How to make a Tiny Doll outfit out of Gloves
Not too long ago I was asked to create a doll outfit for the launch of the Tongue in Chic website. We were each given these beautiful handmade dolls to dress. Being the lazy bum that I am, I decided to make one out of gloves. Which would require a lot less sewing and yet, create a nice pant-suit outfit. I thought I might share this with you guys.
Step 1:
Rummage through your glove collection and fish out 2 different sets of gloves.
Step 2:
Decide which glove is to be the top and bottom. Then measure your glove against your doll. It doesn’t have to be precise, it isn’t rocket science or designer couture.
Step 3:
Lets start with the pants. Cut out the 2 middle fingers off the glove. See picture below for sample on how to hack off the pants.
Step 4:
Cut out the tip of the glove so that the doll legs can go through. I then sewed the end up with red thread so that it looks neater. I used the Blanket Stitch. If you don’t know how to sew the blanket stitch you can click here or watch the video below:
Then you can sew the sides of the gloves so that it fits nicely on the doll’s waist.
The pants are done!
Step 5:
Now we can move on to the top of the outfit. Cut out 3 glove fingers and follow the instructions on how to cut the glove further in the picture below (basically snip two of the side finger tips off for the hands and then cut the middle glove finger lower for the neck). Then fit it onto the doll and mark where you need to stitch. Then sew the sides up.
You top is almost ready!
Step 6:
I decided to just put on a safety pin as a way to hold the top together. You can either sew on buttons or anything else to hold it together. Then I sewed the back of the pants so that it held together more neatly and gave the pants a more streamlined look. You don’t have to if you don’t want to.
And tada! You doll is done! You can vary this look anyway you want. Even make skirts and dresses out of gloves, depending on how big your doll is. I’m guessing a Barbie doll will be perfect for Glove outfits. Happy experimenting!
ha ha is that you sewing on youtube?
haha no… i don’t sew that neatly!!
I tried this with latex gloves. It turned me on somewhat.
really? And why?
Just something about doll-faces with cheeky fringes clad in latex. Gets the lymph nodes gushing.
you are going to try to use cheeky fringe as many times as you can eh?
Wait, why does anyone in Malaysia have gloves? Gloves are for cooooold weather.
uh.. you’ll be surprised at the extent of our wardrobe
( it’ll prolly be inflatables next )