twiddle66 wrote:I was a professional doll maker and prototyper for years. I worked for The Franklin Mint, Hasbro, boyds bears, and Bradford exchange to name a few. When most of those jobs got moved off shore I made my own dolls for sale, and dressed them, and traveled around to miniature and doll shows and was kept extremely busy for 6 years, before realizing I had no vacation and not enough time with my family and decided to get a desk job.
Now I enjoy collecting dolls and often think of clothes I could make for them and designs for them. That being said, when I sit down to sew for them I tend not to finish things. I just think I sewed too much for too many other people for so long that I can't seem to get over that "burn out" kind of feeling. I hope it passes because there are alot of really nice clothes out there, but they tend to be made for certain body types or styles and some seem to be oversized for the dolls.
I hope my burn out subsides becuase I do have whole wardrobes of really well fitting clothing dreamed up for my dolls- but until then I do buy clothes when I can find things that meet my criteria LOL
That is so cool! I hope your burn-out subsides-I would love to see what you create for your dolls.
