I love to make my Kit, Chloe and Louise dolls squishy and soft. I think of them as my baby dolls. They’re chubby and toddler like with wide cheerful faces and they give great hugs. The stiffer, more tightly woven your fabric is the less it will give and it will give more structure to your shapes. And that will totally work for this doll design too. It will make the dolls a little easier to dress and a little less squishy. I’ve found this fabric is great if you want to give your doll a little more squish. It’s from Joanns and it’s called Sew Classics Linen Like Hopsack fabric. It is 55% linen ad 45% rayon. It has a textured nubby appearance which I love. It stuffs really easily, I never have any lumps. (Here’s a link in my amazon shop to stuffing I use.)
The keyword in that fabric name is Hopsack. They have other fabric in the Linen & Linen Look collection that are 100% linen, not the blends and those would still be great for doll bodies but is not the fabric I’m using here.
So what I’ve sussed out is that it is pretty much always available, at least in last couple years, but they have different colors available. So right now they have Papyrus (sort of a neutral tan), Natural (very light ivory) and Potting Soil (dark brown). The dolls above are Natural and a brown that they don’t have in the store right now, maybe it was called Nutmeg?? It is lighter than the Potting Soil. I will update post when I see it back in the store. If anyone sees anything different at their Joanns let me know in the comments.
Hope this is helpful! Let me know below if you have any questions.
Nice! Very interresting. Thank you. Do you use something similar for the Makalong dolls?
Would love to find a pattern for these!
for make-along I use less stretchy, check out this post for examples
http://www.weewonderfuls.com/2016/06/doll-body-fabric/
Hi there,
How do I ask questions about your pattern for Kit, Chloe and Louise? I don’t see a place to do that on your site. I am wondering about the 32 pages with the pattern. That is a lot of printing. Is it possible to just print what I need? Like the body and a couple clothing items and directions? Ink is expensive!
Thank you,
Michele
Hi Michele, I emailed you back. If your spam didn’t let it through you can email me at hillarylang at gmail.com
Wow 🥰 j’adore
Hi, I noticed there are not many clothes patterns for these dolls. Was wondering if there are links to any/will you be posting any? Thanks!
Hi, was wondering if there are more clothes patterns for these dolls? Also if the Make-Along dolls’ clothes patterns would fit them? Thanks!
Make-Along clothes do not fit Kit, Chloe and Louise. Pattern includes playsuit, blouse & wide leg pants, peasant blouse & pinafore and Basics top & bottoms that make great cozies or pjs.
Where can I get this doll pattern?