Doll undergarments

Not corsets though? Do you leave out that layer for the sake of bulk reduction?

Those are gorgeous undie sets. My girls ar envious - they have to make do with much plainer sets.


With ten Victorian girls to sew for, I don't have time, energy, or patience for all the lace insertion they'd like so they have to do with a ruffle or two and some tucks.

Teddy

 

@Robyn_in_WA @Teddy Those are some incredibly tiny pintucks, wow! How do you keep them even when they're that skinny?

 

It's actually very easy.

I use a stitch-in-the-ditch foot. It has a guide that the fold sits up against and keeps your stitches a set distance from the fold. I'd be hopeless without it.

Teddy

 

Thank you @Teddy !! Yes, I prefer to omit corsets - too bulky under clothing.
Those are darling petticoats that you’ve created!!! They don’t need added laces!
I will have to try to find one of those stitch-in-the-ditch feet - would love to try
that for the tucks. Great job on those!!!

Thanks so much @JaxxCapta !! Unlike Teddy - I use a pintuck foot and twin needle
to create my tiny pintucks. It takes some spin-up time to learn to do them well - and
even then - sometimes the thread breaks and one has to ‘patch’ it up! But I do *love*
making heirloom pieces and feel it’s worth the time and effort. Very fine fabric is a
must in order to get the pintucks to ‘stand up’ properly and proper thread tensioning.

Here is another piece of lingerie - a nightgown based on a 1905 museum photo.
It has almost 9yards of French cotton laces and lots of pintucks.
Giselle is modeling - LLdt Edria head on Iplehouse nSID body (62cm).

 

Yes! All my dolls need underwear!

 

The absolute daintiness, oh my god.

 

I always try to put my dolls in underwear but no bras because sometimes they can show through the tops or dresses and look not too flattering

 

Gorgeous!!!

Teddy

 

I honestly haven't thought about giving my dolls undergarments. I quite like the natural look of the nips showing through the shirts (although, most of my dolls wear quite flowy/oversized clothes). A lot of the time, they're wearing layers on layers of clothes, so it hides the nips and isn't much of a problem. I quite like them going commando, but there are some exceptions, like if they're wearing darker clothing, then I'd like to make sure they're wearing something underneath to prevent color transfer.

 

My dolls are all male, so I at least don't have to think about bras ahaha—tangling with those things in real life is MORE than enough for me.

I HAVE undies for my boys, mostly just because I find the realism of it endearing. And hey, sometimes they just wanna hang out in their boxers and a t-shirt . . . because who doesn't?

Buuut . . . most of the time they just end up freeballin' it. The undies I have for them aren't bulky—I purposefully hunted down ones that are nice and thin! But even so, they just end up bunching up and giving my guys some kind of weird Lumpy Crotch Syndrome

I think the fact that I focus on MSDs doesn't help much with this.
I have one SD (been meaning to sell him for a year+), and the undies his little outfit came with don't seem to cause the issue I run into with my MSDs and little YOSDs. I think the larger scale tends to allow for the addition of more details like that without sacrificing the overall look/shape of the outfit.
. . . I could be totally off the mark though, lmfao. Could just be that particular outfit (':

 

Wow this is lovely! I also feel like the nice part about stuff like this is how easy it is to dress them

 

All of my dolls wear underwear. My boys especially I have in undergarments to protects their bums from discoloring. Though they also wear them because many of their pants dip too low when they’re in a “sitting” position. Waaay back in 2009 or 2010 I was at a BJD convention, and afterwards, a few friends and I took a city bus to another part of town. While holding my doll in my arm, a very dear elderly woman on the bus got my attention with an “excuse me,” and pointed out that she could see my doll’s butt xD his jeans were too low when in that sitting position, and he was practically mooning everyone! So everyone has had undies since.

 

All my MSDs have panties or boxers, but only the Racoon Doll and Miracle Doll girls have a bra. I prefer not to have pointy nipples making dents when they're in thinner shirts. My mature tiny women all have panties (since they fit ok in purchased ones), but the guys all go commando. Some of their pants are fitted, and I also don't want to go through the trouble of making them.

 

Underwear was not something I was thinking about for my dolls. Maybe it will be outfit dependant because reading here tells me underwear adds unnecessary bulk for clothing fits. I believe if I will put them in skirts they’ll need underpants. Pants they go commando.

 

Undergarment is a must need for my dolls especially when they're wearing skirt or dress I feel like when they're having it on, they're being respected. Also the realism helps me feel more comfortable, 'cause the uneasiness whenever I realize that under the skirt/dress they're basically nude! Horrifying I would say.

It's totally fine if I see or know someone who doesn't have undergarment for their dolls, but 100% my dolls need to wear them everytime I bring them out to hang out.