My Dream Valley Lucia arrived! I though she might work as a girlfriend for one of my Soom Mini Gem guys, but her head is much smaller. I love her anyway. Here she is riding the my Buckbeak from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Hippogriff rider
@Leo Pheonix Lucia looks amazing! @SteamWitch Can I ask what sculpts they are? They look cool @stellarphenomena She looks so lovely - the dress is so nice
I just recently placed an order for the new Bee8, so I'm going to officially own a tiny \o/ I'm wondering if the lovely people in this thread would have any suggestions on what clothing I can find that will fit him? He's not exactly the size of most of the 1/6 mature BJD I've seen, coming in at 25cm with a shoulder width of only 5 cm. Any directions I should take when clothes hunting would be most appreciated!
I'm embarrassed to admit how many clothes I've already got on order for him. He's quite a unique size, I'm already mentally preparing to have to hem pants at least a small amount. The closest I've found based on measurements is probably the Obitsu slim 27 and Petworks 1/6 male. Luckily pretty popular in terms of Japanese doll clothes makers making things. I've ordered a pair of pants from Gallery Kiskae on Minne, a few pieces from Flapper (ig/Flapper0919), and a few blythe tops from various 2nd hand sources. It'll be interesting to see how things end up fitting with doll in hand. I probably should have ordered cheap stuff from temu to see how it fits before jumping into dealer made clothes but pre-orders are so few and far between
Oh man, I'd be doing the same thing if I wasn't already bad this month lol. That combined with struggling to find a size has hampered my ability to really go wild. A bit of hemming won't be too bad, I just don't wanna have to deal with sleeves. Refitting sleeves would make me cry xD Thank you!! That'll give me a great starting point on Etsy and the like, see if I can get a feel for the kinds of clothes he wants!
Same! I hope it succeeds! I originally wanted the regal body for my character, but after seeing all the posing ability of the fortis body, I don't want the regal body anymore
So far I've ordered a couple of Blythe tops and eyeing Barbie trousers, but haven't ordered yet. Same with shoes. I keep going back to the measurements chart. I'm tempted to sew something, but he's so small it'll be tricky!
The 33cm body still needs 3 more orders according to granado's most recent post. I want it to fill faster so I can stop feeling anxious about it.
OoooOOOOo, so Barbie trousers may work! Yeah, sewing would definitely be tricky! Though sewing by hand shouldn't be too bad, as it wouldn't be quite as much sewing lol. So far I'm not vibing with the modern clothing I've seen, for my boy, so I may end up having to go the sewing route unfortunately xD
I think the Barbie trousers may need to be shortened? But tbd. I'll order a pair just in case, and if it works, I can use it as a base for making more patterns too. Right now I'm hand sewing a knit jersey top for one of my other dolls, who is a lot bigger, so I'm getting my practice in haha. One day I'll get a serger.
I sew 95% of the clothes for my boys and they vary in size from 5cm to 72cm and I sew everything by hand. I have a sewing machine and know how to use it but I prefer to hand sew as I watch true crime shows when I sew and find it relaxing. Even if I did use my machine, I highly doubt I'd sew clothes for 1/6 or 1/8 dolls as the seams are so tiny to make it not worth it in my mind.
I follow this doll clothes maker on Instagram who has videos of how she makes the tiny doll sized clothes. A mix of machine and hand finishing. Taking a page out of her book I found sewing seams before cutting the piece out made it immeasurably easier to machine sew pieces that small. Even still I'd buy clothes over making them if I could at this scale.
Sewing while watching true crime sounds like a perfect way to spend an evening!! And sewing with a machine for a max of 2 inches before having to does seem like a waste of getting the machine out and all the rest of the effort involved. Ohhh, resources, awesome!!! Thank you, I'll definitely take a look!
