Her First Full Set

An interest in creating and photographing worlds and avatars has this year metamorphosed into the world of dolls. Perhaps 'merged' would be a more accurate verb to use. Beyond the computer, I found a hands on need to fashion and photograph items in my surroundings. Work with dolls satisfyingly combines the creative and handmade skills I would like to acquire and hopefully will keep old fingers nimble. I like this small size of doll, about 19-20 cms high. A BJD, a Secretdoll Studio Person 21, is due to arrive in November.

So, here is a record of the first full set I've worked. (I love too that there is a whole new vocabulary to learn.) The sewing and gluing is far from perfect. Let's see if it can improve.

The tulip design rompers came first from my own pattern. The waist size was quite tricky to estimate and I needed to keep taking tucks. The tulip motif was perfect for the first photos taken abroad. We travelled to Holland. She, who is nameless, is a Blythe Middie Doll. Photographs in foreign locations are part of the Blythe cultural group fun. You can see her in Amsterdam here.

I made the shoes as I was worried about losing her only other pair, the true Blythe shoes. This web tutorial helped me.
The jacket is not finished. I'm trying to decide how to introduce another element along the hemline, perhaps involving pockets. Liberty Tana Lawn is perfect for this miniature sewing as it possesses such a fine close-weave and has strong colour and design. I'm hoping I might be able to obtain this All Kinds of Families fabric to finish the outfit. That is a neat idea to use their designers' finger prints; it makes the design so special and personal. Alternatively Wild At Heart might work. What do you think?