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Would you prefer to... Buy clothes or make them?

Mar 12, 2013

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    1. I love to sew for my dolls BUT I can never seem to find the time! I get hung up with which fabrics and laces to use which way, keep procrastinating and changing my mind. However only a few of the many clothing items and shoes that I have purchased have actually fit.. So I am better off custom fitting and making my own. My girls have learned they have a long wait for clothes!!
       
      #581 lkayet, Aug 7, 2015
    2. I am still new to sewing but I LOVE it! I can choose what material to use and what patterns to try and if I want something specific then I can make it :) I also LOVE to buy clothes too though! A variety of different styles is nice in my opinion :D

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      #582 Cutiepie's Sister, Aug 7, 2015
    3. I really like to make my own clothes. I think that if you want your doll to be really special that is the way. There is just so much more love in those items. And the connection you feel with the doll while making the clothes is priceless too.
       
      #583 Tango, Aug 9, 2015
    4. Buy them! For now. (: I would love to make clothes for my dolls in the future!
       
      #584 yumehh, Aug 9, 2015
    5. i would love to be able to make them clothes but my sewing skills are minimum so until i get better they will have clothes bought for them. :)
       
      #585 shiro1kyo, Aug 9, 2015
    6. That is certainly a valid point.:) I remember I tried for the first time to make a pair of galife trousers for my first doll. That looked... well... miserable:)
       
      #586 Tango, Aug 9, 2015
    7. Both. I have only plans for boy dolls and the style that I prefer to dress them in requires clothing that's hard to find, at least without me having to jump through hoops to get them. So I want to make those clothes I can't buy, BUT that doesn't mean I have to shun someone else's work. ;) So I buy what I like and hope to make the rest. I actually had no real intention of learning to sew when I entered the hobby but I had visions for my boys clothes I couldn't obtain easily so now I want to try. Cost is not a factor to me because you actually aren't really saving a huge amount of money when you choose to sew an outfit unless it's made inexpensively. It's really a labor of love and the gratification lies in knowing you did it yourself and it's exactly how YOU wanted it :) That said though I still have favorite seamstresses I'd like to support and there are some outfits you could never think of on your own. I say this since I buy a lot from dealers who design and sew their own clothes more than I buy from official companies. I also have a huge obsession with doll clothes and doll shopping is really fun for me so I don't think I'll be giving that up anytime soon ^^
       
      #587 AnnoDomini, Aug 9, 2015
    8. I really want to learn how to make clothes, and sew, but what is stopping me is mostly the fact that I get very confused on reading patterns. If I did that I would make a lot more!
       
      #588 areazel, Aug 9, 2015
    9. I would really like to make clothes for my dolls, but my sewing machine is broken! Also... I'm very lazy :sweat So I guess Ill be buying until I can manage to get a new machine or something...
       
      #589 X_Kimchi_X, Aug 9, 2015
    10. A bit of both...if I can find patterns to make clothes then I'd make them...but otherwise I'll buy them. I can't sew free-handed at all without messing everything up OTL
       
      #590 Amakai, Aug 13, 2015
    11. I never make my girls' clothes, ONLY their undergarments. And I'm still very new at that. U__U' But I prefer to buy my clothes on Etsy, where I know I support private people/artists, and more that often will get someone unique or something made in low quatities. And it's so much easier finding clothes I like this way, as quite a few take commissions. That way you can get clothes that are one of a kind for your dollies. <3 I am very picky on the matter of what my girls wear, heeeeeh. And not to forget, I don't have the patients nor skill to make clothes for them. xD As a contrast of Amakai, I can't use patterns at all! I can only sew freehand and that takes years..And my short sausage fingers are in the way so I keep from sewing clothes myself. U__U Then I clap my hands knowing there are thousand of people out there who knows and sews for a living! And as a sketch/watercolour artist myself, I love surpporting other artits, wether it's sewing, music or with pencils and brushes. (Sorry for all the text, this topic really got me rolling!)
       
      #591 kia20, Aug 13, 2015
    12. I tend to just troll through thrift shops and antique stores until a find a cheap doll that has cute clothes (I buy it for the clothes) or sometimes their just selling doll clothes and I get those.
       
      #592 ArtSoda, Aug 13, 2015
    13. I would like to make clothes but I am terrible with patterns :( No better time to start learning though.

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      #593 jessimer, Aug 14, 2015
    14. I like to buy them. They have more tiny details which i like that i can't possibly make on my own.
       
      #594 axlluca, Aug 14, 2015
    15. I love to design doll clothes. I also like creating patterns so others can sew also.
       
      #595 Windwoman, Aug 24, 2015
    16. I would love to buy clothes I design from a talented seamstress. As it is I am horrible with with sewing and have no time to learn but I also don't like the standard clothes that are out there.
       
      #596 Attercopus, Aug 24, 2015
    17. If I could sew something else besides pillows. I would prefer to make me own clothes because I know what I want. When you commission someone they may not always interrupt things as I do. But they are things in my BJD Wardrobe that I know I can't make even if I tried.
       
      #597 BlackHeart, Aug 24, 2015
    18. I love making clothes but buying them is more convenient
       
      #598 Taypalm, Aug 25, 2015
    19. I CAN sew, and have done so for years, including making my own clothes. However, as a newish collector, I'm not sure if I can manage to make stuff in the small MSD size (unreliable arthritic fingers), so I've ordered a pattern to have a go. I'm attracted to the Steampunk look, so I guess it will be a mixture of bought and hand made. I'm NOT interested in making stockings or stuff like that!!
       
      #599 Artyrosie, Aug 25, 2015
    20. I'd prefer to sew because no one knows what I really want.
      But sometimes it's so frustrating, I'd rather pay.
       
      #600 SlaveDan, Aug 25, 2015
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