As many of you know, I keep a little spiral notebook, wherein I list each of your doll clothes pattern requests. At the start of 2024, I want to begin the year with some new and wonderful ideas to inspire the patterns I’ll design.
So please drop down to the “comments” section and leave your request. It helps to be specific, so instead of writing “Just make more doll clothes for Wellie Wishers,” tell me what types of fashions you want me to design.
Are you fond of A-line skirts? Do you dream of princess dresses? Do you wish the 18 inch dolls had a Superman costume? Are you wishing I’d make a scuba diver’s suit for Breyer Rider dolls? Or maybe you want some painter’s pants for Ken…?
You might wonder, “Does she even fulfill all of her requests?”
I can’t honestly say that I fulfill ALL requests. That wouldn’t be possible for a woman who still holds a full-time job as a school librarian (i.e. ME). But if you look at the image above, you can see that I do cross out patterns after I’ve designed them.
I also highlight the ones I’d like to make.
Furthermore, the products I offer in my Etsy store are products I actually use to help me set my own sewing goals and achieve them. The product shown in part below, for example, is an editable sewing planner page, and I’ve already filled mine out for 2024. Here are the items at the top of my “Sewing Goals” list for 2024 (although I will probably revise my list once your requests come in):
As you can see, I’ve got a lot of goals for making 18 inch doll patterns this coming year. But feel free to add your own suggestions! Like I said, my Sewing Goals project page is completely editable! I look forward to making some changes to mine list!
I have a niece who is about the right age to play with American Girl dolls, so this year for her birthday, I want to give her some doll clothes and an 18″ actual American Girl doll.
The image above doesn’t show my whole sewing goals planner, though, so here’s the bottom half:
The shift dress for 18 inch dolls, the coat pattern for 18 inch dolls, and the long-sleeved Barbie top are all requests that have been on my spiral-notebook followers’ requests list for a long time.
The Elf on the Shelf outfits were also on this list, and I’ve crossed that one off just this past December. This coming week, I’ll need to post a gallery for all the fun outfits my website now has for Elf on the Shelf, thanks to followers who submitted their Elf on the Shelf costume requests.
So yes, eventually I do seem to finish designing patterns for at least some of the requests you submit! I don’t choose which ones to make based on a first-come-first-serve basis or anything like that. It’s more about where I am in my own life.
And like you can see in my 2024 Sewing Goals list above, with Emily’s birthday coming up this May, I’ll be focusing on 18 inch doll clothes more than likely in the first part of 2024. But after her birthday’s over, who knows what I’ll design! So submit your requests for whatever doll you want.
It can put a damper on things if I don’t actually own the doll you’re requesting patterns for. However, if you’re looking for patterns for a doll I don’t already own, well that’s exactly why I created my design-your-own-doll-clothes-patterns courses on the Creative Spark online learning platform.
For anyone who would like to expand their dolls’ wardrobes, you should really check out my “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns” course and my “Design Your Own Doll Pants Patterns from Scratch” classes on the Creative Spark online learning platform. Here’s my bio page on their website, where you can learn more.
For any class on Creative Spark, you don’t have to follow a schedule. Just sign up when you’re ready.
It’s a one-time fee for the course, and there’s no specific time limit to finish your course. You can just take your time and learn at the pace that suits you. So go check out my paid courses on Creative Spark, using this link.
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