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In small-scale sewing, I’ve learned several tricks, like hemming the bottom of sleeves and pants BEFORE sewing the other seams which make the hem so difficult to get at.  One of the key tips I don’t follow as well as I should is fabric selection.  Cloth that frays easily is not a good choice to make doll outfits from, it falls apart while you’re sewing it and shreds of it end up all over everything if you’re half as clumsy as I am.  My last project was using a bit of an old hippie skirt, the long, wrinkled variety, and while pretty and light and flowy just like I’d hoped, it was a pain to make sure the seams would hold up to being put onto the doll.  My theory of needlework goes for overkill; if I mend something, that little spot will outlast the rest of the garment, but in doll-scale, that’s not always ideal.  While a veritable carpet-bombing of stitches will ensure durability, sometimes it just doesn’t look right, particularly on a small scale.  My next thing to focus on in my doll-dressing is trimming down the excess in seams and making the garments less bulky in bad places.  I think a good way to test my skills will be making some stockings as I previously mentioned, there’s an old pair of nylons just begging to made doll-sized.