#handmadebjd

Welcome back! As usual, it’s been a while since my last entry 😫 I am so sorry but it’s really difficult for me to find the time to keep this journal going steady, I do not know why (well, actually I know...the fact that I have to upload entry only from my computer it’s the main reason...I only turn on my pc twice a month maybe?? 😅 )

Anyway, welcome back, today I wanna show you another BJD entry, my new baby, the Pink Ballerina ❤️

As usual you can buy this set in my Etsy Shop I hope you will go check her out!

Today I wanna talk about how I made her outfit, it’s kind of a re-fashion outfit as it was the original dress it came with one of my doll (or at least, the dress the doll was wearing when my friend give her to me)  I do not have pictures of the original dress but it was really old and almost falling apart in some seams so I decided to give it a new life! ✨

- Pattern making

I decided to keep the skirt as it was in quite good condition but the top part was slowly falling a part so I decided to make a leotard and transform this outfit in a ballerina set ❤️ 

I started with making a new pattern as I never made a leotard for dolls so... first of all I use a muslin to make a base with my doll measurements and I traced the basic shape.

Then I cleaned up the lines and remove the mock up from my doll

After tracing it to eavy paper I had the basic pattern! (Soon I will sell it in my shop as well)

And this is the final result! ✨ Do you like it?

- The leotard

After drawing the pattern I took apart the original bodice and I used the fabric to make the leotard. The fabric was a really cute white jersey knit with pink polka dots.

I decided to avoid the darts at the bust but instead I made a gathered top part: to do so I cut the front pattern in half and pinned the top over the bottom part. So it can fit more dolls! 

And this is the results so far...

Then to finish the leotard I decorated the underbust seam with a gathered white lace and I made two little ruffled sleeves with some white tulle net. 

- The skirt

As I said I almost left the skirt as it was (I am trying to remember if the original was a one piece dress or was a top+skirt outfit 🤔 ....) I just add and elastic waistband made with the same jersey of the leotard and decorated it with pink ruffled tulle net.

Then, just to add more sparkles ✨ I added 4 layers of iridescent pink tulle net underneath the white original tulle net of the skirt.

The gathered pink tulle net and white lace at the hem were on the original skirt so I decided to leave them like that because I like the total look.

Then for the accessories, I used the scraps from the bodice to make two little elastic cuffs, nothing too fancy as I almost run out of fabric, just two little stripes with elastic bands inside.

- Final look

Here some pictures of the finished set, as you can see my cat liked it very much 🤣

(I used a smaller doll for these pictures so the leotard was a bit loose 😅)

Thant’s all for today, I hope to be back soon! As a New Year resolution I print out a kinda of planner to schedule all my social media activities so I hope it will help me to be more active! 😅

Thanks again for reading it! ❤️ 

Welcome back! <3 Today I will show you another BJD clothes collection I did during this quarantine. This time it will be the English Rose Collection.

This collection is made of several pieces as I still had a lot of leftovers from a dress I sewn for myself using this fabric (let’s see if I can find pictures again....)

It is a Lolita Dress I made for myself almost 10 years ago I think (OMG...) with a gathered topand sleeves and a princess seams A line. I use two types of cotton laces to decorate the dress: a dark and a light blue one. It has a ribbon on the neck, a zipper and another ribbon on the back.

I think I did also some accessories with this fabric (I find a bonnet I sold for sure, and maybe a bag..I don’t find any pictures right now...) but anyway I still have a lot of fabric left so I decided to use it for my dolls. 

The first piece I did was a very simple circle skirt, with a gathered ruffle in the middle, here some pictures...

...then I did another corset decorated with some lace from my dress.

As I has still some lace I made also a matching skirt, another simple circle skirt with elastic waist, the same light blue cotton trim and a off-white cotton decoration on the hem.

I made also a dress with long sleeves, with a loto of cotton lace and satin ribbon decorations...

...and the last skirt of the collection, another simple circle skirt with off-white cotton trim, gathered ruffle at the hem and a little bow on the elastic waist. I did a lot of skirt for this collection XD

After these pieces I made also a couple of capelets for shooting pictures...

...and also a couple of shirts that I already shown in the entry about shirts.

These are all the pieces I did for this collection, I really DID have a lot of fabric XD (7 styles and the shirt and the capelet are 2 pieces each)

What do you think? What is your favorite style? I really like the dress and the B skirt. Here some worn pictures of all the pieces matched togheter with the Cream Shirts I did a while ago.

See you on Tuesday for another entry! 

Chiara (StregaCorvina)

Welcome back to the Tuesday entry! Today I wanna show you a single set that is also part of a mini collection with the same name “Violet Bouquet”.

There are all the pieces that create the Violet Bouquet collection. I am making only one post for the set and the collection this time because it is made of only few pieces, unfortunately I do not have this lovely fabric anymore - but I have a couple of totebags made with this that I can dismantle to have more.

I bought this fabric long time ago to make a Lolita skirt for me, I think I still have some picture somewhere.... yes I found them!

This skirt was a set corset + skirt actually, the corset is removable and I did the skirt with some ribbons inserted in the princess seams on the front and on the back to be gathered as a bustle. I used some purple cotton trim and lace to decorate this skirt but I do not have any more left to add to the dolls clothes. It was a really fun skirt to make and I have worn it a lot (I also wear this skirt the day I graduated from the Fashion School), I think it is still somewhere in my parents’ house.

I used to wear it with my lilac corset, the first corset I ever did. (Sorry if the pictures are really ugly, I was in high school when I sewn these garments so they are more than 15 years old! - also you can see the logo and the frame of my old website, not active anymore)

Anyway, let’s go back to the Violet Bouquet collection! This collection is made of a corset, a long skirt and two short skirts. The set corset + long skirt started as an historical project as I was using a circa 1600 gown for reference, but then I changed my mind because I did not have enought fabric for all the ruffles :( 

As you can see I was quite accurate with the corset (except for all the details on the bertha collar), I did the same V shape on the front and tried to replicate as much as I can the sleeves, luckly I had a purple lace that was perfect for this project!

For the skirt I tried to stay true to the original silhouette but again I did not have so much fabric so I changed the shape a bit: I kept the pleats on the waist but I made them less deep and I decided to do a little train on the back. I used the same lace and three small bows to make the ruffles and the decorations on the back.

I tried a little shooting with this dress (again on my sofa) to check if the lenght was the one I want and to be sure it didn’t need a petticoat underneath to keep its shape, when I was satisfied I took better pictures against the wall.

I love sooo much this set and I think it’s perfect for this doll and this wig. It’s by far ma favourite project togheter with She-ra. Do you like it? What do you think? Let me know! You can always find this project in my Etsy shop if you are interest and it can be made in any fabric you like and fort any dolls you like.

Moving on to the rest of the pieces, the two skirts, I made them using a circle skirt pattern that it is also available on Etsy along with the corset pattern.

The first skirt is a simple circle skirt with three layers of gathered lace and organza, the same you have seen in white on my Belle Cosplay. It closes with a bit of velchro fastener in the back, hidden under a little bow in the same fabric.

The second skirt is an asymmetrical skirt, longer on the back with a gathered ruffle in the middle made in the same fabric and the same purple lace used on the set on the bottom ruffle. Again, it closes with a bit of velchro fastener in the back, hidden under a little bow in the same fabric.

And there are some pictures of these skirts with the off-white shirt that I already shown you and the corset of the set.

I hope you like them and that you like this fabric as much as I do! See you again on Thursday with another dolls collection.

Chiara (StregaCorvina)