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!
Eun-jae gets another kimono! Since the first had shoulder issues and I had this lovely cotton hanging around anyway, I decided to make my Pullip a new, more formal kimono. Based on my (brief) research, an all-over floral pattern like this isn't quite right for the formality of a furisode... but I liked it, so it will do. The false under-kimono (really just a collar) and obi are of green cotton. There are also stripes on the shoulder (barely visible in this picture) of green cotton. Funny story about those stripes. RequiemArt's pattern instructions say, very clearly, to cut out the paper pieces, tape the front and back pieces together, and then use them to cut out the fabric. I did this correctly in the first kimono, but apparently my reading comprehension died after that. The stripes were added to make up for the fabric lost in the shoulder seams. Eun-jae gets a kimono! Why is someone with a Korean name wearing a Japanese outfit? you may ask. Where would a time-traveling secret agent be without a few disguises? This kimono uses RequiemArt's pattern, which can be found at her Etsy shop. The sewing techniques are quite simple (no darts!), but the result is a very nicely fitted kimono. I used a thin cream cotton with a red-and-pink floral pattern for the body of the yukata, and a dark red cotton with a lighter floral pattern for the obi. The original pattern instructions didn't mention hemming the wrists--I hemmed them so that they would be less likely to fray. |
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