Now you see above the second member of the Teen Titans being done. This is Raven--my daughter's favorite Teen Titan. Actually, her costume was less work than Starfire's but the cape is in need of some reworking--so I'm tackling that right now. Her's is pretty simple--or so you would think. Try finding a one piece black unitard for a 1/6 size doll. The only company that makes a one piece unitard for 1/6 obitsu dolls is Azone international. Unfortunately for me--they don't retail directly to the United States. I found their clothing on Amazon.com Japan--but they don't ship here. Can't find it on Ebay either. They make some more expensive equivalents, but I refuse to pay $30 bucks for one.
So being the enterprising doll fashionista that I am, I went looking. For three weeks. Almost all my free moments. Until I happed upon a gentleman selling this on ebay. It isn't exactly what I wanted, but it's the right color and it's a one piece bodysuit. It was also $4.99 on ebay, and the guy shipped two from the UK without charging me extra for shipping the second one.Trouble is it has pants. It also is not skin tight or stretchy. It ended up looking like a work jumpsuit of the future rather than a form fitting heroine's costume. So I had to make some modifications.
This was not easy. I had to actually turn the outfit inside out, and sew the adjustments while it's on the doll. This required a whole lot of patience. I tightened it around the midsection, and at the shoulders so that it would fit tightly on the doll. I almost couldn't get the outfit back on it when I finished sewing it, but I managed it without breaking any of the seems. Hooray for me.
You can see the finished result.
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