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Clothes Patterns for 18 Inch
Dolls and Bitty Baby
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Susan Kramer
susan@susankramer.com
Here
are instructions for making short sleeve Christmas or festive dresses to fit
18inch (45cm) American Girl, other American historical dolls, Corolle dolls, Gotz Precious Day Girl Dolls, and dolls with
similar body types. The model above on the left is my 18 inch Gotz Precious Day
doll, Emily. And the model on the right is my American Girl doll, Gwen.
You’ll need one quarter yard (one quarter meter) of material for the skirt.
For the front and back bodice, you'll need one quarter yard contrasting material.
Also, for neckline facing, you'll need a 10 inch (25cm) long by one inch
(2.5cm) wide bias strip, and as much pre gathered lace, and embroidered ribbon.
Pattern pieces for short sleeve bodice: The grid is 1 inch (2.5cm) squares.
Pattern pieces include one quarter inch seam allowance. You may use the
pattern for yourself or gifts but not commercially.
Try printing out the pattern pieces to see if they stay 1 inch square:
Skirt Pattern
Cut fabric 32 inches (80cm) wide and 8 inches (20cm) long for skirt to just
below knee or 9.5 inches (24cm) long to just above ankle length. You'll need 32
inches of pre gathered lace to sew on at hemline.
General Sewing Instructions
Here are instructions for making dresses to fit 18-inch (45cm) American Girl
Dolls and other American heritage dolls.
You’ll need one half yard (one half meter) of material for the dress, and
one-fourth yard (one-fourth meter) white or contrasting material for skirt
front pleat.
For the front and back bodice you'll need one-fourth yard contrasting material.
Also, to finish, you'll need 10 inches (25cm) of half inch (1.25cm) gathered
lace for the neckline, and 1 yard of one-fourth inch (6mm) satin or cross-grain
ribbon for the waistline and front tie.
Pattern pieces include one-fourth inch seam allowance.
Cut a 10” (25cm) long by 1” (2.5cm) wide strip on the bias of dress material to
finish neckline.
Bodice Sewing Instructions
With right sides of back and front bodice facing, sew together at shoulders.
Press seam open.
Baste right side of lace to right side of neck opening.
Using the bias strip sew one long edge to right side of neckline. Clip curves.
Fold bias strip to inside of neckline, turning in once and blind stitch to
wrong side of neckline. Follow photo to sew ribbon on finished neck edge.
To finish back seam of bodice, turn in twice on each center edge and hand or
machine stitch to make a ¼” hem. Overlap waist edge ¼” and tack together.
Sleeves
Roll in lower edge and hem by hand or machine. (I sew sleeve and skirt hems by
hand.)
Gather along lower finished edge of sleeve, (I use quilting thread for
strength) just loose enough to slide over doll’s hand and lower arm; about 5
inches (12.5cm).
Along armpit edge gather sleeve with basting stitch just inside the one-quarter
inch line to fit armhole and with right side of sleeve facing right side of
front and back bodice (which are just joined at shoulders and now lay out flat)
stitch together with one-fourth inch seam. Clip curve. Repeat for other sleeve.
With right sides of sleeves and bodice facing, sew together sides of bodice and
underside of sleeves at the same time. Repeat on other side.
Skirt construction
How to sew bodice to skirt
Sew back seam leaving 2 inches (5cm) open at top of seam to match back seam of
bodice. Roll in raw edges and blind stitch hem. (This is for ease of dressing
doll.)
Gather the waist seam to match the bodice lower edge and sew skirt to bodice. 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.
When dress is completed sew a sticky dot just above waistline and at neckline
to overlap bodice back one quarter inch.
Turn right side out. On outside topstitch just above waistline on bodice all
the way around.
Just below knee finished skirt length is 7.25 inches (18cm).
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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.
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Article and photo credits Susan Kramer
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page created August 12, 2009; updated September 25, 2020