May 05, 2014

Fancy Dress for American Girl Doll


What you need

  • 1/4 yrd of velvet fabric (or crushed velvet fabric)
  • 1/3 yrd metallic or other special occasion fabric
  • 1/3 yrd liner fabric
  • velcro

How to make the Dress

1. Download free Liberty Jane Tank Top pattern

2. Cut the neck line pattern a little bigger and cut 1 1/4" off the bottom hem on the pattern.
    Then follow tank top instruction for assembly. Just don't finish the bottom hem.

3. Cut a rectangle 9 1/2" x 43" (or whatever width fabric is) from metallic/special occasion fabric
    Cut a rectangle 9 1/2" x 43" from liner.

4. Double hem the long side of the metallic/special occasion fabric (1/4" up then another 1/4" up)

5. Double hem the long side of the liner fabric

6. Sew gathering stitches on other long side of  metallic/special occasion fabric and gather to length
    of tank top hem (all around from back to back)
    Repeat for liner fabric

7. Layer metallic/special occasion fabric and liner fabric and sew to bottom of unfinished tank top.
    Make sure you have Tank top and metallic/special occasion fabric right sides together, then liner.

8. Sew short ends of metallic/special occasion fabric right sides together.
    Repeat for liner.


You are done !!!




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25 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 6, 2014 at 9:19 AM

    Gorgeous!! I've got a Craft Gossip post scheduled for this morning that links to your tutorial:
    http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-fancy-party-dress-for-an-american-girl-doll/2014/05/06/
    --Anne

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  2. grandmatomatoMay 7, 2014 at 8:54 PM

    Thank you for the pattern. It is a very nice dress

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  3. UnknownMay 8, 2014 at 6:49 PM

    Love your site....great ideas!!! I am just getting into making my own patterns....what program did you use to make your patterns?

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    1. AGDollFanMay 8, 2014 at 7:08 PM

      I don't have a program, I just use my tape measure, paper/paper towel and a pencil. I draw it on paper, then use it with fabric. After adjusting it to work I adjust my paper pattern accordingly. A good fitting base pattern that you can modify always helps. Hope that helped

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  4. Ashleigh NMay 11, 2014 at 12:40 PM

    So pretty! I love this dress!

    Emily

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  5. nest full of eggsMay 19, 2014 at 12:08 PM

    Fabulous!

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  6. UniqueAugust 11, 2014 at 3:37 PM

    Nice Dress.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2015 at 12:41 PM

    how do you gather fabric?

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    1. AGDollFanFebruary 18, 2015 at 10:40 AM

      You sew a line of stitches less than 1/4" from the fabric edge with the longest possible stitch length. Then you pull carefully on the bottom thread to gather.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 12, 2015 at 2:19 PM

    Beautiful

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  9. TantaDecember 27, 2015 at 11:25 PM

    Thanks so much for the pattern, it was really easy to follow. I finally made great use of the material from all the princess costumes my daughter has outgrown!

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    1. DienaJanuary 19, 2016 at 11:04 PM

      I was just thinking this would be a perfect pattern to make use of the sleeping beauty costume my daughter has outgrown. She'll also be able to keep a piece of the dress as her dolls dress.

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  10. webbswayJanuary 21, 2016 at 7:54 PM

    This is REALLY nice - great job-thank you

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  11. Chloe AlnettaMarch 22, 2016 at 9:36 PM

    Thank you for the idea!! This is really cute! I love Pixie Faire too!!

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  12. Miss Kitty 72012November 2, 2016 at 8:44 AM

    Thanks. I am going to make this for my daughter for Christmas.

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  13. ErinJanuary 28, 2017 at 6:50 PM

    what a wonderful tutorial! Super versatile and easy!

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  14. Teacher TammyFebruary 5, 2018 at 12:48 AM

    This is very pretty! Thank you for the information--my granddaughters will be thrilled to make such a dress!

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  15. UnknownApril 19, 2018 at 6:04 PM

    where's the pattern. I just see pictures of the dress being made.

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    1. AGDollFanApril 20, 2018 at 8:02 AM

      Step 1 instructs you to download the Liberty Jane T-shirt pattern. That pattern is used to make the dress top.

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  16. AnonymousJune 11, 2018 at 8:43 PM

    What is used to close up the back of the dress?

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    1. AnonymousJuly 31, 2018 at 4:22 PM

      I am also confused on this, the tank top has Velcro, but if you sew up the side seams of the skirt and liner, will it be able to be put on the doll?

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    2. AGDollFanNovember 20, 2018 at 7:53 PM

      Velcro, just like in the instructions for the tank top. You are just attaching a skirt where normally the hem would be.

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  17. UnknownNovember 23, 2018 at 5:04 PM

    Do you take requests? Or can you help me make a pattern for a dress i saw?

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    1. AGDollFanNovember 23, 2018 at 5:06 PM

      Unfortunately I don't work on custom orders. Sorry, but I know there are some ladies on Etsy who do custom orders. Good luck.

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