Playing With Slopers

 I am nearing the end of the Renaissance dress and will be happy to have it finished. It is a very labour intensive project. I will post pictures of it when it is completed. 

I have decided to do Pixie Faire's Pattern Academy for the second time. This time I will be using the American Girl slopers rather than the smaller doll's sloper. I used it the first time which gave me a good understanding of how to move 2 darts. The American Girl sloper has one dart so I have to think a bit more before I move the darts. I have also decided to make muslins for each lesson. This allow me to see the item actually made up for fit and further ideas. 

I made a muslin of the original bodice sloper adding side, shoulder and back seams. I cut it out of left over fabric from the Renaissance dress lining. It is a base for the fit on the doll. 

It fits Kit quite well. From there, I did the first lesson moving the dart from the waist to the shoulder seam on both the front and back slopers. 

This muslin fits the doll exactly the same as the basic sloper. When I laid them on top of each other, they are exactly the same in fit. 

So far, this has been fun. I draft upstairs at the table and then take the pattern pieces downstairs to cut, mark the darts, and sew when I have a few spare minutes. These are also simple exercises to do when I need to wake up my brain to sew on the Renaissance dress. 

The next bodice is French darts. I have it ready to cut out the muslin to sew together. 

One of my goals is to make a bodice pattern for the Gotz girls. I will give it another go. I have a couple of ideas to try but will need to set aside an afternoon to work on it. My brain isn't quite ready to do it as it is labour intensive. 

I will keep you posted on the Renaissance dress and the progress on how I am doing with the pattern manipulation I am doing. 

Happy Doll Sewing............................................................