How to make clothes for dolls from socks?

If you or your children have a lot of dolls, then we suggest slightly updating the wardrobe. Agree, every mother sooner or later comes a time when she acts as a designer and a fashion designer. So, we will teach you how to turn your doll into a real beauty. This time, let's take a look at a master class on how to make clothes from a sock. Are you surprised? Yes, from this everyday thing you can sew such clothes as a dress, a skirt, trousers, a hat, golfs and much more. All the secrets about how to make clothes for dolls from socks are collected in this article.

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How to sew clothes for dolls?

Clothing for dolls from socks is the simplest option. He does not need to spend money, much time and energy. Believe me, from the process you will get great pleasure, and your child will be squealing with delight! We will gradually consider different options in stages.

Materials and tools

The first step is to prepare materials for work, namely:

• Women's socks( you can use different materials).
• Threads per tone.
• Ordinary needle.
• Scissors.
• Light pencil, chalk or soap.
• Transparent nail polish.
• Tailor pins.
• Ruler.

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Sew a dress

So, when all the materials are prepared, you can start making clothes from the sock. Now we will tell how to make a dress for dolls from the sock:

• Put the sock on a flat, clean surface.
• Cut half of the toe to the heel.

Important! The place where the sock elastic is located is the top of our future dress.

• Now with chalk or soap, mark the side lines for the sleeves.

Important! When measuring the lines of sleeves, do not forget to retreat 1.5 cm from the bottom edge of the sock. You can attach a toy lady to the fabric and make a label where the sleeve ends. For smoothness of the line, we recommend using a ruler.

• Next - cut the fabric according to the intended labels, ending with the thoracic part.
• We form the length of the dress, cutting the bottom edge of the sock.

Important! The length of the dress can be completely different: to the knees, to the heel of the toe or very short length. All at your discretion.

• We mark the label lines with pins, we begin to sew our dress, moving from the lower side to the top.
• When we reached the bottom of the sleeve, you need to make a cuff. To do this, turn the sleeve a few times, then stitch it.
• When all the necessary stitches are stitched, we turn the finished dress to the front side.
• The sleeves are a little narrow, so you need to insert a pencil or a pen in your sleeve and gently straighten it.

We got a delightful dress that keeps on the chest with an elastic band of a socks and perfectly fits the figure.

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Sewing the cap from the toe

When our dress is ready, you can sew a stylish hat using a sock. It is also sewn from the bottom of the sock.

We start to make a knitted cap with our own hands:

• On the toe, we draw a cap with chalk or soap.

Important! At this stage, you need to determine the length and volume of the cap.

• Marked lines with pins and cut off excess.
• Use the transparent edge to process the edges.
• Next - we turn the bottom of the cap and pierce it with ordinary threads.

Important! The seam can be made either manually or with a sewing machine. Note that the machine stitch can stretch the fabric a little.

• Stitched the sides with a stitch seam so that it meets in the accordion, then the cap will hold well on the head of the toy.

Important! For these purposes, you can use a rubber band, after sewing it into the bottom of the future cap.

• Top of the cap sewn with a suture seam and tighten a little.
• After fixing all the seams, remove the pins.

Important! To make clothes from socks, it is best to use non-monotonous socks, and in a strip, with a pattern, an inscription, then the clothes will be fashionable.

Now you know how to sew clothes for dolls from a sock.

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Knit socks for socks

What can I do with a doll sock? For example, pants. Using a conventional knitted sock, you can also make trousers for your favorite toy. Pants to sew a little more complicated than dress and other kinds of clothes.

The whole process consists of several basic stages:

• First we cut the sock under the heel itself. We apply it to our doll in order to determine the length of the cut.
• Based on the obtained standards on paper, we build a pattern.
• After - we put a pattern on the part of the socks and circle with soap.

Important! When making patterns, do not forget to leave allowances for sewing seams.

• The resulting pattern is pinned and pins are sewn all the seams.
• After - we turn and straighten the finished product.

Important! The bottom of the trousers can be several times tucked and hemmed, and can be treated with nail polish.

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How to sew a skirt?

The following clothes for dolls are a skirt from a sock with beautiful ruffles on a bottom.

The whole manufacturing process consists of the following stages:

1. In the same way as with the dress, we cut off the sock.
2. We leave only its lower part, and the rest - we cut off, so that the skirt sat well at the waist.
3. Manually sew all the side seams.
4. On top of the wrong side, sew an elastic band.
5. We process the bottom of the product with frills.
6. We sew the button and the button at the back.

So, we got a beautiful, lush skirt. Believe me, the child and the doll will be delighted with her!

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How to sew a top and handbag?

In order to sew knee socks for a doll from a sock, it is necessary to take only a piece with an elastic band, for the upper fixation on the foot. From the bottom of the picture you can sew a handbag, previously cutting out the shape on the toe. All the side seams are sewn according to the scheme presented above. That's all, nothing complicated!

Important! Handles for bags can be crocheted, using, for example, thread floss or plan iris.

Now you know how from the sock you can make many different clothes for your favorite dolls. If desired, you can add buttons, rhinestones, beads, lace, and much more to the above products. You can easily say that now your doll is incredibly beautiful, and you are just a sorceress!