SOCK It To Me! (Or other weird, tacky, or just plain ??! clothing sources!)

I love sox! Here are my two sock sweaters, modeled by teenage Anna (DM Ha-Yarn Cho) and adult Anna (Soom MA Meisa). Each took under $5 and about two hours to make.

 

I really like making clothes out of interesting socks. Here is a top (added a bit of lace) and a dress from socks:


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both of Desuma's shirt and tites were made from the same sock
black, white and grey

 

The first thing I made for Will was a jumper from a sock. It was a nice new sock.

 

Dresses from men's suit trousers:


Dress made from Jute (sack material)

 

I just made a sock sweater for my first bjd Juliet. It's not as bad as i expected it was going to turn out considering it's my first attempt at sewing doll clothes ever. xD

 

I made this dress from a pair of vintage trouser socks. Suzette (NotDoll Belladonna) wears it all the time:



Ironically, her socks are not made from socks; I got them from BeachgirlNikita. I made the hat and scarf.

 

Remember those foot tubes they sold everywhere a few years ago? They didn't even need a seam or hem sewn in them! Kaida's little black lace number is one of them:



So is Heidi's clingy knit tube top:



Sock Couture is lots of fun! Here is Kaida in one of her sock dresses:

 

heh, this is from a gallery shoot the sock dress debate inspired-



Can't beat a classic design, made from clean but very old and worn socks. I'd love to see a bacon dress; it could be a Lady Gaga costume!

 

Misha is modelling the autumn collection: Hat and stockings made from an Asda sock, and dress made from cotton knickers.

 

The top and hat, on the left, are made from socks.



Chibi Imai's top and arm warmers are made from socks.





Isabelle's coat is made from a curtain sample, her shirt a t-shirt, her leggings a dress sock.



Former Isabelle's outfit was made from curtain sample and dress sock.



Sheldon's vest is made from never before used underwear. XD



My sister, tallon, made all of these, except Sheldon's shirt (my mom made that) and the little blonde's dress (Barbie).

 

I love this thread!
Here's Valencia and LaDonna, both in sleeves. The stripey skirt was an old pair of baby pajamas, and the teal velvet was a body suit.

 

My boy's shirt in this photo is made from some leggings ^.^!



I think it's a lot of fun to make things out of socks, and other like materials! When people put care into it they can turn out looking fantastic.

 

Both his shirt and leggings (don't know if you can see them at all in this shot) are-- SHH!-- made out of panties. Huge granny panties, fresh out of the package, never worn. It's a great way to get a small print on lightweight fabric... (the leggings are plain white, but they were originally just meant to keep dark pants from staining his legs before I sprayed him...)

=^__^=
Anneko

 

Georgina, in a cast off arm thingie hand me down from Sher. Gorgeous pants from Marsh, not from socks.

 

12 inches of vintage ribbon, trimmed with other ribbon scraps from a tin bought for a dollar at a consignment shop. It was too short to do anything with it aside from this, but I like it.

 

His shirt is a sleeve from some worn-out PJs


Those shorts were once faded shorty-shorts given to me as a hand-me-down

 

Ok me and a couple of other people from the BBB/RS discussion thread, had a read and a good laugh at the famous Sock Dress Debate -> http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...k-dresses-and-the-anger-they-seem-to-generate. The more we read the more we wanted to put our dolls in "Sock Dresses" and other cute things made from socks!

Why the game? Well i want people to join the so called "Sock Perpetrators" and post your dolls wearing the dreaded infamous "Sock Dresses" and things made out of socks. Anything like that! I will start it off with my attempts. If you want to talk a little about your photo's go for it, if you don't want to it is fine!











I showed my dolls in their sock dresses lay on some of my other BJD clothes to show that it is about choice what you put you doll in. The little plush is also made from socks too!

 

Natsu in another piece of that body suit, this time using the snaps at the bottom and making a strange top. The skirt is an underskirt for a hideous dress.

 

oh! i have one! i took some photos of my girl today that i tried to make all arsty and moody...and after i posted it in the gallery, i thought - oh yeah! uh oh - everyone's going to hate me. here's why:

an outfit consisting of a SOCK =O and a scarf:

 

I made some fun stuff out of socks.

The top here is 2 pairs of socks.



And both the skirt and the top are made of socks.

 

I've made a dress from nightgown

 

Everyone say hello to my sock hoodie ;]



It's so amazing *cough*

 

I love to make little sweaters out of socks! They're great for my LTF's. Here's Nebu looking ever so cute in her own sock sweater!

 

Last Christmas I made Benjamin a sock sweater. Getting to be the time of year for him to wear it again!

 

Long coat made out of one of my old jackets

before:



and after:

 

I'm proud of that shirt - it used to be a napkin!



Top and boxers made of an old make-up bag:




Sock:



Sock:



Pullover made of a leg warmer, skirt of a piece of my skirt and leggings of my tights:



A pair of socks:



Dress from a napkin:



Dress from my old skirt:




I wanted to take some photos outside in the snow before I got shoes to Johnny...



And oh, yes, my newest try - hats from (new, clean) dishclothes! The yellow one is horrible, the purple one is a little better, maybe the next one will be nice =)

 

I've heard before that sock clothing is "frowned upon" and that makes me a little sad. I think that sock clothing is a good place for beginners to start off. I can hardly sew for jack squat, and I'm a pretty broke High school student at the moment, so sock clothing is a good option for me since i just don't have the kind of money to buy nice outfits for my doll. I don't see what people are talking about when they say sock clothes just can't be good. Some people use the argument that most sock dresses aren't good because they're made out of "old sweaty socks", and I don't see the harm in using cleaned used socks.Although I admit that here I went out and bought a set of colored and patterned socks to make clothes for her since i only had ugly plain white socks. (I have a cute little diamond patterned sock [the kind of diamond pattern you see on sweaters] that i want to make a sweater out of for her sometime once i figure out how to do that...) The two outfits my girl has are (although incomplete) nice looking and functional.

This was the first outfit I made for her, this was the first time i'd really ever sewn anything:

everything is made out of socks, even the scarf! this outfit's still incomplete though, I'm hoping to find some dark brown tights and black shoes for it, and possibly a little necklace.

The Second outfit I made is also still incomplete, I'm hoping i'll get okay enough at sewing to sew her an orange/yellow-orangey cardigan for it:

This was when i first made it, I have since added a little bit of golden colored ribbon tied in a bow under the bust to give the dress a bit of a shape.

i love all the cute clothes here!

 

Corellon in his Christmas panties.
The hat and panties are made of these knitted tubes that children use to make Santa hats for Christmas decorations and the socks are made from an old sweater I think, they weren't made by me.

 

I make most of my things from fabric scraps or things that used to be something else... These ones aren't that strange, but I'll put them out here anyway. First up is- a shirt that became a top!


I just loved the hand and the text is almost perfect. I still have the second hand print lying around somewhere so theoretically I could make another one...

Next up we have the sleeve that became a dress!


It's sitting a bit low on her chest in these pictures, but I haven't got any other pictures of it atm... It actually does go all the way to her ankles, the pose just makes it seem very short. It's not meant to be anything fancy, but more of a comfy dress that you would wear at home when no one's around. I'm sure we all have clothes that we would not wear in public, and this would be one of those! ;D

Opalwhisker- it really is a shame, as it is an excellent place to start, and it recycles old materials into something new, which is just great! That's why I tend to save old clothes that I don't want to wear anymore, as I know I can use them to make something for my little ones! And to be honest, sometimes used clothes are slightly nicer to work with as they are already a bit worn out, so making clothes with them is a weensy bit easier. :3

 

I made this shirt out of a glove.


The shirt and mini-skirt here are from socks.


This skirt was a piece of fabric that was a decoration at a wedding.


This skirt is made from underwear


This shirt is a rather awesome use of a sock.


And both the shirt and armwarmers here are socks.

 

Sock dress!

 

Yaret's sweater/hat set is made out of two leg warmers, and Anna's sweater-dress - out of a scarf.



More here.

 

Aithne's shirt here is made out of one of my older shirts that I hacked up.


Elinore's gown is made with velvet from a ruined skirt.

 

adding another picture of a sock outfit!



this is a sweater dress I made for my girl :U this was my first time sewing sleeves and there are some things i want to change, but for the most part it's done :I

 

Sock beanie

 

Well I bought my girl clothes, but they didn't fit her very well. So I put her in a fingerless glove instead.

 

I've been interested so much in collecting dolls that I haven't taken the next step very far, developing their personalities and wardrobes. So, yeah, my resin troupe often arrives at our meets very thrown together or minimally covered. I'm still so fascinated by how their bodies work, I enjoy them ala - resin? in doll birthday suites mostly.
So here a couple of t-shirt sleeve dresses, and a crazy outfit we put together so my dollzone boy could participate in the photo shoot:

This is a very nice jacket, but the "shorts" ~ hmmm...not really.
In this case, "whatever oddness struck your fancy" bottoms and a quick grab for a wig. I like this sculpt so much I still think he looks pretty cool.

...and my stripe T has provided a few quick coverings.
Some looked better than this little black and white number.

 

The jacket is made out of a cotton quilters square, the pants out of a really nice pillowcase and the wig is from a stuffed animal.


Genji by animefanz, on Flickr

 

These 'long-johns' were made from one leg of a pair of thermal underwear pants.

He needed them since he is so white, but it also goes with his 1860's costuming.

 

The back of a t-shirt became a quick night gown.

Necklace is made from beads that were once part of a safety pin bracelet.

 

Nice outfit made by Rooz for my doll on the left, sockdress made my me for her doll on the right.


Eden by Shirelae, on Flickr
Dress made out of a scarf and trims.

I was impressed by that nightgown dress. It looks so nice!

 

Track suit was made out of an evening gown ^^"

 

Dress made from a little girls swimsuit , belt is a leftover ribbon

Little Egypt blank by stellamaris61, on Flickr

 

I won't bother with a picture since there's nothing exciting about a blank doll with a sock stuck on her head, but I do have a story about it...

So my newest addition to my resin family REFUSES to sit up on flat surfaces on her butt, because of the way her thigh joints are. Plus she's tightly strung in addition to being wobbly, so she throws herself back quite often when i'm trying to get her into sitting positions. So in order to slightly protect against any potential damage caused by wild flailing, and so that I could prop her up against the wall without fear of the paint sticking to/staining her head, I cut the toe off a sock and put it on her head... right as I was setting her back up with her new sock hat my dad walked in which made me crack up because here I was awkwardly struggling to get her to sit against the wall with a sock stuck on her head and he was like "what are you gigglin' about" and I had to explain that I put a sock on her head.

Needless to say he thought it was pretty funny that I was giggling over her sock head.

 

Pajama bottom dress and hat my mom made


Untitled by bambidarling, on Flickr

 

Sock creations are fun!! Sock hoodie, shirt, skirt and headband! hehe!

 

Ah, this thread is so much fun! I especially love the Yo-size outfit in the previous post, I wanna make one for my own littles now!

As for me, let's see...

Sock romper with leftover ribbon belt:


Really old sock jumper that's actually still being worn (far left, everyone else has nice clothes lol):

 

Sleeve dress! It came from a Halloween costume I wore when I was about 12 or so.

 

dress made from wired ribbon

 

Sock sweater, better than naked?

 

Little Oliver added to his VK look with a zebra (sock) shirt.

 

A classic sock sweater and a cute cat ear hat.

 

My sister came into my room one day, dumped a couple cut sweater sleeves on my bed, and said "here, make Zeke a sweater". So I did! He accidentally had it on backwards in this photo, the seam is in front... But oh well! He actually looks remarkably good in this sweater, I'm pleased.

 

My first attempt at dolls clothes. Little top and underwear/shorts (maybe a pj set? haha) made from (new!) knickers.