Hats Off to Tiny BJD Collectors - My Tiny Fail Story

[tirsden]

My first BJD was actually a 6" tiny (BBB Elfkin) and yeah, I also hand-sew, so now that I have a lot of bigger dolls it's like "gaaaah hugelongseams, make it stoppp!!" I've got a Little Dal which is very similar dimensions to the one you have, paladinari, but I customed her onto a Kelly body right away and then later onto the 11cm Obitsu body, so Kelly clothes are the way to go for her. They still fit the Obitsu body although skirts look shorter (the Obitsu legs are longer) and there is often a lot of room in the shoulders (Kelly's upper chest/shoulders has more to it).

Practice is what does it, and I've been into miniatures and dolls of all sizes for so long, for me it's so much easier to dress a tiny than a big doll. Some of my big dolls have rather complex outfits, though. XD And yes, practice for sewing for tinies is also good! :3 "Practice makes... more practice" is how I put it. XD

[MissIscariot]

Learning to crochet might help with making tiny clothes. No need to worry about seam allowances, and it's a little more elastic.

[hlbmlp]

Learning to crochet might help with making tiny clothes. No need to worry about seam allowances, and it's a little more elastic.

this i would suggest also, but you will still have the problem of fingers and thumbs getting caught. It will help with no worries for the seams though!

[Lamia of the Dark]

I love my tinies but I have to buy clothes for them cause I can't see stuff that small.

[delbelcoure]

A tip for dressing dolls. Cut the corner off of a plastic bag and put this corner over the dolls hand. This makes the hand slide through the sleeve so easily! Just pull the corner off the hand when you're done.