Have you been making doll clothes for both your children and other people? If you like to make these little clothes, then you have discovered a delicious and rewarding hobby. On the other hand, if you’ve been looking for a hobby to challenge your creativity and sewing skills, look no further.

Doll clothes can be sewn with a sewing machine, hand sewing, or a combination of both. The patterns range from the realization of original designs to the purchase of the most difficult and complex.

Accessories are other elements necessary to complement or expand a closet. Scarves, belts, purses, purses, sandals and jewelry are easily made with ornaments and decorative appliques, ribbons, buttons or scraps of fabric.

Talents required:

• Basic sewing skills

• Fabric knowledge

• Clothing construction

• Make or read patterns

• Hook

• Knitting

• Embroidery

• Creativity

• Imagination

• Patience

Easy patterns are built with stretch fabrics that won’t fray, cotton, felt, or a variety of synthetic fabrics. No sewing skills will be required. Non-sewer people like to use glue or bonding materials.

Challenging patterns will include action figures, historical figures, and collectible doll clothes. Knowledge of the different types of historical fabrics is essential to increase authenticity.

You may want to design your own fashions. Free patterns are available online or can be purchased. The niche you choose to be creative with will determine the availability of patterns. This hobby will grow as you mature through the different stages or change your interests.

Types of dolls:

• Plastic: soft, hard and vinyl

• Cloth

• Wood

• Sorbet

• Paper mache

• Leather

• Wax

• Sea food soup

• Porcelain

• Composition

This hobby is interesting and endless as there are a variety of dolls wearing clothes in the United States and other countries. Dolls are like people; they are everywhere.

Children who play with dolls love to dress and undress their dolls. The assembly of the fashions can be made simple or more complex depending on the age of the child. Children will role play or act out stories. The dolls are the actors and this is one of the many reasons to expand the wardrobe.

Looking for a hobby that you can share with your child? This sewing activity that can be as fun as it is educational. This hobby can be considered both an art and a craft.

In short, making doll clothes can be restricted to your current family, gifts for other family and friends, replace or design appropriate fashions for collectible dolls, or contribute to a charity of your choice nationally or internationally.