About one week before a friend sent me a gorgeous 16-inch Tonner® doll, I was shopping at a second hand store and discovered a Gooliope Jellington® from Monster High‘s® Freak du Chic® collection. She was (as are most second-hand dolls) naked when I found her, so when my first attempt at making jeans for the 16-inch Tonner® doll failed, I was able to adapt the jeans to fit Gooliope®.
To give you some idea of how Gooliope® measures up against a well-known doll, I have her standing next to one of Mattel’s® wonderfully articulated Made-to-Move Barbie® dolls.
Gooliope Jellington® stands at 17.5 inches tall; whereas Barbie® is 11.5 inches tall. The two dolls make an interesting pair, don’t they?
My new Tonner® doll is 16 inches tall, slightly shorter than Gooliope®.
As you can see, my first attempt at making jeans for my new Tonner® doll turned out a bit too long for the shorter 16-inch Tonner® dolls, but they fit Gooliope® just right! This week I’ll be posting a pattern for the tall MH doll’s jeans, which have an elastic waist and are relatively easy to make.
After my jean-design failure, I put the jeans project away for a while. Instead, I made a dressier outfit for my Tonner® doll (the summer top and business skirt that you see in my “Doll Photography” series of video tutorials). I have that Tonner® doll outfit all sewn up, but I’m still working on the finishing touches for that set of patterns.
So it won’t be long now! Be patient! Designing doll clothes does take time, and I usually have a few failures along the way when I’m designing for a new and different doll.
Meanwhile, please sit back and enjoy the pattern for the Freak du Chic® – sized Monster High® dolls, like Gooliope Jellington.® I’ll be posting the jeans pattern and tutorial video for the 17.5-inch MH dolls this week, and then I’ll post the pattern again with the easy-sew felt shirt tutorial next week.
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