kida_40061 wrote:Once again, congratulations on your success of sewing those diapers.
Thanks!
kida_40061 wrote:When I looked at your picture, I just realized I have the same type of doll that you have, so if you need help with pattern drafting. I maybe able to help you.
If you have any tips on how to set itty bitty sleeves, I'd love to hear em. My one draft so far with sleeves has them pre-attached to the top, but that's not going to work for envelope-neck if I ever figure that out. I'm also pondering a version with Raglan sleeves, which should be a good deal easier than trying to machine sew something tiny enough to get shoved down the hole into the bobbin compartment... XD I'm thinking of developing several variants on the onesie now that I have one that works...
Greyhaunt wrote:Alternately, go to a Goodwill and pick up a cheap onsie for $1, take it apart carefully and BOOM, you have a pattern you can copy, and size down. And if you get a clean one (i've seen completely unused ones there at that price) you can even use the fabric
XD Actually, my fabric I'm using DOES come from a onesie that was in a bag of old baby clothes found in the Back Room. There were two short-sleeved ones with envelope neck, one with a regular neck and two buttons in the back (I imagine that was a nightmare to get on a real baby), and one set of blue footie PJs with raglan sleeves that I'm hoping to 'reverse engineer'. Plus I also found some free patterns online for onesies with the usual 'envelope neck', tho all of them use bias tape.
It's not the shape of the pieces I'm having trouble figuring out, it's the assembly. I'll try to explain, tho I'm not good at that and may resort to technical terms like 'thingy'... XD
All the directions I've seen for envelope-neck tops involve assembling the sleeve first and then sewing the side of the top to it and wrapping the 'points' at the top around in the process to form the neck. Now picture trying to do that in Kelly scale, with a sleeve so tiny I can't even really use sewing pins in it. And the one time I tried to sew the sleeves in and then do the sleeve and side-seams after... well, let's just say it Did Not Go Well. So, for now, I'm a little stumped on that neckline option. I still have two other variations to give a try first (Tho I may sidetrack into a nightgown before that for the challenge... and some bitty baby quilts)
Ooo. Oddly, this reminds me of a thingy (there's that technical term again!) I had once ages ago for making strips for braided rag rugs. Anyway, I've added these to my wishlist as they do look very useful, but sometime after July... an iron is on my July shopping list. XD
Oh, and before I forget again, the finished 'button tab shoulder' onesie. (Or, it'll be 'button' tab someday, when I have some appropriate-sized (about 6mm?) little buttons in an appropriately cute shape to sew on the velcro tabs). And it's supposed to be a very pale mint green, I have no idea why it looks greyish that small, but it's actually not the camera's fault. Might be the lighting in here...
I let little Tommy be the model this time.
And, yes, he's wearing it over the diaper.
Here's how it fits without the diaper on - still good, just a wee bit baggy at the legs tho not when he's sitting.