Each pair of sock slacks have cute little belts made from embroidery floss and beads. |
Make cool weather slacks for your fashion dolls from recycled long ribbed socks. Our versions may be made either by hand or on a sewing machine if you prefer.
Supply List:
- ribbed socks: grey or charcoal
- white embroidery thread
- regular thread
- tacky craft glue or no-fray
- beads
- long paper tube
- Measure the length of your doll's legs and add two additional inches to approximate the length between it's belly button and it's crotch.
- Cut this measurement from the top of a ribbed sock down.
- Turn the sock clipping upside down so that the finished edge becomes the bottom edge of the slacks.
- Insert a long paper tube inside the cut sock so that you can apply tacky or no-fray along the clipped edge without the glue coming in contact with any other surface. Let it dry.
- Remove the tube.
- Now measure approximately two inches down from the waist edge and mark this point with a stick pin.
- You need to then sew two straight seams down the center of your sock approximately 1/4 inch apart. You can do this by hand or on a machine. Sew over these seams again to insure that these are tight.
- Take a sharp pair of scissors and cut between the two rows of straight stitching to form the right and left sides of your doll's slacks.
- Hand-stitch the two rows of straight seams together just above the crotch.
- Turn the slacks inside out and finish the top waist edge with a blanket stitch using embroidery floss.
- Fit the sock slacks to your doll by sewing a long piece of embroidery floss around the waistline with a large straight stitch.
- Tie off each end with a bead so that the slacks tie won't slip out of place.
- Tie the floss belt in an attractive bow.
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