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In this article, I'm going to talk about lace in doll sewing.  What qualities you want to look for besides size, why vintage stuff tends to work better than modern, and how to find/restore vintage lace for your dolly sewing needs!

Volks has come out with a new doll size!  This doll size is known as "Chimikko" and premiered on Anya Forger.  The Chimikko doll is for a kid roughly 4-6 years of age.  The body has short toddler arm/legs, and according to Volks when it was announced would be based off of the Mini Dollfie Dream (tween aged?) doll but with shorter limbs. I was really curious how this would come out.  I was picturing a MDD torso with short arms/legs kind of like how the Mochi Asashi body has a regular torso but with giant legs that don't quite...

I've seen a bunch of people posting about coming to the US on vacation and looking to do some second-hand doll or toy hunting but not knowing where to start!  Here's a very thorough list of the types of places to look for and what kinds of things at what kinds of prices you'll find at each of them.   Thrift Stores: These are actual stores that deal in second hand goods.  There are big chains like GoodWill, Salvation Army, and Savers but a lot of one-off stores too.  When you search for "Thrift Store" you should also search for...

There are a LOT of new dolls this year!  I haven't seen much about L.U.V. dolls and I'm a bit surprised because they are pretty nice looking.  Perhaps this is because they're marketed as 8" dolls and this seems like a strange doll size? It's not.  Some very BIG doll lines have bodies with the same proportions, and it would probably be more obvious if LUVs had oversized heads   Now is she starting to look a bit more familiar? Aside: I get a lot of questions about Bratz now that the line has been refreshed.  They weren't running at...

New Doll Drop!  This time, we've got the new Dream Besties to review. The Dream Besties are a Barbie line, though they bear a strong resemblance in the head sculpt to Ever After High!  I heard the same designer is responsible for both lines' headsculpts, so that's pretty great as I miss EAH.  The hair is nice, the faceup is nice, the body seems sturdy and has the usual amount of articulation for a modern jointed fashion doll.  Lots of people review that stuff, let's get to my specialty: I ordered the dolls from aesthetically most to least similar, with...