Dolls' clothes day

[wiseheart]

I've been working on the trousers of the boy doll. They are a pair of striped dungerees, with a large breast pocket situated in the middle, with a sealing ship motif on it. I've finished the front of the trousers and cut out the back part. It's fairly finicky work, with lots of small details, but as I don't have a headline for it I can do it as

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[meathiel]

How big are those ragdolls?

[wiseheart]

Slightly bigger than a Din A/4 sheet.

[adafrog]

Yay making clothes! :)

[wiseheart]

Admittedly, I am not very good at it, but what I lack in skills I make up for with sheer determination. :)

[adafrog]

You go, girl!

[red_day_dawning]

I’ve been thinking about your dolls for ages. It was when you said one of your dolls looked more masculine than feminine and you wondered if girls would like that. My mum’s favorite doll when she was a child was a boy doll, with short blonde hair and blue eyes. She named him Heinzi. She tried to get me to play with him, but dolls always icked me (I found them creepy) and I didn’t like playing in the spider-infested shed that was designated the “playroom”. I liked soft toy animals, like teddy bears, so I might have liked soft, sewn dolls. Just a weird thought that has been percolating since you described the boy doll you made.

[wiseheart]

Oh, I have made my fair share of soft toys: teddy bears, cats, bunnies, etc. I just wanted to try something new. Animals are a lot easier, though.

[red_day_dawning]

Cute!

[wiseheart]

🐻 :)

[elwenlj]

The little trousers sound very cute. At least sewing with fabric will be easier on your fingers than felt.

[wiseheart]

True. OTOH, fabric tends to fray on the seams, so I have to put in extra work to prevent that, so - something gained, something lost. But the little trousers are taking shape now. I've added two identical back pockets and some turquouse cross-grain ribbon for the seams and am content with the outcome so far.

[noadvertising]

Cloth making for ragdoll boys, how cute is this! Daughter mine always wanted a boy doll. When Zapf finally decided to do one, she was too old for playing with dolls but had THE ONE on her next Christmas wish list. She still has the doll. Elsa did not want it, until her aunt told her that the doll would always belong to her. Now guess what Elsa tries to take back home each time she´s here for a visit!

[wiseheart]

Now, why am I not surprised? *g*