A Little Lammily Play: Clothing, Hair, and Shoes

Slip dress by Shasha, shoes by Limbé Dolls, faux hawk by yours truly

After Curvy Barbie #39  arrived, I wondered if Jeanne (Photographer Lammily) could wear any of her clothes. The answer, unfortunately, is no. While I had her undressed, I remembered the comment Amaruq made to my original Lammily post about Lammily dolls' ability to wear a Sparkle Girlz sundress. I still have not located my full-length Sparkle Girlz sundress, but the thought of it brought to mind the beach colored slip dress made for "busty 12-inch Fashion Royalty dolls" by Shasha.  Because it is made of knit, it fits Jeanne's fuller figure. She models it above, worn with a pair of action figure sandals made by Paulette of Limbé Dolls.

Did you notice Jeanne's faux hawk?  After removing the two barrettes and rubber band that had been used to keep her hair away from her face, I created three sections of hair, pulled these toward the center of her head and wrapped rubber bands around each section to create this look.

I also pierced her ears using Dritz quilting pins like the ones shown here.  They create perfect stud earrings.

Here is a closer look at how well the action figure sandals fit Jeanne's feet (see link to tutorials at the end of this post).  The soles are comprised of two contrasting colors of foam.  Crisscrossed suede laces create the straps.

Jeanne tried on another pair of sandals made by Paulette.  Scaled for Power Team figures, these basket weave sandals are a little wide for her narrow feet, but she is able to pull them off to wear with the slip dress.

Full view of slip dress with woven sandals

Jeanne released her faux hawk to create a full Afro and tried on a knee-length Sparkle Girlz sundress made of a stretch fabric.  It is a neat fit.  Things are looking promising.  Up to this point of play, Jeanne found two dresses and two extra pairs of shoes she can borrow.

Sparkle Girlz sundress worn with her original shoes

View from the back illustrates the perfect fit.

I created one additional hairstyle by pulling Jeanne's hair up onto the top of her head to create one Afro puff.  This gives her a sleeker look and she knows it.  Check out that pose I created by clicking one of her arms and one knee into this position.

Finally, I decided to try my hand at making Jeanne a sock dress.  Other than cutting the arm holes too wide, which cannot be seen in my photo, it looks nice.

Jeanne models her yellow sock dress worn with her original shoes.

A toddler-size yellow sock was cut above the heel area where the sock is smooth.  Two small slits were made on the sides for arm holes.  With the dress on her body and arms in both armholes, the smooth area, now the top of the dress, was turned down with raw edges tucked under to create this off-shoulder look and also cover the raw edges of the armhole slits.  Of course the slits can be sewn around the edges or the edges sealed with fabric glue to prevent fraying.  I will make a better sock dress for Jeanne and do one of these two things to prevent fraying.

These few minutes of play gave me encouragement that dressing Jeanne will not be as hopeless as I had imagined.

Link to action figure sandal tutorials by Limbé Dolls (there are several different videos).  In the past, Paulette has made and sold action figure sandals in her Etsy store, but none are listed currently.  I will make more that are specifically for Jeanne.  I am also looking forward to Vanessa making shoes and clothes for Lamilly to sell through her Etsy store.


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Dena Puts On Her Shrug

Someone asked what I used to make Dena's shrug.  The above photo points to the portion of the sock used to make the shrug.

After answering:  

I used the leftover material from the mid-to-bottom portion of the sock that was cut away, after the toe area was cut off. This section then has an opening in each end. It is turned horizontally so that the open ends are sideways. One arm is the open end then the material is stretched behind her back and her other arm is placed in the open end. In this photo, the yellow and peach pieces on the bottom right are the shrugs (they are vertically placed in this photo). The smaller pieces are the toe areas of the sock that were cutaway from the pieces used for the shrug.

I took the following photos to illustrate Dena putting on the peach shrug:

1. Her arm is placed through the opening of the remaining sock material after the toe area is cut off.

2. The material is pulled across her back and her other arm placed inside the opening. 

3. Both arms are in the opening.

4. The top and bottom portions of the back are pulled together to cover her back. 

5. View from the front after all edges have been smoothed and/or tucked under.  

It's so easy!

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More Sock Dresses for Dena

Toddler-size yellow and peach socks and gray adult-size sock are combined with decorative stretch headbands and ponytail holders to create three dresses for Dena that can be worn several different ways.

Beginning with the gray sock, about an inch below the ribbed ankle portion of the sock is cut off to form the dress. 

Gray sock with ribbed ankle area plus an inch below forms Dena's gray dress.

The 1-inch area of the gray sock below the ribbed area is turned under and glued in place with no-sew fabric glue.  (This was done after Dena posed for the following photos.  In the next photos, the hem has been tucked under but not glued in place.)

Dena uses a pink ponytail holder with floral-shaped accent as a belt.

A pink headband is wrapped around Dena's waist from front to back, crisscrossed in back, with the remaining portion brought forward and over her head, finally looping it underneath the floral design at the waist. The next image shows the view from the back.

Same look as above from the back

The yellow and peach socks are cut.  With these I also left a bit of material below the ribbed area to add length as well as a hem to the dresses.  The remaining sock becomes a shrug after the toe area is cut off.  Again, headbands and ponytail holders are used for belts with mixing and matching as shown and described below.

Yellow dress with raw hemline

Yellow ponytail holder serves as belt and hemline is tucked under.

Yellow shrug is added.

For a touch of color, an orange and peach ponytail holder is added to belt the waistline.

View of the yellow shrug from back

Peach dress, raw hemline, yellow shrug and yellow belt

Peach on peach with peach and orange belt, raw hemline

Same look as immediately above with tucked under hemline

Finally, a view from the back of the peach on peach with touch of orange look.

Those who know me or have read enough of this blog to know my favorite color, you know which of these I like best.  Which one is your favorite?

Now all Dena needs is these shoes in gold and silver (size 7).  

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