Currently it has the tall Barbie yukata pattern. I'm hard at work on the petite version!
See you then.
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I have a shop! Currently it has the tall Barbie yukata pattern. I'm hard at work on the petite version! See you then.
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So all that #thedollevolves stuff was pretty exciting, and I've got my hands on a tall Barbie! She's called "Terrific Teal" and she has the most incredible orange curls. Petite Barbie ("Blue Brocade") is in the mail, and the curvy Barbie I want ("Spring Into Style") is still "coming soon". I also tentatively have my eye on the original-Barbie-shape "B-Fabulous". Tall Barbie doesn't have much clothing. Naturally, I was compelled to make some for her. First is a casual yukata, because it's nice and simple and made out of straight seams and doesn't have gathering or darts. I'm writing up the yukata pattern to sell on Etsy. Does anyone want a copy to test out for me? I also have grand plans to create Barbie-scale fabrics with suitable yukata- and kimono-style patterns to sell on Spoonflower. Previews of a couple of designs, as well as photos of Barbie's new yukata, are under the cut!
Here's the second attempt at a pattern from Dolly Bureau. It's a sweater, heavily modified from a pattern for Integrity Toys' Misaki. Here's the official Dolly Bureau version. I traced the pattern without seam allowance, taped it on her body, and marked where it was too big around the waist. I cut those bits off, then cut the pieces from the sweater fabric (actually my friend's old gloves). You may have noticed the problem with the preceding steps. I forgot to add the seam allowance back in. And there wasn't enough glove to cut out another set of pattern pieces, so I was stuck with them. I "solved" this by running white glue around all edges (in lieu of Fray Check), then sewing everything together with minimal seam allowances. Fortunately, the sweater was going to be oversized, and the knit fabric is stretchy, so it still fits Eun-jae all right. Needless to say, any problems with this pattern are entirely my fault. I'm sure the original Dolly Bureau pattern was fine. |
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