Special thanks to Adeline of the Patchwork Pansy, Doll Leaves, and Emory at Junkyspot.
This project was altered slightly after it was posted, as I didn’t feel the outfit looked as finished as I liked. After additional embroidery to the hat and new year banner, I feel it now looks complete.
This is the final part of the sewing project series for tiny dolls. For this project, I wanted to make a special outfit for a “New Year Baby”. The doll used is a 12 cm tall Doll Leaves Milk. The jacket portion of the Patchwork Pansy pattern, A Touch of Fall, which I re-sized to 66 2/3% of the original Kish Riley pattern for this doll, would not quite fit Milk. To make a jacket for the doll, the pattern was altered. Since this is a simple pattern, it was fairly easy to adjust it to fit the doll.
Step 1:
First check to see how well the pattern is likely to fit the doll.
The jacket piece was first placed over Milk. I decided to shorten the sleeve length and cut the side in closer to the body. I drew on the piece the changes I wanted to make. (The sleeve line looks crooked as I folded it to check the length. It’s actually straight.) After I altered and then trimmed the front pattern piece, I used the front piece to make changes to the back piece by tracing the alterations onto it.
I assembled the jacket and trimmed it with gold braid. The matching diaper was cut out of a rectangle of felt, cut in at the leg (shaped like a disposable diaper in miniature!). Then the diaper was blanket-stitched around the perimeter and snaps were sewn on the side to make it easy to put on and remove. The hat was made with the help of a compass. The top and the inner circle of the brim were made to the circumference of the doll’s head. I used a blanket stitch on the brim and a chain stitch on the seam around the top of the hat and decorated it with the gold braid.
I also made a New Year 2011 banner for the doll. The banner was made with felt, embroidery floss, a snap, and a ribbon flower.
HAPPY NEW YEAR from BJDcollectasy!