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

Mar 12, 2013

    1. I would love to make clothes for my girls, but I can't sew for beans (machine sewing, anyway. I'm great at hand sewing, but I just don't have the patience). So I'm limited to buying them from others who know what they're doing ;)
       
    2. I have bought some of mine and made some. while i like the convienence of premade, i have to agree, there is nothing like someone liking what you made yourself. then there is always the factor that there will not be another doll dressed anything like yours:)
       
    3. i love to make them, but i buy them too.
       
    4. If I could sew, I definitely would! But till the day happens when I really put forth the effort to get back the sewing machine I bought that I ended up lending to my sister, and really really give it the effort to learn, I just have to settle for buying!
       
    5. I'm lazy so I would prefer to buy them if they're available and not too expensive. But for stuff like outfits and costumes that aren't available for purchase, I've got no choice but to sew. I have a few in mind but haven't got down to doing it cause of busy with school and other stuff... Soon...
       
    6. I plan to make some clothes by myself.. but honestly I don't know how good my sewing skills are.. (I used to sew something for myself but it's some time already). So I am gonna give it a try.
      But some clothes need to be bought I guess.
       
    7. Half and half? I can make some simple things, but for more difficult items or for fabrics I just can't find etc, it's easier to just buy~ ^^
       
    8. I really love sewing so i make all clothes for my dolls! :3
       
    9. Because we can't make clothers.... we prefer to buy :lol:
       
    10. I prefer to buy, because I just can't make the beautiful clothes that some companies make. I really love Nine9Style, TTYA, and Green Time. I want to learn to make doll clothes eventually, but for now I prefer to buy them~
       
    11. It depends on the style of clothes. My dolls wear casual and hippie clothes. I buy casual and prefer to sew hippie things.
       
    12. I love to make my dolls clothing because I can make anything I want for her and its a good skill to have in life so I don't really buy clothing for my dolls because its no fun to wait and not have something you work so very hard on
       
    13. I wish I had the skills to make my own clothes! It would be so much cheaper...but I don't. I don't even own a sewing machine. I don't have much of a hand for that sort of thing anyway. I do love buying handmade clothes though.
       
    14. Both? For some things that I can't make, like shoes, I would buy. For everything else, I definitely try to make things myself (until I fail, then I buy;)).
       
    15. I enjoy making my own projects, since it can be exactly what I am imagining, and would be a special piece for my doll to have. However, if someone else has made something very nice that is suitable, I see no reason to reject it. Shared work is part of the fun, I suppose. And yes, shoes would be difficult unless you were making metal ones...
       
    16. i'd love to do both, but making clothing can be difficult, depending on the project, so if i can get something that is already made, or just needs minor manipulation, thats a good option too. The only thing i wish i knew how to make was boots and shoes, i love them the most!
       
    17. I would love to sew if I wasn't so clumsy with needles and such. I need a lot more practice. Until then I'm more than happy buying all the pretty clothes. :whee:
       
    18. I would love to be able to make them since I have so many crazy unique ideas in my head but no skills or patience :sweat
      therefore I need to buy them D: Ifi could make clothes life would be so much easier
       
    19. I will sew majority myself but of course I need to buy some ´cause I can´t resist temptation :D I´m not yet professional sewer in doll clothes. Yet ^^
       
    20. Well I cant sew but along with joining the hobby I am also signing up for a summer sewing class. So I hope to be making so clothes by the end of the year. maybe even opening a storenvy or etsy shop ;3;