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On April 18th 2013 I put my first pattern on Etsy (this one) because we all loved our Monster High dolls, but there were close to zero clothes options for them.   I was a hobby dolly doctor and customizer, so I figured it would be another fun thing for the few people who needed patterns the same way my repair tutorials and customizing tutorials had been.  10 years later this is my full time gig.  I wore out my drafting ruler.  My scissors are covered with scratches from being sharpened and re-sharpened.  I've replaced 2 brand-new sewing machines.  And I'm...

I gave Draculaura and Cleo as 'new' body types their own reviews, but all the other new body types followed the Ever After High method of shortening/lenghtening the calves to make tall/short bodies so they are pretty much all the same for sewing purposes. First, let's compare the different generations and spinoff dolls: These pics are taken straight from the new PS size chart btw so you can download that if you want a local copy to refer to. The good news is overall the basic body shape has remained the same so the new dolls can (mostly) fit in...

Let's take a look at the new Cleo! TLDR: For clothes, she can wear  PS sized clothes that are fitted in the upper body (blouses, dresses with gathered skirts) but not things fitted in the thighs (pants, non-stretch fitted dresses).  You can even get away with some of the looser legged pants like the Palazzo & Gaucho wide-legged pants pattern!  So most everything fits, but if you have a question about a particular pattern you can send me a message :)   Ok, from left to right I've got a G1 Cleo, a G2 cleo with a G1 head because...

I'm going to start out by admitting that Monster High is my favorite playline doll and is the original playline doll that got me into playline dolls.  I'm a bit biased towards G1s, though I don't think it's that much of a bias.  There are some dolls I liked better as G2s and some dolls I liked better as G1s.  Will I like some dolls better as G3s?  Probably!  But overall, I probably will never stop praising G1 because it was so innovative.  Articulation, individual head sculpts and later on individual body sculpts for each doll?  Clothing quality?  SHOES?!  The...

I'm not really a share-r but I feel like this is something I should probably put an explanation out there for those wondering why the last blog post was almost a whole year ago, and while I've kept up with any shop related stuff, there hasn't been a lot of new content for about the same period.  It's not happy, so trigger warning I guess. 2020 sucked for everybody.  I don't really feel the need to explain how it sucked for me personally, I mean you can probably guess a few things and be right about most of them. Then...