Volks DearSD 43cm Discussion Part 2

Popping in to say I won a DearSD Una too! I am still stunned as the only other time I had won a Volks doll lottery was for Ernest. This is really a dream come true as she seemed so hard to obtain a few months ago when I became interested in DearSDs, being limited to Kyoto locations and events and rarely showing up on the second hand market.

Congrats to @Lautturi, @mosaicwolf and @St. James too

Good luck to both of you for SD Cecile, I would love to see a DearSD Cecile!

 

@ashlia Ooh, an Una and an Earnest in the same household! So dreamy!
Man, Volks really has my number with all of their soft fluffy boys lately.

 

Ah, congrats! I had wanted to put in for a Show/Syo as well, but as I was already vying for a SD Williams, decided against it.

 

I'm waiting on good news about SD Williams too.

 

It's funny how the second weeks doll news is coming out before the first weeks dolls. Volks you're killing me here. XP But, good luck to the both of us!

I really like the DearSD boy outfits. I need one for my DearSD Tiffany, who I plan on making a boy. I wish Volks sold them separately.

 

Indeed. I can understand why Volks wants to hedge their bets on sizing clothing, but it would be so much nicer if we could get pieces cut for specific body types. We need some indie makers to get on this size!

 

I really hope someone does. I was tentative thinking about picking up this outfit for my DSD, インディゴエンブロイダリーBoy. Everything will still probably be a bit long, but with some hemming it may work.

 

So glad to see three Unas at least coming to the international people. I really never held out any hope of getting her given, as mentioned, you’ve got to get lucky in Kyoto generally.

@Cloudedmind, that outfit is absolutely precious!

I’m going to probably make my Una the little sister of my DearSD Kira (who is on an SD10 body). Anyone hoping for a particular outfit? All I definitely want are the precious floral stockings, I’m fairly happy with any colour dress!

 

I’m hoping for the Peach blossom, love that shade of pink >w< Would love the floral stockings and the brown mary janes too as finding shoes are likely to be a pain. I like the Starry blue set as well, but from what I’ve seen it doesn’t seem like Volks sends out the more girlish styled DearSDs with it

 

I've had good luck with clothes made to fit the Disney Animator dolls with my DearSD Saki. There's a decent selection of pieces on Etsy and ebay.

Shoes are harder, you want to check both length and width before assuming they'll fit.

 

I use mostly SD/SD13 size shoes for my Dear SDs, but they always wear stockings or socks; I figure that little girls wear ankle socks

 

@pris84, thanks! It’s an SD-size blouse and skirt set, with safety pins holding the back waist — don’t look there, lol!

 

@beamlette thank you for the tip for Animator size clothes. I love my Nono, but she's only got three outfits right now.

Mine came with the Peach Blossom outfit, which is my least favorite color of all the outfits

 

Hi all! For anyone looking for nice DearSD sized kimono, Y!JA seller Kokum makes really lovely ones, and recently listed two new ones for sale here and here. This kimono is one that I own by Kokum, as is this one. My only suggestion would be to notice if the kimono is listed as made of cotton or made of recycled silk, as that does make a bit of a difference in how the kimono feels and lays, and the price.

Another seller who makes nice DearSD sized kimono is hoppecodo. They don't have any listed right now, though. This is one from hoppecodo that I own. They require a little more kimono knowledge because the obijime and obiage aren't pre-attached to the obi. Both sellers would require a shopping service to order from outside of Japan.

 

Those are adorable! I have the kimono Megohime came in, would be cute to have the whole DearSD gang in kimono... for absolutely no reason. We've run out of clothing storage room in our tiny apartment though.

 

I think DearSD look PRECIOUS in kimono! I'd love to see a big gang kimono photo. And you can always tell yourself that kimono lie so nice and flat that they hardly take up any space at all...

 

@snowgray Thank you for sharing, I've been looking for a well-made kimono for my DearSD Coco for a while now and just couldn't find any that were to my taste. The kimonos made by Kokum look very nicely made

 

Those asking about clothing, I discovered that Sasha clothes and shoes work really well on DearSD.

This is my Ushiwakamaru, Kitty, wearing vintage Sasha shoes - you can just about see them under the dress...she's with my SD Carol, Caroline, whose dress she had stolen...

 

@Ayanami I hope you're able to get one of her kimonos for your girl in future! They're very nice indeed.

@Alice80, Kitty looks gorgeous! Ushi makes such a lovely little gal. Thank you for the tip about Sasha clothes.

If anyone is interested in sewing, dealer Ancienne (formerly Vita Vera) recently added two new downloadable patterns to her shop, and they include SD and DearSD sizes. I bought the St. Hildegard/Orietta dress pattern, but I haven't purchased the Anna pattern yet. For patterns, they're quite pricey! The patterns are labelled in Japanese but I think most people above beginner level can figure out the steps/pieces fairly easily. If anyone does buy the Anna pattern, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

For the dolly tax, here is my Tavi! I sewed her dress based on this free Peta-Peta pattern. I resized it to be a little smaller, but the un-resized SD version looks good on it's own, too! The directions are in Japanese but there are step-by-step photos.