Sunday, August 24, 2008

How to make porcelain doll dresses


Porcelain Dolls as the name suggests are the dolls made of ceramics or porcelain. You need to dress them up to look good. The small shoes, socks, dresses like skirts, pants, tops and gowns look good on them.
Most the stuff is available in the local craft shops but if you want your doll to look stylist and fashionable. You need to design the special clothes for them.
For making the dress, you will need the material, maybe the material which is remaining from your last dress can also be used.
The material can be colored fabric or the plain one. The material required will vary from doll to doll.
The bigger your doll the more material you will require. For the undergarment, you will need a plain white cloth and in case if you to make an apron for her you will need to get a plain matching cloth.
The thread to stitch in similar color and the accessories as buttons, bows etc the color of the thread varies as per your requirement and as per the design you are creating on the dress. The shoes you can get at the craft shop or you can knit them with a different color, which will enhance its beauty.
Once all the material is in place, you will now need to stitch it, try to get two of each as you will be able to change the clothes and it will always look new.
You can also make small caps and hats for your doll from the same material as the dress. Once you get the idea of dressing up a doll, you will innumerable ideas, which will make your doll a new one every time others see her. For the under clothes you can add lace or different types of stitches or crotchet the sides.
To make it easier to remove and put on the dress on the doll you can add Velcro to the side or stitch it will a button or you can make two side the back and the front separately and join it with a Velcro or buttons. To make the dress more pleasant you can embroider some flowers or birds on the front.
Once you will make a dress for the doll, you will love it and will want to experiment with different materials and different styles.