| Note: this is my personal
opinion about 'normal' proportions. All body types
are normal depending on the doll or the person! It
is a way of describing the differences I see between
the dolls as a dressmaker and pattern drafter. |
| All this means is that you have to tell me which
doll you have so that you get a correct pattern as
there are major differences between the various dolls
and they do not share clothes! The link below gives
more information about Barbie Bodies and other 1/6
scale dolls. |
| Confused about various Barbie dolls and
their body types? Want to try to figure out what you
have? Try this site : http://www.full-dark.com/MakikiSpa/sheetidx.htm |
| My definitions for my dolls: |
| Old
Body is the twist waist of the early 80's
as that is when I was old enough to get a first Barbie!
She has a large bust with a very small waist and larger
hips. I so not believe she has the same body as a Silkstone
or original 1960's Barbie but I can not be certain
as I do not own any of the 1960's or Silkstone Barbies! |
|
New
Body
is the smooth 1 piece torso doll who has
a belly button and more 'normal' looking proportions
meaning an average bust, waist and hip line. |
|
Super
Size Barbie
: Super Size is an 18" late 1970's vintage
Barbie.... I will hopefully be adding some unique items
for her sometime in 2004! She will end up in the Play
Scale area as she is a Barbie doll! |
|
My
Scene Barbie
: The My Scene Dolls have the New Body Barbie
torso which is referred to as a "belly button
body" thus they are going to share patterns with
the New Body dolls. |
|
Kelly
&
Tommy
: Kelly and Tommy
share a body and just have different face sculpts and
hair styles |
|
Flavas
: Flavas come in various body shapes and I previously
mistook them for My Scene dolls. I have 2 currently
I can work with. One has a fairly normal body that
bends just under the bust line and the other whom is
Tika has an asymetrical body which is going to cause
her to have her own set of patterns and of course some
very unique designs to the body itself. |
Dollfies
: My latest discovery and love. I have a Beauty
B body currently along with a Goh Guy whom will be
made up as Wolverine from the comics as a gift for
a friend to give to a relation but while I have him
I'll make sure to develop patterns for him.
My
Beauty B
however already has 2 patterns and has her
own page on the site to display them. My Elegant Collection
doll will shortly join her. |
|
Mini
American Girls
: There are 2 current Mini American Girls out.
The retired version is 6" tall and was made before
2001 as near as I can tell. The new ones you buy now
from E-bay or direct from
www.americangirl.com
are the new doll which are 6 1/2" tall and are
a tad different from the originals. |
UPDATE:
There is only one minor difference between retired
and new Mini AG dolls.... the skirt length. Therefore
all patterns for sale are now for the new dolls with
a notation to take up the hem for the retired dolls
a little more. |
| If you have any doubt which doll you have check what
year she was made in and then also measure her from
head to toe. If you still have doubts please e-mail
me and I'll try to help |
|
Tiny
Betsy
,
Stacy
,
Whitney
,
Madeline
,
Ginny
&
Cloe
: These dolls share patterns very well. I gave
my 4 yr old all of the above for either birthday or
Christmas 2003 and made almost a dozen dresses that
all fit all the dolls. |
| Strawberry
Shortcake- this little doll comes very
close to fitting some of the Kelly patterns but she
is taller and thinner than Kelly and thus doesn't fit
them well... they're too big.... sooooo..... :-) There
are now patterns available for Strawberry Shortcake
along with a Pattern
Kit. |
|
Furga
:Vintage 11" child doll |
|
Horsman
: Vintage baby doll (page coming soon) |
|
Tiny
Kitty
: Tiny Kitty Collier by Rober Tonner. She is
in the 1/6 scale range and an absolute dream to draft
and sew for. |
|
Harry
Potter/Kevin
: Harry and Kevin are based off the same body
mold the only difference is the head sculpt. |
| Hitty: Well she is
the last on my list currently to lay hands on to play
around with patterns for.... but at the moment I think
I have enough dolls to work with! |
| If there are any other dolls that might be confusing
and that I have info on I'll post as much as I can
find out here about him or her! If anything here is
wrong and you have more up to date info please let
me know so that I can correct it! |
for more information! As this address has become
primarily spam I have moved over to a gmail address. This domain address
is checked frequently however replies will come from Gmail.
