Note - Just so you know. Its a simple pattern based on estimation and the doll in question. Its just the long sleeve version, if you need to make it sleeveless/leggingless. Alter as needed. But if you want a nicer and a smexier looking bodysuits instead. Go buy one.
Red denotes cutting,
Blue denotes sewing
Purple denotes tacking stitch to hold cloth before you permanently sew
Green for fold at line
Yellow for excess cloth after folding / sewing
Orange for zipper
What you need
Choice of cloth - Lycra (I haven't try other material)
zipper (because I choose zipper instead of velcro)
needle and thread
scissors
Your doll - I used medium bust 2 piece Obitsu to measure my bodysuits. Somehow what's snug for an Obitsu turns into skin tight for a BBI Perfect body. I don't how it works for bigger dolls but you can always try
For me it didn't matter if the zipper is at the back or the front as the body suit was meant to be used both ways
Fold the cloth in half. Place doll on outside of the cloth so that her shoulders touches the fold line.
Turn cloth inside out. Put doll back on top of cloth. For me this is the back of the outfit. See point from shoulder (the fold line) to the naval of doll. Cut a slit from fold line to doll's naval.
It should look something like the pic below when unfolded
Turn fabricc outside.
Cut a piece of lycra about 5-6 cm in length (i.e one index finger in length. Of course yours could be longer or shorter than mine. Measure on the doll's neck) and 1.5cm in width (i.e Thickness of on index finger).
Sew it on so that you have a collar of sorts
With the Zipper inside the outfit. Sew it on
Turn fabric inside out. Make doll wear it so you can get idea of body shape. Use tacking stitch to hold fabric in shape.
Remove doll. And now sew it[. If you want it to be tighter. Sew it closer to the inside of the tacking stitch. Or it can be outside and looser
And then cut out the excess material and turn it back outside
Zannah's wearing hers back to front being the reversible thing that it suppose to be
