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They are a bit wobbly, but they FIT that Mirodoll muscle body. I also found out that Iplehouse flats seem to fit that body as well, as long as they are for the older, larger EID girl. (New Iple dolls have slightly smaller feet). I started out with a pinterest pattern for shoes, and printed them out at the size I thought they should be: However, I didn't take into account the fact that the dolls foot has angled toes, not triangular-shaped toes: So I kind of pulled the pattern apart into three pieces that I thought I would have more control over: You can see the sole with 1/4 inch seam allowance around the foot, the top with it's little trefoil sprout, and the heel-sides in the back, one flat and one sewed together. To get the stitching angle right, I taped the pieces around the heel and sewed through the tape, since pins wouldn't go through the pleather without distorting the pieces. The old purse donated the pleather, though I used it inside out for the velve...

To go with the corset I made last week , I made Sicktress a skirt--actually it's a tulle underskirt with an elastic waistband and then a nutty feather overskirt. It's still a little WIP in the back--it need some beads and the velcro applied to the back band, and a modesty panel so the waistband can fit other dolls and still not gap. Here is the side: And the back--you can see by the sagging waistband it's just pinned: Now complete: (I opted for lace instead of beads around that second seam) Front View: Next she gets stockings, shoes and then maybe a choker-style necklace to finish it off. Or maybe a little hat :D The corset that Coral is wearing is by Cat and it has the coolest loops on the back to lace it up--they are two sets of pearl beads on wire, bent into a loop. It actually fits very well but I just laced it enough to hold it up. Chalyss gave me the black gauze that is the main part of the skirt--it's really nice to work with. That Mi...

It's very cheery and French and quite possibly not Naomi's style (Naomi is an Elfdoll Vivian that belongs to Sicktress, and seems to be a kick-ass Japanese demon, but I am not sure) Anyway, Naomi is quite naked at the moment and I had a lot of fun making this, and I might make her some more stuff. (It's hard to be scary with no pants, I think). Two more pictures:

I need to redo the cup pattern, since once the top hem is in, there isn't enough fabric to cover her--so trim to the rescue! more beads, trim and lacings in the back will happen next. We went to the Fox Hills Mall on Saturday, and wandered around the upper level of Round1. It looks like something designed by Ridley Scott and sounds like you are inside a pinball machine with Dolby Sound. It's great. If I was going to play I would bring earplugs. Here is a tiny sample of what is there (it's a HUGE place): Sort of black light glow carpet: Elevator Action Death Parade! (I think the holding company for Round One is Japanese) Mysterious Prize Item Kaiju: In the basement of Macy's, Christmas is tiptoeing in (it's not even Halloween, you animals!) And at the Merry Go Round, the Seal has some kind of dire secret it just told the Horse (probably not a true story). It was a fun, fun day.

This is the test pattern; and I will show you how I get these done--I start out with the doll and some tape and Kleenex: I use tape to mold around the figure, taping over the Kleenex so the tape sticks to the body in just a few tiny places (enough to hold it on, barely). I only do one side so I can peel it off without using scissors. The pattern pieces can be flipped over to make both the left and right sides at the end. Once I cover the areas I want, I take a pen and mark where I will cut, and I make notes on what the different pieces go to, like Center Front, Center Back, Side etc.. Also I write what doll it is for :D I am trying to break the pattern apart in the places that will be the "curviest" so I will end up with a flat pattern. Peel off your proto-pattern carefully... Lumpy parts that stick up might need to be split for darts. Now everything is mostly flat. Now I need to trace around these on regular paper or tracing paper, an...

(This always reminds me of Leeloo from the Fifth Element) :D But here are the measurements for the body: 9 cm around the top of the neck 19 cm for a jewel neckline around trapezoids (neck base) 9 cm around the upper arm (bicep) 8.5 cm around the forearm 6 cm wrist 9 cm widest part of hand (for sleeves) 21.5 cm from the edge of the shoulder of the torso, to the wrist 22 cm from the front collarbone to the mobility joint, over the bust. (About the length of a shirt/tunic) 20.5 nape of the neck to the mobility joint, over the butt, in back (the back length of a shirt/tunic) 12 cm bust point to hip front, laying flat (like a corset) 11 cm bustline in back to hip (corset back) 34.5 around the shoulders (like for a cloak) 56 cm nape of neck to floor in back (straight down, add more for a cloak to trail on the ground) 30 cm around the biggest part of the bust, only on the upper plate (so I would get the maximum measurement) 18 cm around the waist 20 cm crotch from waist i...

Sicktress' Mirodoll Muscle Body Part One ------ Okay, today I redid the string so it has the knot in the torso, and not coming out of the neck, and I investigated some clothes. The pants she is wearing are from doll.i.com according to the tag, and they fit perfectly. She is more or less SID sized, though it looks like she can wear those older Delf boy pants. I think her shoulders are a little wider, though. The shirt she has on used to belong to a bear, so it doesn't count, but EID shirts fit her fine, though a little loose in the waist. She actually has the PERFECT body for corsets, and though I hadn't thought of a snow goddess wearing an 18th century corset, I think I will make her one anyway. I think her shoes are somewhat similar to the Soom male feet in size--it's a pretty sculpt, one of my favorites out of the other girls I will put up here for comparison. This is with Ashley, a Soom Snow White, on the body. Soom's gray is a lot warmer and more br...