Basic Dress Pattern For AG Dolls. American Girl doll clothes can be tricky.
Buying clothes from their official website can be fun, but pricey! Man, they can really get you with all those adorable little accessories. Everything is so small and cute...and expensive! The off-brand ones you can buy at the store don't always fit right, and can still cost you a pretty penny. Now that I have a little girl who is interested in all things American Girl, I have given her a doll I triumphantly discovered at a garage sale for 25 Cents, as well as the doll my parents purchased for me as a child. Now, for the first time, I am pulling out the very pattern my mom used years ago, to create some dresses for my daughter. 18" Doll Pillowcase Dress Tutorial To Fit AG Dolls. Anny's Corner Samantha is Ready for Spring One of my most favorite things I used to do was to make patterns and create designs for my daughters dolls.
Out of necessity, I sewed doll clothing through designer children's shops and craft fairs to help the budget. Now with time and two granddaughters I am returning to my roots. Last night I created this outfit and with it will begin my creating kidstuff blog. American Girl Doll Flower Dress. Material Skirt : 24’’ x 8’’ (60cm x 20cm) Skirt Fleece : 32’’ x 4’’ (80cm x 10cm) Top Front: 6’’ x 6’’ (15cm x15cm) Top back : 2 rectangles : 6’’ x 4’’ (15cm x10cm) Collar : 2 rectangles : 10’’ x 2 ½’’ (25cm x 6cm) Ribbon Lace : 120cm (46’’) Velcro Step 1 : - take the top front and cut to round the collar.
Sew a hem. - Sew the top front to the top back fabrics on the shoulder - Sew a hem around the arms up to 4’’ (10cm) on each side - Sew the top together on the sides - Sew a hem on the back Step 2 : - Sew the lace on the collar and round the sides - Sew the collar to the dress. Make the pleats while sewing. - Mark the sewing line between the top and the bottom : 1 ¼’’ (3cm)on the sides and ¾’’ (2cm) in the middle.
Draw a line. Step 3 : - Sew the lace on the bottom skirt - Sew the lace on the skirt fleece - Sew the skirt fleece to the skirt - Sew the skirt to the top following the line. AG Type Dolls - Spring/Easter Dress. We all love to have a new outfit for Easter, or any Spring holiday.
Your dolls would also love a pretty, new dress. This dress pattern will fit 18 inch American Girl, other American historical dolls, Corolle Dolls, Gotz Precious Day Girl Dolls, and other dolls with similar size body types. This is a photo of Julia, my Gotz Precious Day 18 inch doll, in a dress that is perfect for Easter, or any Spring holiday because the fabric is covered in Easter Eggs. Materials - 1/2 yard of fabric, the design of the fabric I used required that all pattern pieces go in the same direction, you may need less if this is not an issue. - 12 inches of 3 to 4 inch wide, pre-gathered lace for the collar. - 1 yard of 2 1/2 inch wide flat lace with holes down the center that a ribbon can be woven into. - 2 yards of 1/4 inch wide satin ribbon. - matching thread. - two sets of sticky dots For sewing instructions click here.
For the pattern, click here. Free - AG & 18" Dolls Pattern - Spring Dress. This wonderful doll dress has many possibilities.
You will learn many sewing techniques while creating the dress, slip, and doll panties. And you can select your own embellishment for the collar. We've created two versions for our sample. One is embroidered with a small flower motif and the other is embellished with a small lace motif. The dress fabric can be selected to best suit your 18" doll. These project instructions are specific to the Janome machine; however, the project can be adapted for use on other machines. American Girl Sundress Tutorial. If you happen to be the happy owner of an American Girl doll you will agree with me that they are huge money traps.
Oh, do they know how to appeal to young girls (and mothers living vicariously through their daughters!). However, you can spend mere dollars on cute little dresses, and save your cash for clothing purchases that actual humans will wear. ;o) I'm going to attempt a tutorial of how you can make a dress without having to purchase a pattern. What you need: --1/4 yard of fabric (you can use a fat quarter, but you'll have to shave a few inches off the width of the dress skirt--I've done it both ways, and it doesn't make a whole lot of difference) --coordinating thread --any extra trimmings/ribbons you might want to add --velcro/snaps/your choice of fastener--but you can skip this altogether --sewing machine, fabric scissors, pins, needle for hand-gathering, ruler Cutting: Spread out your 1/4 yard of fabric and measure an 8 inch by 24 inch rectangle--this will be the skirt.
Cut that out. Sleeveless Jumper Pattern for American Girl, AG Type 18 Inch Dolls. Dutch Dress Pattern for 18 Inch Dolls. Dutch Doll Dress Pattern for 18 Inch Dolls likeAmerican Girl, Gotz, Corolle designed by Susan Helene Kramer optional collar (directions below):
Diy American Girl Doll Dress. With four little kids at home the majority of projects on my list are for them and I don't mind, it just doesn't give my little blog much variety.
This is what we made yesterday...my girl's have been wanting to get matching clothes for them and their doll's. They see all the fancy outfits in the American Girl Magazine and they are a little out of our price range so we came up with this. We made this red gingham dress a couple years ago for my little girl after she had been watching Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and loved the dress Milly wore at the Barn Raising...you know! Oh you don't, well it's only the best show ever and my very favorite growing up. This was my favorite part! So now she and her doll can dress up like Milly and go on all kinds of adventures together. We added a little bow just to give it a little extra somethin, somethin! It went together fairly quickly considering it was the first doll dress I have ever sewn.
Royal Bridesmaid Dress Pattern for 18 Inch Dolls.