Adding a Hole to Our BJD Belts
I'm making this tutorial in order to help those who might purchase our belts and bags add a hole or an extra hole to their BJD belts. It's simple and short and hopefully helpful.
To add extra holes, either repeat the process on a different spot on your doll's waist/hips area, or evenly space out a few holes so your belt can fit more than one doll.
One last thing I need to add is about fray checking. Some of the fabrics we use on the belts can be prone to fray, so if you cut your belt down at all so it's not so long this might be something you worry about. In that case, lay your belt on a piece of paper like in the picture above.
Take a bottle of fray check and hold it in your hand. Whatever you do, DON'T SQUEEZE! If you squeeze a bottle of fray check you will have fray-check-agedon all over the place. Just holding the bottle firmly in your hand should be enough to form a little droplet of liquid.
Drag your droplet carefully along the edges of the fabric. Try not to get too much. In the case of some fabrics, the liquid will take a few minutes to soak in and that's okay, just wait. The liquid will soak in all on its own.
In the case of some fabrics, the liquid will take a few minutes to soak in and that's okay, just wait. The liquid will soak in all on its own. Give it time to dry. It won't take longer than 10 minutes, probably not even close to that.
So what is fray check? It's a little bottle of very thin liquid that keeps fabric from fraying. You can find it at probably any craft store and possibly even Walmart, though I've never actually checked there. It would be really easy to find online as well.
Hope this helps. Enjoy!
Brick agreed to help out for this tutorial.
First, wrap your belt around the spot on your doll where you'd like the belt to hang. For the purposes of this demonstration, I chose Brick's waist.
Second, pull the belt through as tight as you want it to be. I pulled it as tightly as it would go. Remember, I'm only using one hand in the pictures because the second hand is holding the camera to take the photo.
Third, take a pen and mark a dot where the tip of the buckle's tongue (metal stick coming off the belt buckle) touches the belt. Tip: make sure your pen is actually writing before you use it. I learned that when I was taking these pictures.
With your belt marked, these are the tools you will need: a wooden board, hammer, and a sharp nail. Your board can be any size you want, just make sure it can stand up to a hammer pounding on it and it won't crack.
Lay the belt across the board.
Line up your nail in the center of the mark you made on your belt earlier. I usually eyeball it to make sure it's approximately centered on the belt. It doesn't have to be perfectly exact, but it should be fairly close to the middle.
Lastly, take your nail in your fingers about like this and give it a couple solid taps with the hammer. There you have it, a perfect hole in your belt.
One last thing I need to add is about fray checking. Some of the fabrics we use on the belts can be prone to fray, so if you cut your belt down at all so it's not so long this might be something you worry about. In that case, lay your belt on a piece of paper like in the picture above.
Take a bottle of fray check and hold it in your hand. Whatever you do, DON'T SQUEEZE! If you squeeze a bottle of fray check you will have fray-check-agedon all over the place. Just holding the bottle firmly in your hand should be enough to form a little droplet of liquid.
Drag your droplet carefully along the edges of the fabric. Try not to get too much. In the case of some fabrics, the liquid will take a few minutes to soak in and that's okay, just wait. The liquid will soak in all on its own.
In the case of some fabrics, the liquid will take a few minutes to soak in and that's okay, just wait. The liquid will soak in all on its own. Give it time to dry. It won't take longer than 10 minutes, probably not even close to that.
So what is fray check? It's a little bottle of very thin liquid that keeps fabric from fraying. You can find it at probably any craft store and possibly even Walmart, though I've never actually checked there. It would be really easy to find online as well.
Hope this helps. Enjoy!
~SilverStar-Burst
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