Sleeveless
Dress Pattern for
Slim 15, 16, 17 & 18 Inch Dolls
like Kathe Kruse, Magic Attic &
Sasha
Bodysuit
Pattern
Short and Long Sleeve Dress
Pattern
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Susan Kramer
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Sleeveless
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This
full size pattern (1 square equals 1 inch (2.5cm), will fit specialty
dolls such as 15-16 inch Kathe Kruse, 16-17 inch
Sasha, 17.25-inch Natterer Sunihil,
18 inch Magic Attic, 16.5 inch Theodor Recknagel
Dolls, and other similar slim collectible and antique dolls.
This pattern is for all styles of the dresses: sleeveless, short sleeve and
long sleeve.
This pattern is my original design and may not be used commercially.
Pattern pieces - quarter inch seam allowance included
Dress front- Cut one on front fold.
Dress back - Cut two pieces.
Skirt - Cut a length 30 inches
wide and 9 inches long for a finished skirt length of 7.5 inches as in this
dress on the 16.5 inch doll.
To make your 1-inch square (2.5cm) grid graph paper
First, take an 8.5x11 inch piece of plain paper and draw 1 inch squares - I do
this by drawing horizontal lines 1 inch apart down the page, and then vertical
lines 1 inch apart across the page.
Next, looking at the .jpg image you want to enlarge, copy what is in each of my
squares into your larger squares.
Seam allowances of 1/4 inch are included.
This pattern will fit specialty dolls such as 16-18 inch Kathe Kruse, 16-17 inch Sasha, 17.25 inch Natterer Sunihil, 18 inch Magic
Attic, 16.5 inch Theodor Recknagel Dolls, and other
similar slim collectible and antique dolls.
- Press, pin and sew doll clothes in that order.
- Sew hems on clothing by hand for a fine dressmaker's touch.
- Choose smaller rather than larger prints for dress fabric, keeping in mind
the scale of the doll. I like to use quilting material.
- Make the dresses from cotton and natural fabrics if you'd like to keep to
historical time periods.
- Use washable materials and trims. I use the softest and closest weave cotton
I can find.
- If the clothing is for a child's doll, use velcro closures rather than buttons or hooks and eyes
for safety's sake.
Construction
directions
Bodice
With right sides of back and front bodice facing, sew
together at shoulders and at underarm seams. Press open.
Repeat for bodice lining.
Place good side of bodice facing raw side and sew all edges except waist seam.
Examine this photo for help:
Skirt
construction
Sew back seam of skirt leaving 2 inches at top open as an extension of the
center back bodice opening for ease in dressing doll. Roll in the raw edges
above top of back skirt seam and blind stitch. When
dress is completed sew a velcro
dot just above waistline and at neckline to overlap bodice back one fourth
inch.
Either gather one fourth inch from top edge of skirt or make small pleats as I
have - see photo detail below - to fit bodice lower edge.
To make hem, turn up lower edge twice and blind stitch.
How to sew bodice to skirt
I make this a half inch seam for both skirt and bodice, because of gathered top
edge of skirt at waist, and so bodice and skirt do not pull apart with use.
Fold under one half inch along lower edge of bodice and lay over top of skirt.
Join together with topstitching. This technique forms a nice flat seam.
Examine this photo for help:
Finishing
For back closure sew on a velcro dot at neck edge and
just above waist to keep one side of back overlapped.
Now decorate the dress if you wish
Have fun making your doll dresses!
Article, Pattern and Photos by Susan Kramer
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