Arts of Delight

Materials/tools for pattern drafting: paperbased shop towels (or pliable paper towels) marking pencil (I use a chalk pencil in a dark colour) sticky tape scissors (the ones you use for paper) Materials for shirt: fine white cotton fabric approx. 0.25 m white sewing thread small buttons hand sewing needles When I drape a pattern for doll clothing,  I make sure that all the underclothes the doll will be wearing are on the doll, so  that my final pattern will accommodate  all the thicknesses under the outer garment. These are instructions for the first stage  of making an outfit. For this boy doll, I decided that he would only be wearing a collared shirt , which would tuck into his fashion fabric pantaloons. I searched the internet and found a very good blog post about the design of men’s shirts https://witness2fashion.wordpress.com/tag/mans-shirt-1800s-1700s-1900s/ Noticing that the shoulder slit didn’t allow for the extreme slant of an IW doll’s shoulder area, I modi