~ Dream Choice of my own ~ During my 2018 trip to Tokyo I was able to create my own Dream Choice doll. Since then I’ve picked up a few Dream Choice exclusives second hand, and even created a guide for Dream Choice in Japan. Eventually I decided I was ready to build another custom…
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I’ve updated my sock pattern to fit MDD Mochi-Ashi, and it’s now available to download on Gumroad. As usual the pattern and instructions there are free, but if you find it useful donations are welcome :)
Going into 2022 I decided to make some changes to the Gallery and how photos are organized on the site. Instead of doing my usual ‘photo roundup’ posts I’ve been adding images directly to their particular gallery, and gradually adding in more of the sculpt categories. I also noticed that photos imported from the old…
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~ An Autumn Sewing Project ~ After a summer full of faceups, I was itching to do more sewing and starting sketching out ideas for my next outfit project. Following a bit of brainstorming, I settled on a circle skirt with a ruffley petticoat and full chiffon blouse. The most essential element was the…
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Cute Redux – Emilia’s Return I’ll confess this isn’t the first time Emilia was welcomed to the Doll Lab- I originally got V1 Emilia through the Volks lottery without any issue as she wasn’t too popular at the time. I thought she had potential for a custom project but didn’t do that or much of…
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I discovered that Niko’s slim human legs are too small for most of the MDD-sized socks that I’ve made, but the SDC socks fit her perfectly. I hadn’t posted this pattern before since the Volks SDC isn’t very popular or common, but now that this pattern is more versatile it makes sense to share. Like…
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I squeezed in one last faceup before the start of the rainy season here! I was looking to clear out some floating heads that hadn’t seen much sunlight lately, and found this DDH-01 modded head that I did way back in 2012. I felt like the faceup didn’t live up to my current standards, and…
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Finishing up a last few sunny weather faceups, I just completed this custom DDH-14 girl. She wasn’t originally part of my planned slate of faceups, but I impulse purchased her floating head and felt immediately compelled to repaint it. As you can see from the Before photo, she had a modified factory faceup that was…
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