It's not that using the same materials is making the same doll.
These are the reference for your choice.
You should try to use any materials you like.
I'm not a seller of materials.
I walk to the near shop and buy cloth, fabric, hair and so on.
If you want to buy the same, come to my town in Nippon.
You know everything is expensive in Nippon.
I don't know any online shop. Try to find by yourself. I never help you.
Skin cloth
Stretch fabric is good for doll's skin.
I use "cotton jersey". It is almost the same as T-shirt. Thick one is good.
If you cannot get good cloth, dye white T-shirt with tea leaves.
The closeup of cotton jersey.
If your fabric is not very stretchy, cut the pattern larger.
Filling
For soft parts --- polyester fiberfill or raw cotton.
Hard parts --- absorbent cotton is cotton batting, or cotton wool. You can buy one at drug store.
Japanese cloth (chirimen)
Chirimen is traditional Japanese heavy crape cloth for kimono.
Genuine chirimen is made of silk, it's quite expensive.
I use low price chirimen of rayon (about $20-30 per meter).
Chirimen of kikko patterns (the right is close-up photo). Girl in red furisode.  |
Chirimen of ume blossom. Girl with Borzoi.
Sakura (cherry blossom) pattern.
Furry yarn (Brows and hair of Santa Claus)
It is Italian yarn of nylon. You can use mohair yarn too.
When knitted ... White cat.
Hair
Rayon hair or silk hair for dolls is hard to get recently.
Instead, We can get various wigs or hairpiece for human.
I use one for Fujiwarano Sai's straight long hair.
It is also available for eyelash for tall boy doll.
Silver wig for Youko Kurama.
You can buy one at party goods shop or toy shop.