Fashion doll hobby blog

Here's my first try at the motorcycle jacket pattern from Doll Coordinate Recipe Vol. 5, accidentally printed in Barbie size as detailed here (which is fine because I was intending it for a Barbie anyway, it's just a little generous on her)

I acknowledge that it's not perfect, both to let people who might criticize me for its mistakes know that I know I made mistakes and it's fine, and also so people who might look at it and say, "No, you're wrong, there are no mistakes here" can maybe consider looking past the mistakes in things they make and say "It's fine."

The decorations are motifs cut from two different fabrics and adhered to the polka dot cotton with fusible webbing

I did interface the collar and lapel facings

The fiddliest part:

not only because that's a slashed opening at that scale (I didn't face it, but did use fusible webbing to hold the folded/pressed edged in place), but also because I stubbornly interlocked those zipper teeth by hand, because I wanted to leave the rest of the zipper still functional (and with the bottom stop in place), which meant only using the unzipped parts above the pull. And then I had to remove all of the zipper teeth at the ends, so they wouldn't be in the seam allowance; this was done by clipping them off with sprue cutters.

Here it is once I got all the parts assembled and ready to sew together

Her hair is so sooooooft 😍

Her hair is so sooooooft 😍

I've been saving a lot of miniature images as reference lately, and thinking about miniatures. I quite like miniatures, and their popularity is on the rise... but I can't help feeling annoyed every time I see a lot of them, because so many "mini brands" toys are literally just cardboard boxes. You could print them yourself! In fact, websites exist that have old printables.

The first one I found has a section linking to other websites. I went to its home page and its entirely AI images, so I won't endorse the main site in general. It links to a lot of older pages though- it looks like maybe this site was taken over by someone recently, but still has old webpages linked (I'm talking 1999 old). Heres some horrible AI trash:

One of the links is to Small Stuff's Print Mini, which has a great gallery of free printables. Most of these are in the vein of older/vintage objects, including tube TVs/monitors and are not branded. Here are some of my favorites so far:

Morandi Sisters Micro World is in Italian and English, the site features printable wallpaper, floor, and decorative objects as well as sections on how to create DIY modeling clay. Last updated in 2013.

Custom Dolls, Houses, Miniatures (2010) has a whole bunch of PDF printables on this page, as well as links to other pages. MANY of those links don't work, but you can use them to find live pages- like MuffaMiniatures Etsy, which is still active and sells patterns!

Hitty Print Mini is a site now only accessible by the wayback machine. A lot of the pages are broken, but there are some available printables that are pretty cute. They're sized for a slightly bigger doll. I like the pet-themed printables and the books too.

Jennifers Printables is one of the most cohesive, still-in-existence sites I've found. It says it was founded in 2001, but the date at the bottom of the page is 2021, so it still might be a bit out of date. But theres TONS of cool stuff on here. I like the grocery sections, and the history information they include on the pages

Just some interesting resources. I don't want to link to sites that seem majority focused around selling things, but there are absolutely more free printables online. It's becoming harder to source these, too, because there are a lot on google images but link to pinterest or something.

I will plug my own miniature pinterest board which does have SOME printables on it.

My favorite tutorial for getting printables to look good:

https://lifeinmini.com/high-resolution-printing-miniatures/?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=organic

Good old MyFroggyStuff printables (1/6 scale, but can be scaled, they are also copyright free or "frog-brand"):

https://myfroggystuff.blogspot.com/p/printables.html

AND her other technique using magazines and paper advertisements:

Quick Youtube search gave me:

Love Alphastamps for ephemera in general but they have some digital printables as well as physical sheets. Great mini store with great sales too:

https://alphastamps.net/collections/types?q=Collage+Sheets

Nonomininostalgie has several printables and tutorials, just google translate the page from French:

https://nonomininostalgie.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_3968.html

Free boxes, papers, Christmas stuff and sewing supplies:

https://dee-dawdesigns.com/downloads/

Whole page of projects, many which include printouts:

https://joannswansondiyminiatures.blogspot.com/

Site has a whole bunch of printables and projects, google translate from Finnish. She also has books that are for sale, I just don't think I can get them as an USAmerican:

https://maria-malmstrom.blogspot.com/

Artisans In Miniature (AIM) emagazine archive will have printables and tutorials:

http://www.artisansinminiature.com/photo_2.html

Mi Minimundo is in spanish (sometimes) but has TONS of tutorials in general and several printables:

https://heloise-miminimundo.blogspot.com/search/label/Imprimibles

A few holiday themed printables:

https://minifanaticus.blogspot.com/p/miniature-printables.html

French page but various food printables:

https://miniatursite.e-monsite.com/pages/imprimables/

1/6 scale breyer stuff and a great bagged salad tutorial:

https://lastalliancestudios.blogspot.com/search/label/printable

https://lastalliancestudios.blogspot.com/2019/07/diy-miniature-salad-tutorial.html

Lilliput Homes has some printables in German: