Monday, October 31, 2011

baby doll prototypes

i picked the baby doll from starry sky to test out as a toile mostly because i've never made one before, and i wanted to work out the best/nicest bodice for it that would suit.


my first um like 2/3ish goes was to try and replicate this feature that ive never done before, the red one is the most common type you see




where as the fitted one is less uncommon.
i wanted to make a more fitted bodice instead of all the gathering

i'd have to say that making a fitted one is FAR harder than i though given that the gathered verison is SO easy to made, cause its just rectangles with angles cut for the armsyth.

it took me about 2-3 hours to get to the first test, which keep ridding up, wouldn't fit around the bust. and was to long over the bust.

my second had a lowered neck/bust line and more fullness in the sleeves to stop it ridding up.

at this point a related that this type of feature was designed to give flat, thin asien girls curves. and that sizing it up for a pluss size person who has no trouble with curves just make them look much bigger ^.^ so at this point i was almost in tears because i couldn't get it to work and i felt "ugly"

my third test was using a gathered under bust pattern that i had from sem1 pattern that i cut the neck down and just gathered the underbust more,
this resuit was much better than my last two ties.

after which i started wondering about which type of feature i wanted to use for the under bust fabric drop,
cirle, less bulk, non-dictional fabric, less fabric depending on the length.

 rectangle/dendli skirt

lots of bulk, works with diretional prints, fabric use depends on the lenth.


i picked cirle because i wanted a smoother line from my bust to my skirt part, which doesn't work that well with a  rectangle cause it poufs out.

i big thing that i wanted to consider was on plus size and smoother line is better with a cirle skirt as it cuts down on the smough look (preg belly look) which is another reason i picked the circle.

i didn't have enough time to finish sewing it up but from my drape test and holding it up, it seams like i finally found a mix that suits and work'd out for the most part the gerenal construction, look and style.






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