Above is my B.F.C. Ink doll Aleisha. She came wearing this bathing suit, shoes and purse as she is a summer themed doll. I really am not in love with this outfit and have been wanting to make her something a little more covered up.
Right now, I do not have a sewing machine. I do have a little hand stitcher, but I was not sure it would work for this project. So, instead, I decided to try making an outfit out of duck tape.
This is the outfit I came up with in about 20 minutes today. I first traced a outline of the top of the doll from the shoulders to her waist onto wax paper. I cut out two of those pieces and then measured her side width and cut out side pieces. I duck tape the front, back and side pieces together. Then I added the top part of the shirt. I cut two straps to fit over the doll's shoulders in a Kimono fashion. I hot glued the straps to the inside of the front of the shirt and then covered the straps in duck tape. Next, I hot glued the other end of the straps onto the inside of the back of the shirt (which I had previously cut down the center.) I then put the shirt onto the doll and added velcro to the back pieces to close the shirt. I had made the checkered skirt previously.
Not totally in love with this outfit, but at least she is covered up more. I am hoping to purchase a sewing machine soon. At that time, the first dolls on my list to make clothes for are this doll and Gwenie's Hearts4Hearts doll.
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