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Monday, April 18, 2016

Julia's Outfit of the Day:
MegAGDolls Denim Overall Dress

I finally took photos of the MegAGDolls denim overall dress!!!

Woooo!!!

A round of applause please!

Yes, it's that big of a deal.

Because I am so lazy and unproductive.

So today we have some pictures I posted on

Instagram of Julia wearing the dress.

https://www.instagram.com/thedollwardrobeblog/

Julia is a MyAG #28, and here she is

wearing a wig from Dulcie, our #61 - who we scalped.

Her dress is from Etsy's MegAGDolls:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MegAGDolls

And her top is from Etsy's Closet4Chloe:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/closet4chloe

We wanted to capture a warm-weather,

festival/Coachella-esque look, despite not being outside.

Ideally for a festival fashion photo shoot, you should at least be outside.

Perhaps in the desert, or poolside. And with a pool float or accessory.

Haha.

But I am feeling particularly shy about outdoor photography lately

because EVERYONE is outside right now.

In the 60 degree, sunny weather.

And I can't seem to hide from the people.

Siiiiiiiggghhhh.

So no outdoor Coachella-esque photo shoots for me.

Until I became a much more brave person. :-/

Her sunglasses are American Girl brand.

I can never get sunglasses to look right on the dolls,

so I often just use them as a hair accessory.

Derp.

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This post is part of a series on Festival Fashion and

how the overall dress is a popular trend right now:

Last Monday's post on #festivaldolls2016:

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2016/04/trends-to-sew-instagram.html

Do you have pics of

your dolls in festival fashions?

Use #festivaldolls2016 and

tag us with @thedollwardrobeblog

- we'll use your pics here

and give you a shoutout!

Last Tuesday's post on the denim dress trend:

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2016/04/trends-to-sew-festival-friendly-denim.html

This is Saturday's post on MegAGDolls:

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2016/04/agig-stylebook-megagdolls-and-overall.html

And Sunday's post on more human examples of the overall dress:

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2016/04/trends-to-sew-overall-dress-continued.html

If you have any pics of your dolls in an overall dress --

again, tag the pic with @thedollwardrobeblog --

like you are tagging a person's face --

we'd also like to start posting those on here as well,

and you will get a shoutout. :-)

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Thank you for

visiting us today!!!

Friday, February 5, 2016

Trends to Sew:
Etsy Shop Shoutouts, Tees and Twists

One of the things that happens when you have been collecting

for American Girl dolls for awhile is that you have a bizzillion tee shirts.

Now I love a good tee shirt.

As one could tell from my collection.

I have plain tees, graphic tees, tees with contrast stitching.

Short sleeve.

Tank tops.

3/4 length sleeves.

Full length sleeves.

Crop tops.

Tunic tops.

American Girl tees.

Etsy tees.

Homemade tees from my mother.

Etc. etc.

The list could go on forever.

But I'm kinda saturated on normal short-sleeve, regular-length tee shirts.

Sure - make them, and still sell them peeps!

There are a lot of people out there who still need short-sleeve tee shirts!

And trendy ones to boot!

But also think outside the box!

Here are some trendy tees that are far from

boring and are very worth creating and selling:

From Closet 4 Chloe...

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Closet4Chloe

Crop tops are in style.

They ain't going anywhere.

So keep those in mind.

Note the contrasting sleeves of the top example.

And the trendy graphic on the bottom tank top.

And she recently sold some stretch velvet shirts -- a good example of a

"signature" piece that only she is offering.

Peruse Closet 4 Chloe's for sale and sold items for more inspiration!

Lori Liz Girls and Dolls does a great job on making trendy, modern tanks and shirts.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LoriLizGirlsandDolls

I prefer her styles with the lower necklines, such as these.

Sparrow and Wren Mercantile is also a great place for tops.

(They used to be Etsy's Janie Jumps.)

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SparrowAndWrenMerc

They provide distinct fabric styles.

As well as creative alternatives to just the normal tee pattern.

3/4 length sleeves.

Scoop necklines.

V-neck.

Deep V-necks.

Pocket Tees.

Tank tops.

Long sleeves.

Thinking beyond the short sleeve tee is awesome!!!

...

So in some upcoming posts we are going to analyze

the "tee shirt" and give you some human examples

as alternative stylings to the basic design.

We are calling them "Tee Shirt Twists."

That way, if you are sewing up some shirts you have ideas

for how to make your shirts more "signature," more unique.

To let them stand out from the crowd.

First Tee Shirt Twist: Ringer Tees!

Yes, some people have been making these all along --

but here note the current colors, how they are being styled with the rest of the outfit,

and how the neckline isn't choking the person to death.

It has a gentle scoop.

And the sleeves are just a little fuller than cap styling.

(But you could go wild and do whatever you want with the sleeves man!

3/4 length, full, tank, whatevs man!!!

Just make sure the sleeve cuff is a contrasting fabric.)

They are fitted tees, but not claustrophobic.

And you can go loose or skintight,

depending on how you want to sew them.

Of course the key to these tees is the very thin, lightweight jersey-esque fabric,

-- (these are rayon and spandex) --

too thick and you look like you are wearing baby clothes.

Dun dun dunnn!

These ringer tees are from Urban Outfitter's...

Project Social T

Made with love in the USA, Project Social T creates elevated basics that we wear every day: deep-v tee shirts, strappy tanks and cozy pullovers.

We will be featuring more

Urban Outfitters examples in upcoming "Tee Shirt Twists!"

Stay Tuned and

Thank You for Visiting Everyone!!!

Friday, November 13, 2015

Custom Doll of the Day: Zoya

Yo, whassup?

We are starting a new thing.

Yes, on our road to the mental recovery of this blog there are many new things going down. ;-)

Of course, it is really an old thing masquerading as a new thing, haha.

It is our habit of taking doll photos.

Yes, we still take doll photos. In fact, we have been taking more and more recently in order to get back in touch with the hobbies that have sparked our imagination in the past.

But we have been putting them up on Instagram instead of the blog.

That may seem like blasphemy, but Instagram allows us to "instantly" -- haha, get it? -- get those pictures up and out into the world.

We will explain the technology we use in the next post, but basically Instagram allows us to deal with our photography anxiety. More to come on that. ;-)

For today, we present our new tradition -- "Custom Doll of the Day" -- where we give you little thumbnails of pictures we have taken of custom dolls we have been creating.

Today's Custom Doll of the Day is Zoya.

She is a bald Ivy that will have her wigged swapped around.

In the pictures we have taken of her so far, she has been wearing a Caroline wig.

She has been very popular in this wig, so we haven't switched her to a different one, yet. ;-)

The Instagram tag for her is #tdwb_zoya, and you can check out all of the pics we have taken of her so far if you click on this link....

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/tdwb_zoya/

And here are the thumbnails....

Her jacket is from https://www.etsy.com/shop/QTpiedollclothing

FYI -- Marilyn will be having three releases in November for this shop.

November 14th, 21st and 28th. She is taking custom orders, but space is very limited.

I will be posting about these two other customs ^^^ soon. :-)

Or you can check out the Instagram hashtags for them if you are impatient, haha.

The blue-eyed girl is #tdwb_rhis, and the brown-eyed girl on the right is #tdwb_julia.

Zoya's top and skirt are from https://www.etsy.com/shop/Closet4Chloe

Laura pretty much constantly does little releases throughout the month for this shop.

This is a great shop for separates!

(We made Zoya's necklace ourselves.)

This ^^^ is the moment we put Caroline's wig on her head, haha.

Zoya traveled with us to the Columbus, Ohio AGP on October 18th, 2015.

These are pictures of her hanging out in the displays.

Her cat ears are from https://www.etsy.com/ch-en/shop/SeasofLavender

Megan won't be making anymore cat ear headbands -- so what is currently in the shop is all she will have available. When they are gone, they are gone!