Hi Emily, When I sewed doll clothes (which I don't so much anymore), I did all the patterning from scratch (because I wanted to). I've run across various doll clothing-related things, though, I two come to mind.
First, if you intend to sew for the Barbie-size/style figure, then there are actually commercial patterns available, including from one or more of the Big 3...er, 2, I guess. I vaguely recall that one of them did the Gone With The Wind curtain dress, and other hoop-era dresses. Second, on a visit to Lacis in Berkeley I picked up these wonderful Victorian dress patterns for a doll, but in they included the pattern for the doll herself. I'm not quite sure where I put these patterns, but they're great, very detailed. If you could narrow down what type of doll you want to sew for, that would be helpful. They range in size an shape as much (or maybe more) than people do, and each "style" of doll comes with a whole range of resources. >________________________________ > From: Emily Gilbert <emchantm...@gmail.com> >To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> >Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:23 AM >Subject: Re: [h-cost] doll costuming > >Hi Claudine, > >Websites, books, patterns, etc. that you've found useful. I'm more >interested in making clothing for an existing doll than in making the >doll itself, and I'd prefer the kind of doll that's proportioned as an >adult woman. I've read the book Sewing Victorian Doll Clothes: >Authentic Costumes from Museum Collections, by Michelle Hamilton, and >found it very interesting. > >Thanks! >Emily > > >On 12/10/2011 10:29 AM, cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com wrote: >> Hi Emily, >> >> I've done some doll costuming. What kind of resources are you looking for? >> >> >> >> Claudine >> >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Emily Gilbert<emchantm...@gmail.com> >>> To: Historical Costume<h-cost...@indra.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:15 AM >>> Subject: [h-cost] doll costuming >>> >>> I know some people on this list do doll costuming as well as the full-sized >>> version. Can you recommend any good resources for the curious novice? >>> >>> Emily >>> _______________________________________________ >>> h-costume mailing list >>> h-costume@mail.indra.com >>> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
