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I have a Baby Iplehouse Doll and it's hard to find clothes for her--even Iplehouse has almost nothing right now. Apparently she is sort of Little Fee size but from reading the comments from people who tried the clothing on the BIDs, the BID shoulders and chests are chonkier and hard to fit in the clothes. Then I remembered that Martha Boers (AntiqueLilac) had some really cute outfits that she had made for her Iplehouse crew so I went to look again--and there were several downloadable free patterns for them! There are nice clear directions as well. And it's not only the BIDs that have patterns-- lots of people have patterns! These are not all of them. :D The tutorials and the "Sewing Journeys" are really fun to look at as well. She is a wonderful designer (she calls herself a "doll costumer") and a very generous person to share her patterns! And now and then there are clothes for sale on the site as well. It's a fun visit!

Here's Iplehouse's comparison pic between the JID and the FID--the shoulders are about the same, but the position of the bust is different. Waistbands and shoes might be the same, though of course pants won't be interchangeable because of the difference in leg length. The FID head looks like it is about a size 6 instead of the JID's 7. Here is another shot with all the female dolls lined up: The FID looks so tiny! Hehe! Here is the whole crew: (Click on the photos to make them larger). Here you can see why I don't like the male EID size--the female EID still works with the SID guys, but the EID male is just a moose. The HID is just a novelty size, IMO, if your Dollmore Lusion needs a uncle. ;) You can see the bust options for the FID here if you are logged in to the Iplehouse site as a member: http://iplehouse.com/home/bbs/board.php?bo_table=bjd_blog_body&wr_id=82&nhn1=en&nhn1=en

A hugely successful event, Christmas and a maternity leave have left the Iple shipping schedule in tatters. The faceup artist is left answering email and logging layaways. (Hint, pay off your layaway as soon as you can) Here is the Notice: Hello, This is Iplehouse. As always, many dolls were sold in this Christmas event. We very appreciate your support, and would like to say “Thank you” again. We are afraid that we need to say there will be delays as there are many orders. We have been apologizing for this, and it is very natural that customers want to get their orders as soon as possible. Therefore we have been saying customer “if you want to get your order soon, please order in summer which is not peak season and which has not events, but it will be hard for customers to be indifferent to events provided as a service, and also Christmas is the time when people exchange presents each other. Then, what we can do as a best way is being fair when we ship orders. The number ...

I took this picture mostly for the different skin colors (white, normal, realskin, light brown) but you can also see the markings that Iplehouse puts on the knees of the dolls--an "IH", and the body type (SID, NYID etc.). If you are buying from somewhere like Ebay, it's a good idea to ask for photos of these. The oldest EID girls have the IH on their butts. There also should be a headplate on the back of the head "Iplehouse since 2003": There were some batches of the older dolls (the smaller 60 cm ones) where the headplate was loose and fell off, and a few that went on crooked, but there should at least be an oval space for it and some remnant glue. The first of the larger dolls had a few issues--the first Light Brown/ Brown dolls had the color applied on the surface, so some Ashantis need to be treated carefully, but later, newer dolls have the color in the resin--Realskin goes all the way through so the inside of the doll should be the same color as the out...