Which came first, dolls, or crafting?

I still can't sew. The first thing I did sew was for my BJD and I hope to get better in order to make him nice outfits!

 

I've always been a crafter. I sew, Knit, and crochet. when I first got into dolls, I saw their little bodies are a medium to showcase my skills without spending a ton on materials for human sized crafts. My love for the actual dolls came much later

 

I was an artsy, crafter, sewer before, but the sculpting of food and sewing in a smaller scale was new, just for my dolls. I had looked online for food props for my dolls, and they were either cheaply made and didn't look real or were VERY expensive so I took matters into my own hands and learned to make them with help of online tutorials. Now my dolls can have whatever they want! YAY! It has really been nice and has become something my mother and I can work on together as we like to sew quilts so making them mini wasn't too much of a stretch.

It is really fun to sew for dolls! I make my own period costumes for renaissance and victorian festivals and sometimes it takes me what seems like FOREVER to finish (especially victorian). The dolls, however, are much more instant gratification! It only takes me an hour to say...make a nice silk kimono!

 

Crafting first - ever since I was little. Then dolls I'm a little worried about crocheting little dresses using small hooks and thread etc, but hey! Practice makes perfect, right?

 

I did sew and knit before dolls came in to my life
I am a tailor but retired now
Ilse

 

I've liked crafting since I was a teenager, say around 14. Then I discovered BJDs when I was 16 or 17, so the crafting came first but not by much!

 

Mmmm... I am able to sew for humans. I'm not very good with clay, but I'm pretty good with wood, foam, and wonderflex. I can't cast resin for the life of me. Quite frankly, I'm too intimidated to try. I can't epoxie, either.

But when it comes to dolls... I can't sew like. Complicated clothing. I just don't know how to get those seams to work. I can make accessories. One thing that I was brave enough to do when it came to these dollies was dremel and mod. I'm not a great artist, but somehow drawing tattoos is a lot easier when I'm doing it on a doll than when I do it on paper XD

 

Dolls. Definitely dolls. I have 0 talent in craftsmaking or anything that involves manual skill really, but I'm seriously considering picking one up whether that is faceups/sewing/furniture-making, because I think I owe some justice to my bank account...:p

 

I was already a crafter before I had bjds. Crocheting, knitting, making jewelry, ..... I live in a very crafting family - everyone of us has some crafting abilities.
But having bjds made me want to do more crafting.
I started sewing too .Though I still have to improve a lot !
I found out I'm a disaster with clay !
I tried face-ups but I think I will leave this to the artists. I love to do it but I doubt if I have the skills for it !
Making wigs : tried it but it was a no ! I'm better off buying wigs.
The same for the eyes.
And modding : until now it's a no ! I fear of damaging my dolls ! I even do not dare to put a hole in their ears.

But overall through bjds my crafting experiences have expanded - whether I succeeded or not. I like to try out new crafts

 

Before dolls I knew the bare basics of sewing and knitting and crocheting, enough to sort of do it if I ever felt compelled to/repair rips in clothes or things. But since joining the hobby I've found myself wanting to learn more about sewing and crafting so that I can customize my dolls even further!
One of the main reasons for my peaked interest is I think it will be a little more economical to make things for my dolls, rather than buying them from a company, currently each doll has one outfit that I bought, but they deserve wardrobes and wardrobes of clothes! I'm getting a sewing machine pretty soon and I'm very excited to start making more things for them!
I think I will leave wig making to the professionals for now.. I tried it once...eep.

 

I started off as a cosplayer but I have always done crafty things so BJDs have been a great creative outlet.

 

I was into crafting long before I ever knew what a BJD was.

 

Crafting is what lead me to getting into BJD!

 

I did other types of crafting before collecting dolls but now am hoping to learn to use my sewing machine to make clothes for them. I'm not sure I'll be very good at it though.

 

I have been sewing since I was six, went to art school, I paint, draw, work in leather, wood, and metals. I knew nothing about these dolls at all until I saw a friend's doll.... My first thought was" FINALLY, THE PERFECT PERSON TO SEW FOR!!" Seven years and many dolls later, I am still busy making doll goodies!

 

I've been sewing since I was little (though not very well) and been doing lots of different arts and crafts. I played with Barbies as a kid, then started collecting slightly larger fashion dolls as a teenager. A comment that Soom's Mini Gem's could steal some of Barbie's clothes led to my first BJD. I've gotten better at sewing making them clothes, and have a growing stash of Barbie patterns. I've been working with polymer clay for a long time and am pretty good at making mini food. I hope that my artistic talent helps me learn to do face-ups.

 

Sewing, crafting, art stuff all came first. It was the sewing and crafting that led to my interest in BJDs. I've collected figurines for a long time, so picking up a BJD hobby was bound to happen eventually.
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For me it was simultaneous. I always wanted to learn to sew, and saw getting a BJD as a great opportunity to learn. I started trying to sew clothes the day after I ordered my first doll.

 

Crafting came first by about 50 years. I grew up with a mom who was a textile artist and interior designer. I inherited her love of creating, so at an early age I was drawing and making my own paper doll sets, and also sewing clothes for my Barbie dolls.

As an adult I went into costume design as a career. My hobbies were dollhouse miniatures, quilting and embroidery. I gave all of that up after a bad car accident caused some severe spinal issues. I didn't think I could do the things I loved, until I discovered BJDs and it renewed my interest in doing creative projects.

I'm working on getting my dolls dressed and then I want to learn faceups.

 

sorry - duplicate post