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I decided the sweaters were too much trouble to put on by removing my doll's heads, so decided to give them back openings. I picked off the neckband, cut the sweater up the centre back, and FrayChecked everything. Then I zig-zagged all the interior seams so tiny fingers would't catch, and replaced the neckband, and sewed on a back binding the same colour as the sweaters....  ..and then glued all the sequins back on that fell off while I was doing the above.
Jane
11/28/2015 12:59:11 pm
What a lot of work but so worth it!
Martha
11/28/2015 01:25:44 pm
BIDs are especially challenging if their head won't fit through a neck opening. I will remove their face plate to put a sweater on over their head - in order to protect their face up - but if that's still not enough, removing their whole head is just too frustrating. Most BJDs have an 'S' hook that stays on top of their necks when you take their heads off, but BIDs have very small 'S' hooks that will shoot right down into their torso, and then the whole doll falls apart. It becomes a complicated operation to remove their heads, requiring three hands.
Jane
11/28/2015 01:39:10 pm
I never knew that BID's had a face-plate! And *agghh* about the small 'S' hooks shooting into the torso! What a nightmare!
Martha
11/28/2015 01:45:19 pm
Yes, BIDs have a faceplate system. All the other sizes of Iplehouse dolls are just like most other bjds. I remember the very first time I took the head off a BID and suddenly the whole doll was laying in pieces on the floor at my feet. I was in shock! Fortunately the head elastic is only hooked into the top of the bottom body part, and the legs are strung separately as their own unit, or I'd really have been in trouble. Comments are closed.
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AuthorMartha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll maker and costumer specializing in fantasy and historical-style costumes. Archives
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