Travel items overview for American Girl Doll

• Passport
• Plane boarding passes 
• Neck pouch for passport
• Backpack
• Neck pillow
• Puzzles and games 

For a Trip to Paris

Trip to Paris - overview

• Maps and Tickets (includes boarding pass to Paris)
• Paris Travel Guide
• Money (Euros)
• Crêpe (crepe), coming soon

Small Backpack for American Girl Doll

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What you need

• Fabric for outside of backpack (fabric color A)
• Fabric remnant of different color for pocket and flap (fabric color B)
• Fabric for lining backpack (fabric color C)
• String (about 15" long)
• 3/8" ribbon for backpack straps 10" long each (optional, you can also use fabric e.g. color B)
• Small snap or velcro
• Small safety pin

How to make the backpack

1.  Download free pattern here
     Remember to set scaling to none.
     For home use only, this is copyrighted by me, Read Creations !!!!

2. Leave Part E folded and top stitch 1/8" from fold

3. Lay on right side of one of the Part A, align bottom and sides

4. Add both backpack sides (Part B) and then other Part A

5. Top stitch 1/8"  all 3 seams

6. Sew last seam together to form a loop and top stitch as well (this is a little tricky but possible)

7. Cut straps 10" long  from ribbon or use bias tape made from your choice of fabric.

8. Pin straps to bottom back (Part A without pocket) about 1/4" in from side seams on right side

9. Pin and sew bottom to the sides. Make sure you really have the bottom (where the pocket is).
    Right sides together, sandwiching the straps

10. Turn right side out

11.  Take one Part D and add snap button or velcro

12. Sew flap together (Parts D) right sides together (button/velcro is inside) and clip the rounded corners

13. Turn right side out and top stitch 1/8". Picture shows back side of flap. Button is on the other side.

14. Take Part G and sew into a tube along short sides. Take lining Part C and sew to Part G to form
       lining of inside backpack

15. Take Part F and fold both short ends in about 1/2" wrong sides together then fold in half the long side,
      wrong sides together and pin to top of the lining finished in step 14.
      Pin to the right side of Part G leaving a space of about 1 1/4" centered on the front side

16. Zigzag or sew with less than 1/4" seam in place

17. Take outside Backpack finished in step 10 turn back wrong side out and align straps with open
      top about 1/4" from sides (make sure straps are not twisted).
      Then add flap, centered on top (on right side of backpack, buckle/velcro on flap facing away from
      straps)

18. Pin lining to Backpack, right sides together and sew leaving a 1" gap in the front

19. Turn right side out through opening

 20. Then stuff lining inside of Backpack.
       Take a small safety pin and thread string (about 15" long) through top.
       Add button/velcro to backpack

21. Hand sew gap closed with hidden seam.

 

You are done !!! 

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Neck pouch for passport for American Girl Doll

 

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What you need

• Fabric (6" x 2 1/4")
• String 13 1/2" long (I used natural cotton twine)
• Thread
• little piece of velcro

How to make pouch

1. Cut a strip 6" x 2 1/4"

2. Fold in half (matching short sides together), right sides together

3. Sew 1/4" seam along both long sides, trim corners

4. Turn right out

5. Fold closed side up about 2" and pin in place

6. Fold inwards open seam 1/4" and pin in place

7. Top stitch 1/8" starting at bottom on one side, then across open seam and down the other side

 

8. Hand sew string to back

 

9. Hand sew velcro to flap and pouch to keep flap closed

You are done !!!

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Neck pillow for American Girl Doll

 

 

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What you need

• fabric 5"x 12" (fleece, flannel, ...)
• thread
• stuffing

How to make the neck pillow

1. Download free pattern here

    For home use only, this is copyrighted by me, Read Creations !!!
    Make sure you have page scaling set to none !

2. Cut 2x then sew all around leaving a 1" gap on back

3. Cut slits all around (make sure not to cut the thread)

4. Turn right side out

 

5. Stuff and hand sew gap shut with a hidden seam

You are done !!!


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Passport for American Girl Doll

 

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What you need

• card stock for passport cover (optional)
• printer
• paper (letter size)
• Elmer's glue 
• Clear adhesive laminate for passport cover (optional)
• image editing program (only for custom passport), every computer comes with one pre-installed,
  e.g. Paint in Windows

How to make passport

Download Saige's passport here
Download McKenna's passport here
Download empty passport here

1. Passport is saved as a letter sized image. Download and save image to computer, then print image

     For empty passport, open saved image file in an image editor and write custom info
     (name, birth date, ...) onto image. I used font settings:

• Font: Arial
• Font size: 16
• Type: Bold

2. Cut out all 7 passport images

3. Glue passport cover image to card stock and cut out. Let glue dry.
    Use optional clear adhesive laminate on passport cover

4. Fold all other passport images along center seam and glue back sides together to form a book.

5. Glue book into cover.

6. Cut 2 rounded corners on open side


You are done !!!
 

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Harry Potter Tie for American Girl Doll

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What you need

• Fabric in the house color, you can paint stripes diagonally, if you want
• Gryffindor: red fabric, stripes gold
• Ravenclaw: blue fabric, stripes bronze
• Slytherin: green fabric, stripes silver
• Hufflepuff: yellow fabric, stripes black
• Thread
• Iron 

How to make the tie

I am going to cheat here. Ties are normally not made that way, but I wanted to make it easier.

1. Cut a strip of fabric 2" wide by 19" long. Fold fabric along the length in half (you should
    have 1"x19")

2. Paint stripes in a 45 angle if you want, before you fold fabric. After paint is try, fold fabric
    with painted side facing inwards.

3. On one end measure 3/4", creating point A on the other end measure 5/8", creating point B
    Cut in a straight line between those points.

4. Sew between point A and B with a 1/4" seam

5. Open and center seam in the middle. Iron seam apart.

6. Sew tip of tie on wider end as a triangle, clip corners

7. Turn right side out and finish narrower end. Iron.


You are done !!!

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Harry Potter Skirt for American Girl Doll

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What you need

• fabric (at least 40" x 8")
• thread and pins
• iron
• velcro or sew-on snap

How to make the skirt

1. Cut a rectangle 40" x 6" for the skirt and a rectangle 1 1/2" x 12" for waist band.

2. Fold skirt rectangle with 3/4" pleats (leave 1 1/2" at the beginning), pin in place and iron in place

3. Sew along the top just less than a 1/4"

4. Fold together to get 11" in waist but make sure the pleats match and form a continuing pleat
    pattern. Open the last pleat and sew along the inside fold line.

5. Sew together but leave top 2" (sew where red line is)

6. Add waist band along top on wrong side of skirt, right side of waist band facing wrong side
    of skirt

7. Fold over onto right side of skirt and fold waist band in about 1/4". Sew 1/8" from edge.
    Tuck in ends on both ends to form a finished end.

8. Hem bottom of dress (fold in 1/8" then another 1/8")

9. Add sew-on snap or velcro

You are done !!!


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