Hello hello hello!
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! ❤️
Chiara (StregaCorvina)