11cm Clothing Tutorials: Going Crazy

I am just about ready to start pulling my hair out, smack my head against the wall repeatedly, or more likely both. All I want is to know how in the heck to find clothing tutorials for the 11cm Obitsu bodies.

 

There is some pretty amazing outfits out there for the obitsuroids, PukiPuki BJD are similar size, even Kelly dolls (Barbie's 'sister') are similar size, but I've been having a hell of a time finding tutorials to just get my tiny Kiddos some clothes other than Pebble.

 

 

Po only has stockings on because they are from one of my 80s Strawberry Shortcake dolls.

 

 

Bjørn needs a karate gi for him not to be a nudest Kewpie-Fu master (when he isn't being a shady realestate agent...)

 

 

And Leaf... well, let's say his cape isn't enough.

 

 

Since Po has been starting to work on his house I've been getting a better idea of what clothes he wants like vests, sweater vests, or a brown tweed jacket. (Makes me think a lot about Mole from Wind in the Willows stop motion series.)

 

 

And then this guy... was accidentally ordered when I was just checking shipping.

 

 

And you can't have Victor without Yuri who just happened to be offered to me by a friend where I was more than happy to buy him. Both of the Yuri On Ice boys are going to be obitsuroids because I have a Nendoroid already and I love the heads but the bodies annoy me.

 

 

I finally had the courage to pop off my 1980's Strawberry's head and see how I liked it. So she and some of her other friends are going to have body upgrades eventually.

 

So all of this turns into needing some basic patterns, especially for shirts, pants, jackets, and/or sweaters but shoes would be nice too. My brain just hasn't been able to handle designing patterns for this scale without my OCD going in overdrive, causing me a ton of stress, and wearing me out physically before I can do anything. I feel so dumb that my searching has come up with almost nothing. And as usual, the clothing I want is what really isn't out there. There is a couple of cute pieces on Parabox, but the $25 before shipping for such a tiny outfit is hard to justify.

 

What does anyone else do for clothes this size? Is there somewhere easy to buy clothes this size from the USA without having to use proxies? I'm frustrated on how little I know about finding anything for this size, even if they are super adorable. (One of those times where it feels like it really sucks not to be in Japan. )

 

~Sister Kyoya

I can't help much with sewing but I will say that unfortunately the really nice clothing you can buy from dealers in Japan tends to be REALLY expensive, likely due to just how difficult it is to get that level of detail at that scale. I'd like more clothes to put on my Dearmine Bean (although he can only wear pants that are stretchy) but there is a certain amount of sticker shock that can be initially hard to justify for the size. Although I do think the people making these tinyass clothes deserve compensation too.

I wish you luck, though, and I'll post any patterns I find here because i know there's a few floating around the Japanese community as Obitsuroids are huuuuge now. (So huge that Good Smile took notice and are bringing out their own 'doll' bodies compatible with nendoroid heads which is great because you do have to modify the neck to make an obitsuroid and it's a pain)

 

I guess you could also search for 'pukifee' clothes? I think they're the same size as obitsu11.

*pokes head in*

 

Torino is so right about the sticker shock for tiny clothing. It can be scary!

And I believe you'd want to search for PukiPuki size clothes. Pukifee are a bit bigger, but Pukipukis are the same size and scale as the 11cm obitsus. I tend to see a lot of crochet stuff on etsy and it's all very girly. It can be hard to find specific looks! >.< Good luck!

Much to my utter surprise. I found a gi pattern on Etsy: Martial Arts Karate gi clothes pattern for Tiny BJD: PukiFee Lati Yellow Tiny Delf & similar sized dolls. I bought it along with Private School Uniform mega pack Boy Girl Doll clothes outfit pattern for Tiny BJD: PukiFee Lati Yellow & similar sized dolls. I am currently working on sizing down the gi pattern for Bjørn, but it's a mild struggle because my brain doesn't want to math. Plus the scaling down directions are kinda vague. The Etsy shop has a small collection of cute outfits in this size (all need to be scaled down) and honestly the pattern cost is really reasonable. I paid the $5 simply to not have to do 15 tests of pants patterns to get the darn crotch curve right (but still expecting to need to adjust it.) Pants have just been the bane of my doll sewing existence.

 

There is also

on YouTube who is helpful for seeing some of the process how to sew such tiny clothes on a sewing machine, although everything is in Japanese and it looks like no patterns (not that I could find in my limited perusal.) I'm interested in seeing more of her channel.

 

PukiPuki, Obitsu 11cm & Pukifee comparison:

 

Obitsu 11cm/Pukipuki/Pukifee Comparison by RequiemArt.com, on Flickr

 

Obitsu 11cm/Pukipuki/Pukifee Comparison by RequiemArt.com, on Flickr

 

Obitsu 11cm/Pukipuki/Pukifee Comparison by RequiemArt.com, on Flickr

 

Obitsu 11cm/Pukipuki/Pukifee Comparison by RequiemArt.com, on Flickr

 

Obitsu 11cm/Pukipuki/Pukifee Comparison by RequiemArt.com, on Flickr

 

Obitsu 11cm, PukiPuki & LatiW SP comparison:

 

Comparison of dolls by Candy Smoothie http://doll.byus.net/candys/, on Flickr

 

And others:

 

Tinies comparison [Explored] by Birgit, on Flickr

 

Tinies Comparison by Melissa, on Flickr

 

 

 

Now, don't get me wrong, I TOTALLY understand why the prices are what they are for even decent quality clothing this size, and the creators do certainly earn what they get paid for (most likely they are still often undercharged simply because of what the market would tolerate.) It's just my pocketbook screams at me bad enough with the army of Kiddos we already have, have yet to finish, and are yet to be ordered. Add that in conjunction with a whole sewing room stuffed with fabric (mostly old clothes) just waiting to be given an actual use, and that is why I can't justify the cost if I'm able to have enough energy to even do hand sewing.

 

So, as usual mostly because of stylistic choices I fall back on my own abilities. More than once I've thought about having my original DD patterns for PDF download from Etsy (with my current health it is all I could actually manage. Shipping stuff? totally out of the question.) This might give me something small to work on to see if it is a viable option. I find it SO absurd that patterns for this size are so hard to find, and quality patterns too, not someone's half scribbled patterns that don't even match up. (Disclaimer: the patterns from the above shop are hand drawn, but very good and so far worth the cost. Just drives me nuts when patterns don't follow the same format as human sized sewing patterns.) And from all my searching I have yet to find much info on how to make removable clothing/fasteners/how to hide the openings, especially in things like pants. This is a downside to not being able to see premade clothing in person and examine a lot of details that I can absorb very quickly by just looking at it.

 

I'm glad that I've started a topic that has some value. Obitsuroids are just cool. Excuse me a few moments while I go in the corner and squee my head off about getting Victor & Yuri.

 

~Sister Kyoya

*sigh* If it isn't one thing, it's another.

 

 

Got the pattern resized and seam allowances put back in... and it still looks too big/long. On top of that it has been over a year since I used my printer regularly and my ink cartage dried up. So either I have to wait a week and a half to work on these patterns some more... or just draft them myself.

 

 

I just want something to be easy, instead of feeling like I'm getting smacked in the face every time I think I might be doing better or feeling like I can accomplish something. I know this could be a good thing for my own patterns, but I wasn't ready to work on that just yet.

 

~Sister Kyoya

I searched using keywords "オビツ11 パターン"

 

the first results seemed promising?

 

first result (on otaku.sakuras) appears to list publications in which obitsu patterns have appeared (books, issues of magazines, etc.) and blog posts of patterns

 

second result (on ameblo) is a master list of patterns the blogger has created-the numbers appear to indicate separate parts of the same pattern not different ones

 

I didn't dig any deeper than that but I hope you have some luck

lol well I poked my head in this thread figuring I might be able to help with something but it looks like you already have my stuff

 

Sister Kyoya have you tried sewing that pattern shrunk down yet? Usually they do look a bit big when you put the doll on top of the pattern pieces, but when it's put on a 3D object it curves over it and becomes smaller. At a tiny size like that, the hems take up a lot of space on the inside of the clothes, so the pattern has to be bigger to account for it.

 

When you get to something only 11cm tall, even the thickness of the fabric you use will have a big impact on fit, so if it's close but not quite right you can tweak the % up/down a tiny bit more.