cloth. Now, I can make clothes that I will think twice to wear it but in a cost-saving-size (^O^). Why not using my own-down scaled-body-measurement? Because there’s no doll with my down scaled-body (^O^). I wish, I have dollfie one day as my model although that’s almost impossible. It’s very expensive!!!!!…

Not really, it’s just, I have another thing (s) I’m interested more than buying this doll (^o^).

I don’t know whether this pattern can be used for real, on the doll, or not, I can’t test it but it’s ok. I took a risk to use my favorite formula. In real, I use this formula to make my own clothes and it’s the fittest. That’s the risk: FITTEST! With no model like now, it has a risk that if one day I have the doll, this pattern may be a little bit too small.

There’s another kind of patterns I have. I got it when taking sewing course. It’s a good pattern but I don’t favor it:

1. It’s hard to modify. Don’t know why, but may be because the measurement taking is not as much as my favorite formula, so it’s not quite details.

2. It’s a little bit loose if I use it raw (without some modification).

3. The formula (s) is hard to remember, yet too many!!!!

If you have some variation of basic pattern and still new like me in making dolls clothes, perhaps, the best pattern is those that is not too fit. Not, really loose, but not like “the very fit”.

There are also some sources of free pattern but I never comfortable of using this. I’d rather make my own basic pattern, so I can modify as I like and can sell the stuff made from modified patterns. (Mmm…why would I sell basic pattern? That’s kind of secret (^u^) ).

A lot of people use pattern software. So, if you one of them, why not having fun exploring the measurement chart to make your own doll clothes pattern (^.^)

PS: mmm…Super Dollfie is definitely non-curvy body…

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