Hats Off to Tiny BJD Collectors - My Tiny Fail Story
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:08 pm
So I guess this is a little random, but I just wanted to post up my appreciation for anyone who makes clothes for tiny (11cm-ish) BJDs and/or manages to dress them or handle them without pulling their hair out. I never realized how difficult any of this would be.
I recently came into owning a Jun Planning Ai Cosmos with the plan that I would turn her into a wee little cat girl for part of my BJD family. I wanted to dress her in a tiny kimono and make little bitty cat ears and a tail for her.
She came in an adorable nurse outfit, and I never really appreciated how small this was until I tried to take it off of her so I could get accurate measurements. The short story is that I began to panic halfway through undressing her, already worrying how I was going to be able to dress her again. Once that was done, I began to panic as my measurements were in more of the 1 inch range (than the 6 inch range I can usually get away with with my MSD, for example). This also called for teeny tiny seams, teeny tiny details, and working on such a small scale and I actually ended up straining my hand from trying to keep everything so small while sewing.
The kimono ended up horrible, and I abandoned the project halfway through and put off redressing her in her nurse outfit until today. Then I wanted to take pictures of my dolls in front of our Christmas tree so I wanted to dress them all nicely. The short story is that for the 10 minutes it took me to dress my two MSD sized dolls, it took me almost a half an hour, a pair of tweezers, and a few strategically placed swear words to get that small, adorable doll back into her original outfit. Her little bitty thumb kept getting caught on ONE thread. -.-
So in conclusion, I have a newfound appreciation for all you tiny lovers out there. Anyone who has the patience to make clothes for and dress these dolls deserves a hearty pat on the back. I guess I just need more practice...
Happy Holidays!
I recently came into owning a Jun Planning Ai Cosmos with the plan that I would turn her into a wee little cat girl for part of my BJD family. I wanted to dress her in a tiny kimono and make little bitty cat ears and a tail for her.
She came in an adorable nurse outfit, and I never really appreciated how small this was until I tried to take it off of her so I could get accurate measurements. The short story is that I began to panic halfway through undressing her, already worrying how I was going to be able to dress her again. Once that was done, I began to panic as my measurements were in more of the 1 inch range (than the 6 inch range I can usually get away with with my MSD, for example). This also called for teeny tiny seams, teeny tiny details, and working on such a small scale and I actually ended up straining my hand from trying to keep everything so small while sewing.
The kimono ended up horrible, and I abandoned the project halfway through and put off redressing her in her nurse outfit until today. Then I wanted to take pictures of my dolls in front of our Christmas tree so I wanted to dress them all nicely. The short story is that for the 10 minutes it took me to dress my two MSD sized dolls, it took me almost a half an hour, a pair of tweezers, and a few strategically placed swear words to get that small, adorable doll back into her original outfit. Her little bitty thumb kept getting caught on ONE thread. -.-
So in conclusion, I have a newfound appreciation for all you tiny lovers out there. Anyone who has the patience to make clothes for and dress these dolls deserves a hearty pat on the back. I guess I just need more practice...
Happy Holidays!