Bought from a local master:

Closeups (yes, I have a cat 😅):

I really like the style. A few more photos (my PC on the background ruins the aesthetic a bit, but that's were they usually stay 🙂):

Bought these three outfits from a local artist. The most impressive part is the pockets:

I love this level of detail. I can even put my pinky inside it:

The shorts close with a button at the back:

The top uses a Velcro fastener:

A few more photos just for fun:

Bought these 3 outfits from a local artist:

A few closeups on Mermaid (this doll is not mine):

Dresses have a tiny zipper on the back and a hook which prevents from unzipping:

The one on Lina is probably my favorite. It has an attached cape that fastens at the back with a button:

And finally the one on my alien Barbie:

It's a two-piece set:

All the outfits are also lined on the inside:

It adds to the realism 🙂

I am going to make a linen Skjoldehamn Hood. I know, they are supposed to be wool, but this is for summer in New Mexico. I am using it for sun shade, not warmth.

I think I need two yards for it. Looking for light earthy tones, but beggars cannot be choosers.

Bought these 2 dresses from a local master. Quite happy with stitching and overall quality. I think she repurposed an old fabric based on the smell, but I don't mind this at all. I think it's a great use for things like this.

A few closeups:

They close on the back with a little plastic button:

I put kind of a lot of work into this hooded baby-sized tunic compared to my usual projects. He HATES it but at least it was fun.

#Sewing Man... Sewing is just so much straight cutting. I'm making a sewing station organiser, to help keep my space a bit cleaner. This one: https://www.instructables.com/DIY-How-to-Make-a-Quilted-Sewing-Machine-Mat-Threa/

A really complete and well-crafted tutorial, so that's really useful. I only have a little 60x60cm sewing table, so I need all the help I can get in organising it.

#quilting @sewing

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/60447051

Ordered clothes from a local master. Everything is so tiny! For the belt I had to use pliers to get it through. Pockets are also real. But shirt buttons are decorative - under them are real inner buttons:

They're still tiny, but easy to close.

More photos:

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/60443622

I ordered it from a local maker. I really like it when clothes have tiny patterns. They make the miniature look more realistic.

I finished sewing my first dress for Barbie. Before this, my sewing experience - especially with a sewing machine - was pretty limited, so this feels like a real victory for me.

I used a ready-made pattern from Etsy. For marking the light-colored lining fabric, I used a washable marker, and for the dark fabric - a white pen.

I thought a dress like this would be simple to make. I was wrong. In reality, I had to unpick the seams and redo the stitching many times. The pattern has very difficult curved seams. I could have sewn it by hand quite easily, but doing it on a sewing machine was quite a challenge. It took a lot of time, but eventually I managed to sew all the dress pieces and all the lining pieces together.

After that, only the final steps remained: sewing on the placket for the snaps, sewing everything together, turning it inside out, closing the opening, and attaching the layers at the bottom of the dress. The last two steps were done by hand, which I was very happy about! My first complex sewing project is finished, and I'm really happy with it.

I used two types of snaps: metal (5 mm) in places where the snaps needed stronger support, and plastic (4 mm) where the stress is minimal.

You can see in the photos that the metal snaps stick out quite a lot and create an unattractive gap between the fabric layers. If I had used only plastic snaps, it would have looked much more aesthetically pleasing, but they would have broken frequently and I would have had to repair the dress. You always have to decide what matters more in a particular case: aesthetics or functionality. For this dress, I chose functionality.

Also, looking back at my mistakes, I would probably mention the thickness of the lining fabric. The pattern creator uses thin mesh, and that is definitely the right choice. But this was my first learning project, and I tried to use materials I already had.

Janome released new Sailing Line serger models 454/554/654D last year and they have now been reaching shelves also locally here.

Notable improvements have been more stable rubber feets with less vibration, new design of the feet for less slipping when sewing multiple layers, and less noise when sewing. It has also double the amount of feed dogs but not sure how much they will affect fabric feeding in use unless sewing thin fabrics.

Anyone yet with experiences how they have been? Any tips what to ask and focus on when testing one? I’m considering getting 554D to replace our old basic Singer and going to retail for testing next Tuesday.

Instead of working on the 6 other projects on the craft table, I started a new one of a comfy basic T shirt. Straight seams on serger, neckline on regular machine. If I had any common sense, I'd just do a fold-over neckline, but no, I had to do the lil collar, with a scrap of bias tape to hide my sins (forgot to turn the collar so the back seam was on the inside). Also need to tack down a few points where my knit fabric wiggled away from under the seam.

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/57477637

Blouse made by a local master. The buttons on the front are decorative - it actually closes at the back 🙂

Doll: Barbie Looks #13 (Victoria mold). I named her Agnes in my collection. The top is sewn by me, the jeans and bag are made by local creators.

Chonker orca! Same (self-drafted) pattern with some minor modifications: added eyespots, made a symmetrical, horizontal tail, and adjustments to the dorsal fin

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44501101

Clothes sewn by a local master 🙂

Together with my other gals:

I'm not a native English speaker, so I hope I called this piece of clothing correctly. It was her first attempt. The sweater turned out to be a little big, but I think it looks nice 🙂

The skirt was made by a local maker.

The clothes are on a Barbie Dreamtopia Mermaid Odile with a human body from AliExpress called MengF.

Finished my second octoplushy! I'm not giving them names, that's up to the recipients. (Hopefully! I hope the parents like them enough, they're perhaps not very cuddly...) These are both for newborn babies, one of whom can be born any day now!

This one has some thicker tentacles, as well as a little bit more #sashiko to spice it up. The face is notably different, too. I think I like the embroidered face more, but this one has a certain manic charm.

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Working on a second #octoplushie using a pattern from #FreeSewing. The last one I made had skinny and long tentacles, which were hard to stuff. So with this one I altered the pattern's settings a bit, made the tentacles shorter and fatter. We'll see how it goes!

The #baby I'm making it for was born a month early, last week... So I feel some time pressure!

#sewing #plushie @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

Hey, any idea what term I need to search for to get filling material for a camera bag?

Around 5mm thick, too dampen any impacts, still go between outer and inner layer