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As I was sorting out my wardrobe the other day, I noticed that the shirt I was wondering if the goodwill would like back looked like it may have a doll skirt for a sleeve.  A moved button and added snap to hold the excess cuff in place and ~POOF~  Loolu has a new skirt.  Look for a lightweight blouse, mine was made of a lightweight nylon type knit cloth popular in the 70’s, and it had full, flowy sleeves pleated and sewn into an inch wide cuff.  The best part?  It had TWO sleeves, meaning two skirts, without touching the main body of the blouse.  Many dolls’ seamstresses prefer to use pre-hemmed fabric from ready-made garments, it’s an economical and environmentally friendly way to fill up your sewing basket, and you get a clean closet as your added bonus.  In this case, I used a cuff to form a waistband, but the fabric isn’t prone to fraying so I have as of yet to hem it, haven’t deicided if it needs a ruffle or not.
Another quick and easy one uses the armwarmers found in Hot Topic or Claires, the glove-like tubes of cloth can be ready-made one shouldered gowns for a slim mini, depending on the fabric’s stretch and the doll’s er… um… physical attributes.  The fishnet mesh gloves with a hole for the thumb and pinky are awesome little fishnet shirts on minis, they tend to come from Hot Topic, but your locally based goth shop may carry them as well.