Baby Tailor Clothes Maker

Baby Tailor Clothes Maker puts a bare baby mannequin on the table along with a stack of folded fabric bolts, and the opening choice is which bolt to unroll first. Picking a pastel gingham instead of a solid denim immediately changes the swatches offered for the trim that goes with it.

Fabric choices cover prints like polka dots, stripes and small florals next to solid cottons and denim, and pattern pieces for rompers, dresses and overalls sit in their own row. Trim options, lace edging, ribbon bows, buttons and small patches, get added on top of a cut piece rather than replacing it, so a plain romper can carry two or three trim layers by the time it is finished.

Rather than choosing a finished garment off a rack the way most dress up options work, this character creator has you build the outfit piece by piece from raw fabric, closer to a sewing kit than a closet. A completed outfit gets fitted onto the baby character to close out the round.

Choosing the fabric pattern before the trim keeps the buttons or lace from fighting the print underneath. Sticking to two trim types instead of loading on every option keeps a small garment readable instead of busy. Since the mannequin only shows the front view by default, it helps to rotate it before deciding the outfit is finished.