Diana’s Patch - Sewing Patterns for Soft Sculpture Dolls, Vintage Dolls and Doll Supplies

  #45 Diaper For My Child Dolls and similar Available on etsy and ebay . This is my last pattern for the year. Introduction Super quick and easy pattern for beginners!   Includes pattern to make a diaper to fit vintage My Child dolls and similar.   Fits dolls with 13- inch waists.   Use flannel, cotton, or fleece fabric.   Materials Needed •        10”x10” piece of fabric •        6” of ¼” elastic •        ½” Velcro •        Optional: ¼”Quilting Foot, Overcasting Foot, Narrow Rolled Hem Foot

  It's been almost a month since I got my last pattern out.  I have been so fatigued.  For two weeks, I struggled just to do normal everyday things.  At one point, I made it from my bed to the couch and then back to bed.  I'm pretty sure it's a flare from fibromyalgia, but it really suuuuuuuccccckkkksss.  I just never know what's going to cause it or how long it's going to last.  It could be the cold weather.  Or all the dentist/doctor appointments and school events my kids have been having. Anyway, I had never made an outfit for a My Child doll before, as I had never had a My Child doll before now. The pattern is for both girl and boy holiday outfits. Dress, Bloomers, T-shirt, Overall Shorts (aka Shortalls), Vest, Tie, and Hat. Dress bodice and sleeves are a solid color. Skirt is plaid. The hat, tie, and Shortalls are a solid color. The Vest is plaid. Use regular cotton fabric for everything except the t-shirt. The t-shirt is white stretch knit with cotton c

 I bought some PVC (hard plastic) doll shoes that I thought were black, but when they came, I found they were gray.  I had an outfit in mind that I specifically wanted black shoes for, so gray was not going to work.  I looked online about dying the shoes.  Some websites said that the dye would transfer onto other things.  But I think they used the wrong dye.   Rit has dye that is specifically for synthetic fiber, such as plastic.  So I contacted Rit and they said that there's no reason that it would transfer.  So I gave it a try... (*Update: some dye DID transfer to the socks and when stored with other shoes, it transferred to those shoes. The shoes it transferred to were white, so I was able to use zit cream to remove it.) Things to keep in mind: 👉You MUST use Rit DyeMore for SYNTHETIC materials. The regular Rit dye will only work on cotton. 👉You CANNOT go from dark to light colors, only from light to dark. 👉The directions say to keep at boiling point, but I removed from burne