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Doll and doll clothes

18 years ago

Hello

I want to make doll clothes for my little granddaughter and buy the doll. This is for a young child. What kind of doll do I buy? Does anyone here make doll clothes? Do you have to have a brand name doll to the make clothes and get a pattern or do you go by how tall the doll (any doll) is and use any doll pattern with the height of the doll?

Thank you B.

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TwoMonths
18 years ago
I bought some vinyl dolls that had molded hair in 2 sizes at Michaels a few years ago. You can buy them clothes or buy the patterns for their clothes also. ok, if it was not Michaels,it was Joannes. Also Hancock had some
pandgdolls
18 years ago
Hi B.

Dolls of a given height are rearely the same body shape.

An 18 inch doll can be baby, toddler, child, teen or adult (lady)

Each of these body shapes vary dramatically.

I suggest that you buy the doll you thing your grandaughter would like and draft directly from the doll.

Basic patterns can easily be tizzed with a bit of lace and gathering.

Hope this helps - Peter

Here is a link that might be useful: some of our dolls
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I've sewn doll clothes for years(over 40),for my DD then GD'S and now GGD's.And the other poster are correct,get the doll first.I have a soon to be 3 year old GGD,and she loves the soft dolls i make,(think rag dolls).She loves to drag them around with her for play and for bedtime.I make her the dolls and the clothes.She isn't to the stage yet where she just wants to change their clothes all the time,she just likes playing with them,talking to them etc. I've made her dolls,bunnies,bears etc,and different sizes in all of them.Then she just took over some of those sort of dolls that i keep around the house for when the kids come over. If she lives close by,take your cues from her!!My almost 3 year oldGGD plays with Barbies,but she doesn't try to dress and undress them yet.She just talks to/with them,and shows them her other babies.Make sure to make her some dollie blankets as well. I have doll patterns going back to when my DD was little 44 years ago,and for all sorts of dolls. Check your thrift stores also for old doll patterns,ours has lots of them from time to time. 2 years ago i made a wardrobe for my niece for her American Girl doll,she was 11 at the time.She was thrilled!! Kathi
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stargazzer
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I collected dolls for over twenty years and the most damaged dolls were the soft bodied baby dolls. They were dirty and damage because they were soft and cuddly and loved to death. So I would buy her a baby doll, depending on her age of course.

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