Sewing Doll Scale Fabrics

A DoA member made this thread some time ago:
/threads/sweet-like-chocolate-line-lolita-project.566336/ using fabric they designed and made available for others to use through Spoonflower.

 

For small prints I usually cut apart underwear and baby clothes (all my dolls are tinies so I usually don’t need a lot of fabric). Dress shirts with prints and ties can be a source of fun fabric as well. For borderprints you could try looking at children’s clothes/fabrics, handkerchiefs and tablecloths or maybe stitching a patterned ribbon onto your fabric?

Your sweater looks really nice!

 

Men's cotton dress shirts are my favorite source for in-scale plaids-- and since I buy them used from thrift stores, the fabric isn't stiff, so they have a nice drape.

 

Quilting cottons can often be found with very nice small scale prints. It's not uncommon to find fabrics suitable for loita among them. It will mostly be all over prints, not borders, though.

If you do look for scaled down border prints, make sure that it's clear who the designer is and that the seller has the rights to sell the design. Sadly, just like the BJD hobby has problems with recasts, the Lolita fashion has problems with replicas and sometimes the fabric designs are stolen and reprinted. I have seen scaled down printed fabric sold specifically for making BJD clothes out of on Ali Express. Do not buy these. It's easy enough to find the source for the well known prints, but small brands designs have also been stolen and it's very tricky to track them down, so don't assume it's their own designs even it it looks original to you.

 

I wish you the best of luck in your search!

 

A few days ago I found this:

Кукольный мир - магазин для кукольников и мишкоделов - Кукольный Мир

I am still looking through it, but I already found some cute fabrics I consider to get.

 

I'm glad I could help

 

For smaller prints, I usually look at cotton fat quarters for quilting, new but inexpensive underwear, and thrifted baby clothes.

 

Seconding thrifted baby clothes! They have little prints that sometimes look good on dolls as small as 1/6 scale