Entry #30: Intermediate

Entrant Category: Intermediate

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For this FDC, my character is Robin Rider.  She can't wait to go to school!  She especially likes math, but her favorite part of the school day is recess when she can run around, play on the monkey bars, or do cartwheels.  When she is not in school she might be relaxing on her bed cuddling with her stuffed animals.  Robin doesn't like to think a lot about putting an outfit together for school, so a one piece outfit, i.e., a play suit, was perfect for her.  Also, she can flip upside down in her new outfit with ease, unlike a regular shirt and pants.

Outfit Design

This is my first sketch of the outfit I wanted to make for Robin.  I wanted to make a play suit  with fun accents, like a pocket with a button on it and a belt.  I wanted pink to be the contrasting color with the blue and white.  So I wanted a pink button to go on the pocket.  For the shoes, I chose to make slip-on shoes in the contrasting color pink.

This is my second drawing of what I wanted the outfit to look like.  To complete her school outfit I planned to make a backpack.  

Outfit in Process of Being Created

This is the fabric I chose for the play suit.  It is a plaid cotton fabric.  The stripes are blue and tan.

This is the fabric that I chose for the collar, belt, and the leg bands.  It is another cotton fabric that I thought matched the play suit wonderfully.  

Here are all the fabric pieces that I cut out.  I used a Simplicity pattern for the play suit.

Here is a picture of the play suit being made.

Here is another picture, this time I was sewing the facing.

This is a picture of the backpack in the process of being made.  I used a dried fruit package and covered it with Duck tape.  I made pockets out of Duck tape, as well.  I planned to make the straps out of the blue fabric I used to make the collar, belt, etc.  I used these instructions on dolldiaries.com as an idea for my backpack: http://dolldiaries.com/doll-craft-make-a-backpack/

I made the shoes out of the same Duck tape as the backpack.  I made the soles of the shoes out of cardboard.  I used a video I found on dolldiaries.com for making the shoes: http://dolldiaries.com/doll-play-day-86-make-duct-tape-toms-for-dolls/

Outfit Complete & Modeled

 Here is the first picture of my finished project!  I actually ended up making a headband out of the same Duck tape as the shoes and backpack.  I used more instructions on dolldiaries.com, but modified them: http://dolldiaries.com/make-an-easy-duck-tape-headband-with-add-ons-for-dolls/

I think that the smiley face button on the pocket brings the outfit together.

Robin is an Our Generation or Battat doll.  She is so happy with her new school outfit! and can't wait to run and play!

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